Source: Politics<\/p>\n
Democrats\u2019 top Senate-focused super PAC will report raising $354 million through Oct. 14 \u2014 including roughly $88 million in the first two weeks of the month\u2014 as Democrats race to seize control of the upper chamber in the election\u2019s closing weeks.<\/p>\n
Senate Majority PAC shared their fundraising totals, which are higher than any previous cycle, with POLITICO ahead of a Federal Election Commission deadline later Thursday. The super PAC had $32.7 million in the bank as of Oct. 14.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is already the strongest cycle in Senate Majority PAC\u2019s history, and it\u2019s arriving exactly when it counts,\u201d SMP spokesperson Lauren French said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re on the air across the battleground through Election Day, and every dollar is going toward beating price-gouging Republicans and winning back the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s more than the $306 million SMP raised in the 2024 campaign cycle, according to FEC filings<\/a>, its previous high.<\/p>\n SMP is still being outraised by the Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP\u2019s top Senate super PAC, in large part thanks to billionaire Elon Musk and other Republican megadonors. Musk gave $158 million to SLF in the third quarter<\/a>, according to its most recent FEC report, and the super PAC in turn sent that money to Texas\u2019 Senate race in order to boost the scandal-plagued GOP nominee Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n As of Sept. 30, SLF had raised more than $423 million for the cycle.<\/p>\n