After last month’s election, some critics blamed Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-Fla.) leadership of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for his party’s failure to take the Senate. Un...
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After last month’s election, some critics blamed Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-Fla.) leadership of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for his party’s failure to take the Senate. Under Scott, the NRSC invested heavily in raising money online and through text messages. Although at first the strategy seemed to work, the committee was cash-strapped in the crucial final weeks before Election Day. After Republicans performed poorly at the polls, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) called for an audit of the committee’s spending.
