because they have a lot of small money donors. you can see in nevada, the dark blue bar is many times the size of the red bar. even when you put in the soft money, in nevada, $18 million spent by democrats to $60 million spent by the republicans. cortes masto has outspent laxalt by two to one and is still looking at what she s looking at. in arizona, $128 million by mark kelly compared to $48 million for blake masters. that s fascinating because all we have heard is about peter thiel and his money to masters. but actually, democrats like you said doing exceptionally well on the money side there. yeah, peter thiel s $10 million is in there, but it still only gets him to $47 million. the most expensive race is pennsylvania. and also the closest on the money race, $151 million for fetterman. $121 million for dr. oz.
have an edge, that s the mystery and the suspense, again, it raises all sorts of possibilities, especially when you factor in the possibility for record-shattering turnout. north of 128 million people. numbers that would have been unthinkable in a midterm election a decade ago. now perhaps our new norm. let s dive into it. let s bring in our reporters and experts, chris jansing, she s been speaking to voters in the key state of ohio. rich lowry, nbc news political analyst and editor of national review, jen psaki, former press secretary in the biden white house now with msnbc and charlie cook, nbc news political contributor and the founder of the cook political report. chris jansing, i want to start with you on the ground in ohio. the senate race out there, ryan versus vance, one of those key races when you talk about senate control. ohio a state that went for donald trump twice by big margins, eight points in both elections. democrats trying to pull off a
held at the national mall. president biden and members of his family were able to watch the show from the white house balcony. in texas, massive crowds gathered in north austin near the new stadium for a concert and fire works display. country music star willy nelson has been performing at the event and bringing other artists to the show since the 1970s. in nashville, tennessee. organizers of the show claim it was the biggest fire works display in the city history. months of planning went into making it look so good. minnon mania has taken over the box office. the movie rise of gru the latest animated film in the series set a fout of july box office record raking in estimated $128 million. in the united states over the holiday weekend.
i m convinced we re going to get it done. we re not going to get $3.5 trillion. we ll get less than that, but we ll get it and we ll come back and get the rest. now, playing in the background of all of this for democrats are the looming midterm elections, now a little more than a year away. and while many democrats fret over the impact of the dem on dem fighting that has stalled the build back better act, that hasn t stopped them or the republicans for that matter from raking in campaign cash. the new york times reports the two party s main war chest for the house total a combined $128 million, more than double the sum at this point in the 2020 cycle and far surpassing every other previous one. the national republican congressional committee has adopted a new fund-raising tactic, calling those who have yet to donate, quote, traitors who, quote, abandoned trump. i mean, talk about coercion.
joe biden s agenda. now, we are still a little over a year out from the midterms, a dizzying amount of money is being poured in on both sides. the new york times reports, quote, the two parties main war chests for the house combined a total of $128 million. more than double the sum at this point in the 2020 cycle and far surpassing every other previous one. the investigation into the january 6th attack on the nation s capitol is also up against the mid term clock as the house select committee is hustling to keep its momentum going. this tuesday the panel is set to vote on whether or not to refer steve bannon for federal criminal contempt charges. the former chief strategist and long-time ally of the failed ex-president is refusing to comply with the committee s subpoena and could now face up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000 for not cooperating. joining us now is betsy woodruff swine, a national correspondent