Senate Dems outraise GOP in February

Senate Democrats’ campaign arm outpaced its Republican counterpart in February by $1.4 million, according to figures provided by the groups, but the Democrats trail in total cash on hand.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised $6.2 million in February, compared to nearly $4.8 million for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).

{mosads}The NRSC has a slight cash advantage, with $16.2 million on hand, however, compared to the DSCC’s $15.2 million.

The NRSC also has no debt, while the DSCC reported a debt of less than $1 million.

“As Senate Republicans continue their unprecedented obstruction of their constitutional duties in refusing to consider the President’s nomination of a new justice to the Supreme Court and are forced to answer for their toxic Presidential frontrunner, we are honored to have the support of so many Americans who know that a Democratic-controlled Senate is how we will end the current state of shutdown politics,” DSCC Executive Director Tom Lopach said in a statement. “We are grateful for the support and ready to put our resources to work winning back the Senate majority.”

Democrats and Republicans are in a heated battle for the Senate majority this cycle.

Democrats need to net five Senate seats in 2016 to regain a majority in the upper chamber, unless they retain the White House. In that case, a net gain of four seats would give them the majority, with the vice president breaking a 50-50 tie.

Democrats are considered to have an advantage in that they are only defending 10 Senate seats, while the GOP is defending 24 seats, including several in swing states such as Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.