The cavernous cash gap in Senate races

But put aside the Democratic hauls for a moment. With names like Oz, former N.F.L. star Herschel Walker, best-selling author Vance, Nevada legacy Adam Laxalt, Republicans should be seeing more money dropped into their own campaign kettles.

These are not no name contenders. And these aren’t far-flung races in deep red states like Kentucky or South Carolina. They are the entire ballgame of the cycle. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada — these are the states that will likely be decided by tens of thousands of votes.

If the GOP doesn’t recapture the Senate in a year they should, it’ll likely because one or more of these candidates fell just short.

Money might not have made the difference, but it will surely be cited as evidence of their vanquishment.