GOP Cash Edge Meets Democrats’ Narrow Senate Map

Friday, May 22, 2026 · 5 min

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Donald Trump and Republican allies have built a $939 million midterms war chest, more than triple Democrats’ haul, giving the GOP an ad advantage as Democrats chase a four-seat Senate net and try to turn Maine’s Collins-Platner fight into a real pickup.

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