As states struggle to contain the coronavirus and President Trump's poll numbers tumble, some Republican donors are scrambling to protect their party's majority in the Senate as a backstop against Democrats taking the chamber
Two of the Republican Party's biggest contributors, Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his physician wife Miriam, recently made their largest donation of the 2020 election cycle, giving a combined $25 million last month to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC working to retain the GOP's majority in the chamber.
Democrats need to net just four seats to reclaim the majority -- or three if Biden wins the presidency and his vice president breaks ties in an evenly divided chamber. Democrats have seats to protect in states Trump won in 2016: Democratic Sens. Doug Jones in deep-red Alabama and Gary Peters in Michigan.And recent campaign filings show Democratic candidates are awash in campaign money. In six of the races viewed as most likely to change hands by Inside Elections with Nathan L.
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