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Democratic Senate candidates swamp GOP rivals in fundraising

In today’s edition, Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar sift through a new batch of Senate fundraising reports. Plus, Kristen Welker wraps up another week of fiery debates.

Democratic candidates across more than a dozen competitive Senate races raised a combined $253 million from July through September, more than four times the $56 million raised by GOP candidates in those races, according to new fundraising reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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