Scoop: NRSC privately blasts GOP campaigns on lackluster fundraising

• NRSC Executive Director Jennifer DeCasper drew mumbles from GOP chiefs of staff on Thursday when she said many Senate campaigns are being outraised by House rank-and-file lawmakers, a source familiar told Axios.
• DeCasper also pointed to Georgia, where vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raised a record-breaking $11 million during the first three months of the year.
• Democrats have an amped-up fundraising base (see the Florida special elections) and are positioned to pump cash into independent candidates against GOP incumbents, even in deep-red states, DeCasper warned.

Zoom in: Tony Fabrizio, a senior Trump political adviser, also delivered a polling presentation in which he conveyed that Trump's policy agenda was popular, including in swing states where there will be key Senate races next year.

• The presentation comes as some Senate Republicans are expressing hesitancy over Trump's embrace of tariffs.

The bottom line: Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) — whose reelection is rated "Solid R" by Cook Political Report — has a likely independent challenger in Dan Osborn, who gave Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) a tough race in 2024.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with more reporting.