Claire McCaskill swamping Josh Hawley in fundraising; will it matter?

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is swamping her Republican challenger, state Attorney General Josh Hawley, in the crucial fundraising battle in Missouri — but it might not make a difference.

McCaskill raised $4.3 in the second quarter, closing the period with $12.2 million in the bank; Hawley raised just $1.87 million, finishing with a paltry $3 million to spend on his Senate campaign. Republican insiders, though uncomfortable with McCaskill’s 4-1 edge in cash on hand, are confident that the liberal incumbent is out of step with a state that has become reliably red in statewide contests and is generally satisfied with President Trump.