Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), who runs the Democratic Senate Committee Campaign, compared its last-minute decision to invest in Florida and Texas to Vice President Kamala Harris’s late entry into the presidential race,

While an aggressive move, the ad buys in Florida and Texas also come as polls show Democratic Sen. Jon Tester trailing Republican challenger Tim Sheehy. That has spurred a push by Democrats in Florida and Texas to encourage diverting resources in those states to potentially offset a loss in Texas.

Democratic leaders are telling their party's biggest donors that keeping Montana's Senate seat blue is a real challenge. However, they are planning to go on offense in Florida to retain their majority,

The survey of 600 likely voters from the Independent Center shows Donald Trump with a 1-point lead over Kamala Harris in Florida, 46% to 45%. An additional 5% of respondents are unsure who they back, with 4% professing to support a third-party candidate.

Democratic strategists and organizers are hoping that if presidential nominee Kamala Harris defeats her GOP rival Donald Trump in November, she will be blessed with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress — which would mean flipping the U.