New campaign finance filings reveal stark disparities in fundraising between Democratic and Republican Senate candidates in key battleground states.

Democratic candidates raised substantially more money than their Republican opponents across multiple competitive Senate contests during the July-to-September period. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico raised $60.2 million compared to Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s $10.2 million in main campaign accounts. Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff collected $33.1 million versus Republican Mike Collins’ $2.8 million. In North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper raised $12.2 million to Michael Whatley’s $2.1 million. Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed outraised Mike Rogers $33 million to $10 million, while in Maine, Troy Jackson raised $20.5 million to Susan Collins’ $5.2 million. Ohio’s Sherrod Brown raised $23.1 million to Jon Husted’s $4.8 million, and in Iowa, Josh Turek raised $13.9 million to Ashley Hinson’s $3.3 million. Alaska’s Mary Peltola raised $17 million to Dan Sullivan’s $2.7 million, and in Kansas, Adam Hamilton raised $9.9 million to Roger Marshall’s $866,000.

Across these 10 races, Democratic campaigns collectively raised more than five times the amount of their Republican counterparts. In some cases, a single Democratic candidate’s haul exceeded the total raised by all opposing Republicans combined. Several House Democratic challengers also raised over $3 million in the third quarter — surpassing the fundraising totals of multiple GOP Senate incumbents.

Republican candidates showed uneven financial strength. In Minnesota, Michele Tafoya raised $4.9 million to Peggy Flanagan’s $4.3 million. Sullivan, Husted, Hinson, Rogers, and Collins entered October with significantly more cash on hand than their Democratic opponents. Republicans have also benefited from substantial outside spending, including $131 million deployed by a Texas political action committee supporting Paxton, largely funded by Elon Musk, who contributed $158 million to Senate Republicans’ super PACs in the last quarter. Additional support comes from groups like MAGA Inc. and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which has gained new flexibility to coordinate spending following a recent Supreme Court decision permitting party committees to spend unlimited sums in collaboration with candidates.

The latest Federal Election Commission filings, covering transactions through September 30, do not capture the full financial picture, as transfers to joint fundraising committees may not yet be reflected. Some Republican campaigns appear to be feeling the strain; for instance, Mike Whatley has paused television advertising despite asserting the pause is temporary. While Republican-aligned groups have outspent Democratic counterparts overall, the candidate-level fundraising gap underscores a challenging financial landscape for the GOP in the final stretch of the election cycle.