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    "parsed_content": "The Race for CongressPrimary Season TakeawaysVoting by MailLatest PollsCompetitive RacesSeat PickupsAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTRepublicans Enter Final Midterm Stretch With a Significant Financial EdgeThe party and its allies are currently set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on advertising than Democrats are, giving Republicans some hope in a tough midterm environment.Listen \u00b7 3:42 min Share full articlePresident Trump\u2019s super PAC has begun spending heavily on the midterms.Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesBy Theodore SchleiferReporting from WashingtonSept. 21, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Republicans are facing a harsh political environment, but they enter the final weeks of the midterm elections with the financial upper hand.The party and its allies are planning to spend about $221 million more on advertising than Democrats and their allies from Monday through Election Day, according to AdImpact, a media tracking firm. That total takes into account spending on Senate, House and state races.Where the parties hold an edge in planned ad spendingWhich party has reserved more in ads, and by how much, in key Senate races.\n \n \n \n \n Note: Figures are rounded.Source: AdImpactThe New York TimesAnd conservative outside groups and party committees hold a comfortable edge over their liberal counterparts in fund-raising, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission that were released on Sunday. That money will mainly be spent on paid media like advertising, which strategists believe can move the needle in competitive elections \u2014 though a financial advantage is not always decisive.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTPresident Trump\u2019s super PAC, MAGA Inc., reported having $416 million on hand entering this month. In recent weeks, the group has begun spending some of that enormous war chest, helping give Republicans their big advertising advantage. There is no Democratic super PAC with nearly as much money as MAGA Inc.Republicans\u2019 national party committees also have far more cash than their Democratic counterparts. The Republican National Committee entered this month with about $126 million on hand. The Democratic National Committee, which has faced internal chaos and struggled badly to raise money, was $750,000 in debt.The House Republicans\u2019 main campaign committee had an advantage in cash on hand of roughly $13 million over the House Democrats\u2019 committee. The equivalent committee for Senate Republicans trailed its Democratic counterpart in cash on hand \u2014 but that was only because the Republican group was spending earlier. It spent $46 million in August to support the party\u2019s candidates, the filings show, while the Democratic group spent just $1 million on that during the same month.Democrats\u2019 one big financial advantage in the midterms has come at the candidate level: The party\u2019s Senate candidates have significantly outraised their Republican rivals in previous financial reports. But updated data on the candidate-versus-candidate fund-raising fight won\u2019t be available until next month.In the final stretch before Election Day, as groups and campaigns often try to drain their bank accounts down to $0, spending data is generally more revealing than fund-raising data.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAnd in eight of the top nine Senate races, Republicans have an advantage over Democrats on advertising spending, according to AdImpact, with a gap as big as roughly $30 million in Ohio. That gap is expected to grow by tens of millions of dollars now that the crypto industry is spending for the Republican candidate there, too.In races for the Senate, the House and state offices, Republicans are now set to spend about $888 million on ads versus the Democrats\u2019 roughly $666 million.That Republican edge is powered by outside groups. Of the $350 million reserved for ads by Republicans in those nine races, only about one-tenth of that comes from campaigns and party committees.But candidates and committees get cheaper ad rates than outside groups do \u2014 so Democratic candidates are hoping to raise enough money themselves that they can effectively do more with less.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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