President Donald Trump's weak poll numbers and a surge of Democratic cash flooding key Senate races have jolted top Republicans and intensified talk among party donors and strategists about redirecting money to protect their narrow Senate Republican majority amid growing fear of complete Democratic
President Donald Trump’s weak poll numbers and a surge of Democratic cash flooding key Senate races have jolted top Republicans and intensified talk among party donors and strategists about redirecting money to protect their narrow Senate Republican majority amid growing fear of complete Democratic control of Washington in 2021.
The private discussions about whether to shift resources toward imperiled Republican Senate candidates reflect a mix of factors: a lack of confidence that Trump will beat Biden; fear that the president is already a drag on down-ballot candidates; desire to maintain a GOP “firewall” on Capitol Hill if Biden prevails; and the belief that money is not among Trump’s myriad problems.
“As Republicans get more and more in tune, it’s hold the Senate at all costs,” said Dan K. Eberhart, an energy executive and a major Republican donor. “The House is gone. And the White House is looking increasingly like an uphill battle. This is not a good picture for us.” Democrats must win a net of three new seats and the White House to take control of the Senate, or four seats if Trump is reelected.
Despite his grip on the party base, Trump has never fully ingratiated himself with the full spectrum of traditional Republicans, particularly some major contributors. Some of the party’s most generous donors, including the hedge fund managers Paul Singer and Kenneth C. Griffin, have been notably absent from the rolls of donors to Trump’s campaign and affiliated super PAC. But Griffin and Singer gave a combined $6 million in federal donations last month, including $750,000 to a super PAC targeting a Democratic-held Senate seat in Michigan.
“That’s a crazy number,” Henry Barbour, a Republican strategist and Republican National Committee member, said of Harrison’s haul. Barbour said he believed Graham would ultimately prevail but of the broader landscape he added, “I think people were more confident about the Senate a few months ago.”
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