共和党参议院候选人正为现金发愁。从七月到九月，几乎所有在竞争激烈的参议院选区的民主党候选人都比其共和党对手筹得更多资金，且在某些情况下差距十分悬殊。
Republican Senate candidates are hurting for cash. Nearly every Democratic candidate in battleground Senate races outraised their GOP opponent from July through September. And in some cases, the disparities were stark.
在这10场参议院选举中，民主党竞选筹得的资金是共和党竞选的五倍以上。换句话说，仅塔拉里科一人筹得的金额就超过了所有共和党人筹集的总额。马歇尔和沃特利在十月初的银行存款均不足100万美元。迈克·柯林斯的情况也不太好，在选举的最后几周手头现金仅略超100万美元。
Across those 10 Senate races, the Democratic campaigns raised more than five times as much as the Republican ones. Put another way: Talarico alone raised more than all those Republicans combined. Marshall and Whatley each started October with less than $1 million left in the bank. Mike Collins wasn’t much better-positioned, entering the final weeks of the election with just over $1 million cash on hand.
这些数字不包括联合筹款委员会的资金，后者允许候选人筹集资金，且可能还有部分现金尚未转入竞选账户。
These numbers do not include joint fundraising committees, which allow candidates to raise money and may have some more cash that has not yet been transferred to the campaigns.
本轮选举中，民主党在候选人层面上始终筹得的资金多于共和党。但在进入中期选举冲刺阶段时，双方之间的巨大差距再次凸显了共和党所面临的环境日益恶化。
Democrats have consistently outraised Republicans on the candidate level this cycle. But the yawning gaps heading into the midterm’s home stretch stand as the latest example of the deteriorating environment for the GOP.
虽然共和党的外部组织拥有的资金明显多于民主党，但候选人的现金优势仍然重要，因为候选人可以以更低的费率购买电视广告，使其资金的使用效果更为显著。
And while GOP outside groups have significantly more money than Democrats, this candidate cash advantage matters because candidates get TV ads for much cheaper rates, letting their dollars stretch much farther.
为了强调这些数字的悬殊程度：至少有半打民主党众议院挑战者在第三季度筹得超过300万美元——这一数额高于数位共和党参议院现任者。对共和党而言也有一些积极的迹象。
To underscore how lopsided some of these figures are: At least half a dozen House Democratic challengers raised over $3 million in the third quarter — a sum higher than several GOP Senate incumbents. There are some silver linings for the GOP.
在明尼苏达州，共和党人米歇尔·塔福亚筹得490万美元，而民主党副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根筹得430万美元。塔福亚在本月初的现金为210万美元，弗拉纳根为150万美元。
In Minnesota, Republican Michele Tafoya raised $4.9 million to Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s $4.3 million. Tafoya started the month with $2.1 million to Flanagan’s $1.5 million.
苏利文、胡斯特、欣森、罗杰斯以及苏珊·柯林斯在十月初的手头现金均比其民主党对手多出数百万美元。
Sullivan, Husted, Hinson, Rogers and Susan Collins all entered October with millions more in cash on hand than their Democratic opponents.
共和党人正得到亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克和唐纳德·特朗普总统的MAGA Inc.支持的共和党超级政治行动委员会的掩护，这些委员会在最近几周向中期选举投入了数亿美元。
And Republicans are getting air cover from GOP super PACs bankrolled by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. that have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterms in recent weeks.
周四披露，马斯克是德克萨斯州政治行动委员会的主要资助方，该委迄今已花费1.31亿美元来支持帕克斯顿并攻击塔拉利科。马斯克上一季度向参议院共和党人的超级政治行动委员会分支捐款1.58亿美元，文件显示，该组织随后将这些资金转移到了支持帕克斯顿的政治行动委员会。
Musk was revealed on Thursday as the primary funder of Texas PAC, which has spent $131 million so far boosting Paxton and attacking Talarico. Musk gave $158 million to Senate Republicans’ super PAC arm last quarter, the filings showed, with the group in turn transferring the funds to the pro-Paxton PAC.
共和党人还从最近的一项最高法院裁决中受益，该裁决允许党派委员会在与候选人协调的情况下无限制地支出，使得全国共和党参议员委员会能够至少抵消部分差异。
Republicans are also benefitting from a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows party committees to spend unlimited sums in coordination with candidates, allowing the National Republican Senatorial Committee to offset at least some of the differences.
由于周四提交的报告仅覆盖至9月30日，每位候选人的账户总额尚不清楚。
Since the tranche of reports filed Thursday only cover until Sept. 30, the full scope of each candidates’ coffers is unknown.
但还有其他迹象表明，一些人在最后冲刺阶段正面临资金紧张：惠特利已经在电视上销声匿迹，这清楚地表明他的资金正在耗尽，尽管他的竞选团队坚称这只是暂停。
But there are other signs that some are strapped for cash in the final sprint: Whatley has gone dark on television, a clear indication of him running low on funds even as his campaign insists it’s a temporary pause.