Even With Ken Griffin’s Support, Senate Republicans Are Losing the Money Race
- Democrats have more money on hand for all seven close races
- George Soros, Jim Simons among major Democratic donors
Ken Griffin
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Senate Republicans count billionaire Ken Griffin, Chevron Corp., and Occidental Petroleum Corp. among their top donors, but it’s the Democrats in the chamber who are raising the most money by a wide margin.
Democrats, who risk losing Senate control in one of the toughest election cycles in decades, have the backing of deep-pocketed donors, including hedge fund manager George Soros, Renaissance Technologies founder Jim Simons and billionaire Jeff Skoll, who was the first full-time employee of eBay Inc.