Florida, Texas ‘increasingly in play,’ but Senate Dems not ready to spend more yet

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), indicated the party is not yet committed to devoting financial resources to Texas or Florida despite its claims that it is in striking distance to flip the two GOP-held seats. 

Peters told reporters Tuesday morning that while the pair of seats, now held by Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rick Scott (Fla.), are moving closer in the direction of Democrats, they are not yet committed to spending big on a media buy in either state.

“Those states are increasingly in play. Decisions as to what resources are going to go in are going to be made [in] real time and are likely to evolve,” Peters said during a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. 

“If you continue to see what’s happening in those two states, I think you’re likely to see more resources to go in. Democrats are going to put more resources into those states,” Peters said of outside groups more broadly. “So if the momentum we see today continues, I’m certainly very encouraged. We’ll have to see how it goes.”