Wall Street Journal: “DEMOCRATS SPREAD SENATE MAP in places unlikely to flip their way even if it becomes a wave election in their favor. Beyond their top offensive targets in states like Maine, North Carolina, Arizona and Colorado, or expansion targets like Iowa, Montana and Georgia, Democrats want to drain Republican coffers in states where the GOP doesn’t want to have to spend money: South Carolina, Kentucky, even Mississippi, where prominent Democrats including Sens. Kamala Harris, Brian Schatz and Chris Murphy spent the week sending out fundraising appeals for former Clinton Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who is challenging GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. He raised about three times as much as she did in the second quarter, despite losing to her by around seven points in a 2018 special election.”
“Few prognosticators rate those seats as seriously at risk, but record-breaking fundraising by Democrats like Kentucky’s Amy McGrath and South Carolina’s Jaime Harrison has forced incumbent Republicans to play defense. In all, Democratic challengers outraised Republicans in around a dozen Republican-held seats in the second quarter. Just one Democratic incumbent, Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, was outraised by his Republican opponent, John James.”