GOP cash bonanza drives race to replace Mitch McConnell
By
Ramsey Touchberry
August 28, 2024 4:00 am
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Republicans looking to become the next Senate GOP leader are flexing their fundraising chops to line up donations for their current and aspiring colleagues on the ballot this fall.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) planned retirement from leadership at year’s end, but not from the Senate, has set off a power struggle between three men eyeing the coveted post: Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL).
Thune and Cornyn, close McConnell allies who’ve long been in leadership and considered the most likely successors to the longest-serving Senate party leader, are fundraising juggernauts that together have raised more than $40 million in their quest to buoy Republicans, according to sources.
While key policy debates will ramp up among GOP senators as the decision draws near later this year, fundraising allows those hoping to replace McConnell to grease the wheels with new and old colleagues alike.
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