Senate Republicans anticipating taking over their chamber after the November election are growing fearful that the majority they were expecting may not come to pass.
At issue, the Washington Post is reporting, is a party cash crunch while Democrats are outspending them with millions in the bank.
According to the report, Republicans feel like they will still take over the chamber but not in the numbers that they had hoped for and at a meeting this past week they were given the bad news.
As the WaPo's Liz Goodwin reported, "At the Tuesday lunch, NRSC leadership told Senate Republicans they could lose winnable races due to a lack of funding as their candidates face a barrage of negative advertising."
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According to National Republican Senatorial Committee Executive Director Jason Thielman, "We are on track to flip the Senate, but Senate Democrats’ massive cash advantage is a real problem. The biggest thing preventing Senate Republicans from having a great night in November is the cash crunch we currently face.”
NRSC Chairman Sen. Steve Daines of Montana added, " “I’m concerned about the financial gap."
Another issue that is concerning to the Republican leadership is that, in states where Donald Trump is expected to win, candidates he has endorsed are trailing in the polls while the former president is maintaining his lead.
"In red Ohio, where Trump has a nine percentage point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican Bernie Moreno trailed Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown by four percentage points in an AARP poll. And in Nevada, Republican Sam Brown, a decorated military veteran, trailed first-term Sen. Jacky Rosen by 14 percentage points in a Fox News poll, even as Trump was within two percentage points of Harris, " the report notes.
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