Senate Democrats are going on the offensive, trying to flip Texas and Florida

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has announced a multi-million dollar investment in an effort to flip the Senate seats currently held by Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL).

The DSCC statement said:

Today, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is announcing a new investment of several million dollars in television advertising for the Texas and Florida Senate races.

Additional funding for television advertising in these states will be added as the cycle continues.

The contribution will supplement television advertising for the Allred and Mucarsel-Powell campaigns. In both states, the campaign will focus on holding Cruz and Scott accountable for their unpopular posts and agenda.

DSCC Chairman Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) added: “Senate Democrats are expanding the map and the insults continue. All cycle DSCC has been poised to take advantage of Senators Cruz and Scott's damaged positions in their home states, and now our efforts in Texas and Florida are accelerating. Democrats have strong candidates campaigning effectively in both states, and as we expand our outreach against Senators Cruz and Scott, we will crystallize the case against them.

Recent polls have shown Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsell-Powell within the margin of error over Sen. Rick Scott in Florida, while Democrat Colin Allred has consistently been within the margin of error over Sen. Ted Cruz.

Even if Democrats don't end up flipping any of these seats, they owe it to their supporters to try because both candidates campaigned well in red states. Additionally, by spending in Florida and Texas, Democrats will force Republicans to spend precious resources defending Senate seats that should not be in play.

Democrats aren't limiting themselves strategically in trying to keep the Senate majority by playing defense in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Montana.

Senate Democrats don't want to just keep their Senate majority. They are trying to expand it.

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