Liberal political operatives and the Democratic camp spent about $500 million trying to win the Senate race, but ultimately lost by a fairly large margin.

Democratic campaigns and political committees supporting them spent more than $495 million in Senate races in Texas, Montana, Ohio, Florida and Missouri, according to campaign finance filings. show. Republicans are projected to win by at least 4 points in each case. According to In the New York Times.

Much of the spending supporting a series of unsuccessful Democratic candidates funded massive advertising on TV, radio and the Internet, disclosures show. (Related: Stream Daily Caller original documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” now)

Ohio was the costliest of the five races, with Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and his allies running against Republican Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno or the incumbent Sen. He spent about $194 million on operations to support lawmakers, campaign finance records show. As of November 8, Moreno had a lead of about 4 points, or 200,000 votes, over Brown, with more than 95% of votes counted, the NYT reported.

Brown sought to improve his reputation among blue-collar voters by making cuts. multiple advertisement It attacks outsourcing to China, focusing on factory workers, and senators often appear in working-class clothes. His ad attacking Moreno criticized His pro-life beliefs claimed he wanted to criminalize abortion in cases of rape.

Moreno, who at one point said he was “100% pro-life without exception,” called for a 15-week abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. According to On Politifact.

While campaigning in states where President-elect Donald Trump performed well in 2016 and 2020, Brown identified himself as bipartisan He is willing to work with Republicans on his ads. The senator will vote for President Joe Biden in 2023 97.9% of the time. According to To analysis of ABC News.

Democrats also spent millions trying to save the state’s Democratic incumbent, Montana Sen. Jon Tester. elected In 2020, Trump led Biden by more than 16 points. Nearly $160 million was spent between Mr. Tester’s campaign and outside groups supporting him to keep his seat under Democratic control, according to campaign finance disclosures. Despite the spending, Montanans chose Sen.-elect Tim Sheehy by about 8 points, the NYT reported.

Like Brown, Tester emphasized the blue-collar influence. advertisement By wearing a work jacket and emphasizing his occupation as a farmer. He also embraced rural identity in the ads, pointing to Montana’s efforts to expand high-speed internet and improve infrastructure.

Like Brown, Tester said he voted for Biden about 95% of the time, according to ABC News. One outside group that supports testers is the American Bankers Association. advertisement It tried to portray him as fiscally conservative and noted that he supports the following bills: loosened banking regulation.

In addition to trying to protect vulnerable incumbents, Democrats and their allies spent billions to oust Republicans from competitive seats. Despite Democratic efforts, not a single Republican senator lost reelection Tuesday.

Democratic Rep. Colin Allred’s campaign and its allies spent about $92 million trying to oust Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, according to campaign finance records, making it the biggest of these failures for Democrats. Texas was the most expensive state. Although the polls were competitive at one point, ohio and montanaAllred never took the lead against Cruz in 2024. According to Difference from FiveThirtyEight voting average.

cruise and his alliesBy comparison, he spent about $87 million in his Senate race, according to campaign finance records.

Allred’s campaign, with huge amounts of money behind it, attacked Mr. Cruz. too soft He complained about border security, citing the senator’s refusal to support a border bill approved by Biden and Allred’s condemnation of Biden’s border policies in early 2024. His campaign’s ads were also a hit. Economic issues at the dinner table and highlighted his career As a professional soccer player.

But in the final weeks of the campaign, Allred pushed back on claims that she supported allowing biological males to play in women’s sports, after the Cruz campaign launched an ad campaign making similar claims. They spent advertising money trying to deny it, which put them at a disadvantage.

“Ted Cruz has lied again, but this time about our children,” Allred said in the ad. “I’m a father and I’m a Christian. My faith has taught me that all children are children of God. So let me be clear: I don’t want boys to play girls’ sports. I don’t want to do anything stupid like what Ted Cruz is saying.”

However, Allred was a vocal opponent of laws banning biological males from women’s sports and supported legislation that would force public schools to allow men who identify as transgender women to participate on women’s sports teams.

Mr. Cruz ultimately defeated Mr. Allred by about 9 points, according to the NYT.

Democrats and their allies are also pushing to field attorney Lucas Kunce and former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel Powell to flip Senate seats in deep red states Florida and Missouri, respectively. Approximately $51 million was spent on the project. According to the NYT, both candidates lost by more than 10 points.

It’s unclear whether it was the amount of money spent that prevented Democrats from achieving widespread success in Tuesday’s election. For example, Ms. Harris has raised about $1 billion in campaign contributions, outselling Mr. Trump by a nearly 3-to-1 margin, and outside groups have unleashed a $500 million spending blitz in the final months of the campaign. . That’s more than pro-Trump spending.

The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee and the Allred, Tester, Brown, Powell and Kuhns campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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