Democratic Sen. Kelly outraises GOP rival Masters going into final month of midterm campaign

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly outraised his opponent, Republican Blake Masters, successful the 3rd quarter, according to Federal Election Commission Records.

Kelly's run went into October, weeks earlier the midterm elections, with astir six times the magnitude of currency connected hand.

Kelly's run raised conscionable implicit $21 cardinal from July 14 until Sept. 30. Masters, who was endorsed by erstwhile President Donald Trump, brought successful implicit $4.7 cardinal implicit that aforesaid clip period.

Kelly's run went into October with implicit $13 cardinal connected manus portion Masters had conscionable supra $2.8 cardinal successful his warfare chest. One of Masters' apical idiosyncratic donations was a $4,950 publication from the National Rifle Association. Masters, a affluent businessman, contributed implicit $570,000 past 4th to his ain campaign.

Election Day is Nov. 8.

The contention was erstwhile seen arsenic a beardown pickup accidental for Republicans successful the conflict for power of the Senate, but Kelly has been up successful galore of the astir caller polls. A RealClearPolitics polling mean has Kelly up by 4.5 points. The Cook Political Report marks the contention arsenic "lean Democrat."

The Senate is divided 50-50, with Democrats having to trust connected Vice President Kamala Harris for tie-breaking votes.

A spokesperson for Kelly's squad pointed CNBC to a caller statement by run manger Emma Brown touting the senator's fundraising haul. A spokeswoman for the Masters run did not instrumentality a petition for comment.

The lag successful Masters' fundraising versus Kelly has been a taxable passim the campaign. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics shows that going into the 3rd quarter, Kelly had raised implicit $52 cardinal portion Masters had brought successful conscionable nether $5 million.

The fundraising successful the astir caller 4th by some campaigns doesn't see the magnitude raised by extracurricular groups supporting each candidate. Saving Arizona, a pro-Masters ace PAC that erstwhile saw $15 cardinal from Masters' state and erstwhile boss, billionaire Peter Thiel, raised implicit $4 cardinal from mid-July done the extremity of September. The ace PAC, which tin rise and walk an unlimited magnitude of money, has implicit $1.9 cardinal connected hand.

Although Thiel did not lend to the ace PAC past quarter, immoderate of the much caller apical donations see a $3 cardinal publication from shipping proviso magnate Richard Uihlein and $1 cardinal from cryptocurrency executives Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

Thiel has signaled that, with Masters down Kelly successful some fundraising and the polls, he'll continue to fundraise for his erstwhile employee. Masters was until earlier this twelvemonth the main operating serviceman astatine Thiel Capital.