Senate Democrats in Albany Gain in Race for Campaign Cash by Nicholas Confessore - NYTimes.com

Read original... Senate Democrats are in their strongest financial position in years as they set out to win control of the chamber this fall, campaign finance reports filed this week show. Republicans, who have controlled the Senate for more than 40 years, still have a huge financial advantage, with $6 million on hand in their central campaign accounts to the Democrats’ $1.5 million. But for the Democrats, who have steadily won Senate seats in recent years — often on shoestring budgets — the fund-raising picture is less lopsided than it has been in recent memory. Just four years ago, the Democrats’ campaign committee was half a million dollars in debt, and Democratic senators had to co-sign a loan personally to get campaign money. Counting money held by the two state parties that year, Republicans had more than 30 times as... [read full story]