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Senate Money Race: Talarico's Haul Tops the Field

The latest FEC reports show James Talarico, the Democrat running in the Texas Senate race, with total receipts of $146.3 million, the largest figure among the filings reviewed. Talarico has spent $136.4 million to date and reports $9.9 million cash on hand heading into the final stretch. The scale of the fundraising underscores how costly the Texas contest has become, though the cash-on-hand figure — modest relative to total spending — suggests most of that money is already deployed rather than banked for a final push.

In Georgia, Democrat Jon Ossoff's Senate race filing shows $115.9 million in receipts against $105.8 million in disbursements, leaving $15.1 million on hand — the highest cash reserve among the Senate filings listed. Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown reported $68.4 million raised and $4.5 million remaining, while Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's Senate race filing lists $53.8 million in receipts and $2.7 million cash on hand, the lowest reserve of the group. North Carolina Democrat Roy Cooper rounds out the filings with $49.6 million raised, $40.5 million spent, and $9.1 million remaining in his Senate race account.

Virginia House Filings Show No Financial Detail

Several Virginia House candidates filed reports with no receipts, disbursements, or cash-on-hand figures listed: Democrat Gerald Edward Connolly, Democrat Thomas Perriello, and independent Ahsen Mujeeb Malik. Tennessee Republican Mark Green and New Jersey Green Party candidate Andres Jinete likewise submitted filings without financial data attached. No further detail on these campaigns' fundraising activity is available in this batch of reports.

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What to Watch

• Election Day — Tuesday, November 3 (in 3 days)
• Louisiana primary — Tuesday, November 3 (in 3 days)

6 governor races are rated Toss-up: Georgia, Kansas, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas.

Election Day Arrives Tuesday

House Battlegrounds Concentrated in a Handful of States

Florida and New York each carry five competitive House districts, with Florida's 7th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 22nd and 27th districts rated Toss-up alongside New York's 4th, 17th and 21st. Ohio, Virginia, Iowa and Colorado also carry multiple Toss-up seats, including the Ohio 9th District and Virginia 2nd District. Control of the chamber likely hinges on how these clusters break.

Louisiana's Different Calendar

Louisiana holds a Senate general election and a House primary on the same day, a structural difference from the rest of the map worth noting when comparing results across states.

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