The ones now in charge of the purse strings.
Via NBC News:
First came the blue wave, then came the red ink.
The new leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who is slated to be chosen Wednesday in the party’s internal elections, will inherit $18 million in debt from this year’s midterms, a source familiar with the group’s finances told NBC News.
It’s common for campaigns and party committees to finish election cycles in the hole as they throw everything they have — and then some — at an election, but the $18 million will have to be made up through fundraising before the new chairman can start building a warchest for the next election cycle.
The National Republican Congressional Committee also spent heavily this year as it fought to defend the GOP majority, taking out a $12 million line of credit that still has to be paid off, according to the committee’s communications director, Matt Gorman.