BALTIMORE — Democrat Angela Alsobrooks — while ahead in the polls but remains in a tight race for U.S. Senate in Maryland — has raised and spent more campaign money than Republican Larry Hogan in recent months, although a super PAC supporting Hogan maintained a robust war. chest, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday.

Alsobrooks’ lead campaign organization raised $13.4 million and spent $13.6 million from July 1 to September. Those numbers include a portion of the nearly $3.8 million raised and $3.5 million spent through a separate Alsobrooks fundraising committee.

Hogan’s primary committee raised nearly $3.3 million and spent nearly $4.4 million over the same period, according to its filings. Another committee led by Hogan’s team in coordination with other Maryland and national Republicans raised $5.4 million and spent $4 million, some of which is counted against Hogan’s main committee.

Both campaigns had roughly the same amount in the bank — $3.8 million for Alsobrooks and $3.6 million for Hogan, between all their committees — heading into October, when the candidates launch usually a torrent of television ads and make other efforts to reach voters when they. I’m the one who pays the most attention.

The candidates face off this year in Maryland’s highest-profile race.

Hogan, a former two-term governor, is seeking to become the first Maryland Republican elected to the U.S. Senate since 1980. Alsobrooks, in her second term as Prince George’s County executive, would be the state’s first Black woman elected to this position. .

Alsobrooks and his allies have pointed out that Hogan, if elected, could tip the balance of control of the Senate in favor of Republicans – a prospect that seems increasingly likely anyway because of races in other states , according to a recent survey.

But the national implications mean Marylanders don’t just see constant ads from candidates.

Major Republican donors stepped in to help Hogan in a big way, funneling $27 million to a super PAC called Maryland’s Future.

As the general election approaches, with about $15.5 million in donations coming from wealthy donors, the group has raised an additional $11 million in recent months, according to its latest report also filed Tuesday.

Recent donations included $2 million from the Senate Leadership Fund — the main account of national Senate Republicans seeking to take control of the chamber — as well as $1.5 million from Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of the capital firm -investment Blackstone Group. Other $1 million donations came from James Davis, president of the New Balance shoe and clothing company; Stephen Wynn, the casino and hotel magnate; Thomas Peterffy, president of the Interactive Brokers trading platform; and Manzanita Action Fund, based in Portola Valley, California.

Maryland’s Future spent $10.5 million and had $16 million remaining as of Oct. 1, according to its report. Super PACs, by law, cannot coordinate with candidate campaigns.

“We are grateful for the strong local and grassroots support Governor Hogan has received throughout this campaign,” Hogan spokeswoman Blake Kernen said in a statement about the governor’s direct fundraising efforts. campaign. “Marylanders are ready to send strong, independent leadership to Washington that puts country before party and people before politics. »

Hogan’s two campaign organizations spent $3.8 million on advertising from July to October, according to his reports. Alsobrooks’ team more than doubled that amount, with $9.5 million spent on television, online, print and other advertising during the same period, according to its reports.

“As Election Day approaches, the cost of airtime to air our television ads is skyrocketing,” Alsobrooks wrote in a fundraising email to supporters Tuesday evening. “I used to think it was expensive to keep our ads on the air, but we just crunched the numbers to figure out how many we needed to keep them going until November 5, and yikes. It’s a lot.

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