The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee last month gave the maximum direct contribution to the re-election campaigns of Sens. Barbara Boxer (Calif.) and Russ Feingold (Wis.)
According to the DSCC's March campaign finance report, it gave $42,600 to Boxer and Feingold, who are seeking their fourth terms.
That is the maximum a national party committee can give directly to a Senate candidate, though it's only a fraction of what the DSCC is permitted to spend in coordinated expenditures that can be made in concert with candidates' campaigns -- or on independent expenditures that cannot. But the DSCC's twin payment is a sign the committee is fully committed to re-electing them.
Boxer, who is getting serious fundraising help from President Obama, will face the winner of a Republican primary that includes former Rep. Tom Campbell, state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
Feingold is less politically vulnerable than Boxer now that he won't be facing former Gov. Tommy Thompson, who announced last week -- after the DSCC contributed to Feingold -- that he would not challenge the senator. Two lesser-known Republicans are challenging Feingold at the moment.
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