Senate Democrats face a looming financial challenge as Republicans prepare to flood the final stretch before Election Day with heavy spending, according to warnings from Democratic leadership. The party’s minority leader has flagged concerns that the GOP’s financial edge could overwhelm Democratic efforts to secure key Senate seats in the closing weeks. A private letter to colleagues highlights the urgency, framing the upcoming blitz of campaign funds as a potential turning point in the race for control of the chamber. With the election just weeks away, the warning underscores the stakes as both parties ramp up their final push.


Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is warning his Democratic colleagues that Senate Republican candidates have an “enormous” financial advantage heading into the final three weeks before Election Day and could drown Democrats’ chances of winning the Senate in a “tsunami” of last-minute spending. Schumer is warning in a “Dear Colleague” letter circulated Tuesday that...