Democratic Senate contenders in some of the most competitive races have announced big fundraising hauls this week — as they prepare for a costly battle to preserve their party's razor-thin majority in next year's midterm elections.
Democratic Senate contenders in some of the most competitive races announced big fundraising hauls this week -- as they prepare for a costly battle to preserve their party's razor-thin majority in next year's midterm elections.
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, considered one of the Democrats' most vulnerable incumbents, raised more than $9.5 million during the third quarter of this year, his campaign manager Quentin Fulks announced Friday. Warnock's haul -- one of the largest of any Senate candidate -- far outpaces his best-known Republican rival, former football star Herschel Walker. Walker raised $3.7 million in five weeks, according to spokeswoman Mallory Blount.
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