Cruz And Scott Get Nothing From McConnell Fund

The Hill reports:

The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a big-dollar fundraising group affiliated with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), isn’t helping two of McConnell’s biggest critics in the Senate GOP conference — Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rick Scott (Fla.).

This has prompted grumbling from conservatives who say McConnell has too much power over Senate Republican fundraising and point out that Cruz, in particular, a longtime McConnell critic, will be heavily outspent by his Democratic opponent, Texas Rep. Colin Allred, and his allies.

McConnell has raised more than $1 billion for SLF since the group started — and his allies cited his enormous fundraising contribution when Scott challenged him in a leadership race after the 2022 election.

Read the full article. Yesterday Democrats committed millions to unseating Cruz and Scott.

It’s official: Democrats are going after Florida and Texas Senate seats. DSCC announces “a new multi-million dollar investment in television advertising for the Texas and Florida Senate races”

Come as Tester race looks increasingly tough, though no sign anyone pulling out of MT

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