Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) raised $417,000 in the last three months, money that could help him in a tough reelection bid — or be used if he pulls the trigger on a Senate run.
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Former GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller is moving toward another Senate bid in Alaska, forming an exploratory committee to challenge Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and writing an open letter discussing his interest in the seat.
"The choice before Alaskans in 2014 will be stark. Voters must choose between the easy lies of an insider politician or the hard truth of a reformer," Miller writes on his website. "As of the writing of this article, I am unaware of another potential candidate who has demonstrated a willingness to challenge the status quo, and confront the culture of corruption that reaches to the highest levels of American government."
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) has raised more than $1.5 million for his Senate bid, his campaign announced Monday morning.
Lynch, the underdog in the primary against Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), has been spending heavily, leaving him $500,000 for the final two weeks of the primary campaign. Markey has yet to release his fundraising totals.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) raised $736,000 and has more than $3.2 million in the bank for his reelection efforts, according to a source familiar with his filing.
A South Carolina-based conservative group is airing television ads in the state touting Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) work on immigration.
The ad attacks President Obama for not leading on the issue and praises Graham for working with popular Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on a "conservative plan to protect our borders."
"Illegal immigration. Barack Obama has failed to stop it. Now, Republicans Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio have a strong plan: Secure the borders first," the ad's narrator says. "And the illegals that are already here? ...To stay, they have to pay a fine, go to the back of the line, keep a job and learn to speak English. That's tough, but fair. Call Lindsey Graham. Thank him for his conservative plan to protect our borders."
The ad is being aired by the South Carolina Conservative Action Alliance, a group backed by David Wilkins, a former ambassador to Canada and speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
The group's strategy shows how popular Rubio is with conservatives, and how much cover it gives pro-reform Republicans to have him on board. It also shows a strategy of Republicans who will back the reform: Say it will fix a problem President Obama is to blame for.
Graham has been a leading voice on immigration reform for years, an issue that's hurt his standing in the past with the state's conservative base. He's and Rubio are part of the "Gang of Eight" senators that plan to release a wide-ranging bipartisan immigration bill next week.
He's also facing reelection next year. Though his poll numbers look strong, he may get a primary challenge, and Republican groups have already been on the air to defend him on the issue.
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