Incumbents Hold Cash Advantage Heading Into Key 2024 Senate Races

Published on February 14, 2024

Vast amounts of money flowed into the Arizona, Ohio, and Montana Senate races in 2023. According to year-end campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the major candidates running for three highly contested seats in Congress’ upper house raised more than $105 million. So far, the Democratic Party’s candidates are leading the overall fundraising race, but incumbents hold the cash advantage. Arizona In November, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) will face challenges from both sides of the aisle. Arizona narrowly supported President Joe Biden in 2020 and elected a Democratic governor and senator in 2022. In 2016, former President Donald Trump carried the Grand Canyon State easily....

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