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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)

Website:

www.dscc.org
Type:

Democratic Political Action Committee (PAC)
Formation:

1916
Executive Director:

Devan Barber
Committee Chair (2026):

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Finances (2025):

Total Revenue Receipts: $79,883,950

Total Disbursements: $69,530,389

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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), founded in 1916, is the Democratic Party’s principal committee dedicated to electing Democrats and nominal Independent candidates who are expected to caucus with Democrats to the United States Senate. Operating as the party’s central Senate campaign arm, the DSCC recruits candidates, coordinates campaign strategy, raises and allocates funds, and directs media and advertising efforts in competitive races nationwide. Its modern structure emerged after the Supreme Court’s 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, which reshaped federal campaign finance law and expanded the role of national party committees. 1  2  3

The DSCC’s core activities include large-scale fundraising, strategic investments in battleground states, and significant spending on television, digital, and opposition advertising. In recent cycles, it has raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to defend Democratic incumbents and target Republican-held seats. Beyond general elections, the committee also plays an influential role in candidate recruitment and, at times, contested primaries, reflecting its central position in shaping the Democratic Senate campaign strategy nationwide. 4

As of 2026, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Devan Barber was the committee’s executive director. 5

Background

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was founded in 1916 as the leading political committee to help elect Democratic senatorial candidates. The predecessors to the formal DSCC and its Republican counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), became the central election and campaign arms for their respective parties in the nineteenth century. In the 1860s, several Republican senators joined with their colleagues in the House of Representatives to form a joint campaign committee to support then-President Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 reelection campaign. In 1866, the Republican campaign committee turned its attention to House and Senate elections, especially races in the southern states undergoing Reconstruction. The Democratic members of the House and Senate subsequently established a congressional campaign committee to compete with Republicans. 2

In the years that followed, the Senate’s two party conferences appointed senators to serve with members of the House on these congressional campaign committees. By 1916, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate had established their own campaign committees, separate from the House, to focus exclusively on Senate campaigns. 2

Although founded in 1916, the DSCC took on its modern form as a national campaign committee following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1976 ruling in Buckley v. Valeo. In its expanded role, the DSCC seeks to organize, recruit candidates, and allocate funds to battleground races. 3

Recent Political Influence

2026 Election Cycle

Following the 2024 elections, in which Republicans expanded their Senate majority to 53-47, Democratic Senators appointed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 2026 cycle. Left-of-center organizations, including EMILY’s List, praised Gillibrand’s appointment. 6  7

The DSCC has expressed its intention to prioritize more establishment Democratic senatorial candidates in the 2026 cycle. In Maine, DSCC endorsed Governor Janet Mills (D) who announced her challenge to incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in October 2025. In North Carolina, DSCC highlighted Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) as a priority target following his retirement; the committee has expressed support for former Governor Roy Cooper (D) to run for Tillis’ seat. 8  9 More broadly, the DSCC has predicted that the Trump administration’s emphasis on contentious immigration and economic policies will enable a successful election cycle for Democratic senatorial challengers. 4

2024 Election Cycle

During the 2024 election cycle, the DSCC raised $275,526,331 in total funds and spent $272,703,572. 10 During the same cycle, the DSCC spent $294,200 in support of Democratic and nominally Independent senatorial candidates. The PAC spent $57,800 to support each of the following candidates in their respective campaigns: then-Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), then-Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), and nominal independent Nebraska candidate Dan Osborn. 11

During the 2024 election cycle, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee contributed $249,263 to Democratic Party committees and PACs across the United States. Its top recipients were the Democratic Party of Montana ($79,536), the Democratic Party of Ohio ($79,536), the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania ($63,000), and the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland ($49,291). 12

The DSCC also spent extensive funds to provide advertisements, media, and communications services to support Democratic senatorial candidates and to oppose Republican opponents. In 2024, the DSCC spent $18,385,083 to support Democratic candidates and $43,757,705 to oppose Republican senatorial candidates, including $5,600,000 in support of then-Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), $2,550,018 in support of then-Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), $2,276,000 in support of then-Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), $12,332,937 in opposition to Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, $10,521,277 opposing Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), and $10,275,097 opposing Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde. 13 The DSCC’s leading overall expense during the 2024 election cycle was media expenditures, on which it spent $100,298,193. 14

Despite its well-funded efforts to preserve the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, the DSCC’s strategy failed, as Republicans won four additional seats in the November 2024 election to capture a 53-47 Republican Senate majority. Republicans won West Virginia’s open seat, formerly held by Democratic-aligned Independent Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), through then-Gov. Jim Justice (R); Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) lost to Republican Tim Sheehy; Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) lost to Republican Bernie Moreno; and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) lost to Republican David McCormick. 15

2022 Election Cycle

During the 2022 election cycle, the DSCC raised $296,838,737 in total funds and spent $298,027,976. 16 During the same cycle, the DSCC spent $512,504 in support of Democratic senatorial candidates. The PAC spent $51,200 to support each of the following candidates in their respective campaigns: then-Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes (D), former State Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley (D-NC), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT). 17

Throughout the 2022 election cycle, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee contributed $600,000 to Democratic Party committees and PACs across the United States. Its top recipients were the Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, the Democratic Party of Arizona, the Democratic Party of Colorado, the Democratic Party of Nevada, the Democratic Party of New Hampshire, the Democratic Party of North Carolina, the Democratic Party of Ohio, the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and the Georgia Federal Elections Committee, each of which received $60,000 from the DSCC. 18

In 2022, the DSCC spent $8,030,738 to support Democratic candidates and $31,465,894 to oppose Republican senatorial candidates, including $2,664,647 in support of John Fetterman (D-PA), $1,704,529 in support of Raphael Warnock (D-GA), $1,240,000 in support of Mark Kelly (D-AZ), $9,587,529 opposing Arizona Republican Blake Masters, $6,681,170 opposing former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R), and $5,643,645 opposing Georgia Republican Herschel Walker. 19 The DSCC’s leading overall expense during the 2022 election cycle was media expenditures, on which it spent $73,664,332. 20

At the conclusion of the 2022 midterm election cycle, the DSCC helped defend 14 Democratic Senate seats. In June 2022, the DSCC pivoted its advertising strategy, rallying opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The committee invested heavily in broadcast TV ads across competitive races, criticizing Republican candidates heavily for their pro-life stances and aligning them with then-former President Donald Trump. The 2022 election cycle preserved a 51-49 Democratic majority. 21  22  23  24

2020 Election Cycle

During the 2020 election cycle, the DSCC raised $303,883,335 in total funds and spent $300,284,035. 25 During the same cycle, the DSCC spent $694,400 in support of Democratic and Independent senatorial candidates. The PAC spent $49,600 to support each of the following candidates in their respective campaigns: then-Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D), North Carolina Democrat Cal Cunningham (D-NC), former Clinton administration Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, Iowa Democrat Theresa Greenfield, Alaska nominal Independent Al Gross, South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison (D), Texas Democrat M.J. Hegar, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), then-Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Louisiana Democrat Adrian Perkins, and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA). 26

Throughout the 2020 election cycle, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee contributed $19,278 to Democratic party committees and PACs across the United States. Its top recipients were the Georgia Federal Elections Committee ($15,011), EMILY’s List     ($10,000), and the Democratic Party of North Carolina ($2,875). 27

In 2020, the DSCC spent $20,585,715 to support Democratic candidates and $84,753,771 to oppose Republican senatorial candidates, including $4,667,250 in support of Maine Democrat Sara Gideon, $3,430,000 in support of Texas Democrat M.J. Hegar, $1,597,325 in support of Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), $27,870,666 opposing Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), $24,222,053 opposing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), and $18,452,273 opposing Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT). 28 The DSCC’s leading overall expense during the 2022 election cycle was media expenditures, on which it spent $133,163,786. 29

The DSCC’s strategy for the 2020 election cycle centered on defending Democratic incumbents and targeting Republican-held seats amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DSCC advocated for non-traditional campaigning efforts and supported mail-in voting and other voting methods that reduce election integrity. 30 The committee’s most critical effort centered on Georgia’s Senate runoffs held in January 2021. Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeated then-Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), which secured Democrats a 50-seat Senate caucus and effective control through the vice-presidential tiebreaker upon the commencement of the Biden administration. 31

Controversies

Legal Challenges and FEC Disputes

A 1976 Federal Election Commission (FEC) audit of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee revealed discrepancies in spending reports related to independent expenditures, prompting the DSCC to argue that the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) limited FEC access to reports absent specific evidence of wrongdoing. The issue culminated in the 1981 U.S. Supreme Court case Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee through which the court upheld the FEC’s statutory authority under FECA to conduct audits and examinations of political committees’ financial reports, rejecting the DSCC’s challenge that such reviews required prior probable cause of violations. 32  33  34

In 2024, the campaign of incumbent U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed an FEC complaint against the DSCC and the campaign of Cruz’s challenger, then-Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX). Cruz’s campaign accused the PAC of engaging in illegal coordination through running identical ads and pooling resources with Allred’s campaign which Cruz’s campaign claimed was a violation of FECA’s prohibitions on undisclosed collaboration. 35  36

Primary Election Interference

The DSCC has long been accused of interfering in primary elections, as well as of stoking political polarization by funding punchy and personal advertisement campaigns to impugn the character of Republican senatorial candidates. 37

In December 2025, POLITICO published an article that detailed internal disagreements within the Democratic Party related to primary senatorial races in Texas and Iowa. Democratic strategists expressed discontent with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for its inconsistent interference in contested primary races, alleging that the DSCC did not involve itself enough in the U.S. Senate race in Texas that involved U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). Democratic strategists expressed frustration with the DSCC over its unwillingness to find a more suitable candidate than Crockett, who planned to challenge longtime Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) for his seat. 38

Conversely, the same anonymous Democratic strategists claimed the DSCC involved itself in a similarly contested primary race in Iowa where the PAC warned Iowa state Democratic campaign operatives not to support non-DSCC preferred candidates. Lee County Democrats chair Mary Jo Riesberg argued, “When the DSCC intervenes, that’s the wrong person putting their thumb on the scale.” Riesberg endorsed Iowa state Senator Zach Wahls (D) in the primary for the U.S. Senate seat, opposing the DSCC’s preferred candidate, Iowa state Representative Josh Turek (D). 38

Hulu Advertisement Controversy

In July 2022, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, along with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic Governors Association revealed that streaming service Hulu had rejected political campaign advertisements centered on issues including abortion, gun control, climate change, and others. Cable, broadcast, and other social media platforms ran the ads, but Hulu refused due to “content related” problems. The controversy inspired social media backlash, culminating in a #boycottHulu hashtag that spread across social platforms. Following weeks of pressure from the DSCC, Hulu agreed to begin accepting political issue and candidate ads. Disney, a majority owner of Hulu, made the final decision and withheld the right to request that campaigns make certain edits to ads “in alignment with industry standards.” 39

Leadership

Executive Team

As of 2026, Devan Barber was the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, a position he had held since January 2025. Barber worked as a senior advisor at the DSCC during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. In this role, she worked on election strategy with incumbent and challenger campaigns across the country. She previously worked for the DSCC as the political director during the 2018 election cycle and as the research director in the 2016 election cycle. Barber has also worked on several high profile United States Senate campaigns, including managing the North Carolina race in the 2020 election cycle, as well as working on President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. 5 She received a bachelor’s degree in government and women’s studies from the College of William and Mary. 40

As of 2026, Jessica Knight Henry was the deputy executive director and chief diversity and inclusion officer at the DSCC. She served in the same role at the DSCC during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles and was the DSCC’s political and engagement director during the 2020 cycle. Prior to joining the DSCC, Knight Henry was the national development director for Supermajority. She has also worked in political and fundraising work for the Democratic National Committee, and formerly managed the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund. Knight Henry also previously served as executive director for the Congressional Black Caucus PAC. 5 She received her B.A. in Political Science and Government from Millsaps University. 41

As of 2026, Andrew Piatt was the director of campaigns and paid media strategy at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. He worked as a senior advisor to the DSCC in the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. In 2018, Piatt managed the first successful Democratic campaign for the United States Senate in Arizona in 30 years and went on to work as senior advisor for President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in Arizona in 2020. Piatt has held strategic roles previously at the DSCC and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). 5

Legislator Leadership

As of 2026, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), a role she assumed in 2025. 42 She was appointed to office as a U.S. senator in January 2009, and as of 2026 her active term was set to end in January 2031. Gillibrand announced a candidacy for president of the United States in January 2019 but suspended her campaign in August of that year. She received a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). After law school, Gillibrand clerked for Judge Roger Miner on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. After working in private practice, she entered government service as special counsel to then-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Andrew Cuomo. She also worked on Hillary Clinton‘s (D) campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2000. In 2009, Gillibrand filled Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat following Clinton’s appointment as Secretary of State in the Obama administration. 43

As of 2026, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was a vice chair of the DSCC. 44 He assumed office in December 2020, and his term as of 2026 was scheduled to end in January 2029. He received his bachelor’s degree from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and his master’s degree from the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Kelly served in the U.S. Navy, during which he flew 39 combat missions from the aircraft carrier USS Midway. Kelly also previously worked as an astronaut with NASA, flying four missions to the International Space Station. In 2013, he co-founded the gun-control group Americans for Responsible Solutions with his wife, former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). 45

As of 2026, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) was a vice chair of the DSCC. 44 He assumed office in December 2024, and his term as of 2026 was scheduled to end in January 2031. Schiff received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and his law degree from Harvard University. His career experience includes working as a prosecutor with the Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California. 46

As of 2026, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) was a vice chair of the DSCC. 44 She assumed office in January 2025, and her term as of 2026 was scheduled to end in January 2031. Blunt Rochester received her bachelor’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her master’s degree from the University of Delaware. She has previously worked as the Deputy Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, the Delaware State Secretary of Labor, the Personnel Director of the Delaware Office of Management and Budget, and the chief executive of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League. 47

Financials

As a political committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee receives donations from other PACs as well as individuals, which it uses to support Democratic senatorial candidates and oppose their Republican opponents. According to Federal Election Commission records, the DSCC reported $79,883,950 in total revenue receipts in 2025, including $64,641,228 in total contributions. In 2025, the DSCC reported $69,530,389 in total disbursements and expenditures. 48

The DSCC has received funding from left-wing philanthropists and activists, including billionaire George Soros, who donated $250,000 to the committee in 2021. 49

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