Dumping millions to boost far-right election-denying candidates in primaries whom they perceived as easier to beat in general elections seems to have paid off for liberals, even as many criticized the move as anti-democratic.This year Democratic groups launched a risky new strategy pouring over $50 million into ads boosting 13 Republican candidates they banked on being able to beat in a general election. Individual Democratic candidates forked over tens of millions more. The scheme drew criticism as could have used the funds to defend a narrow majority, and the potential that the far-right candidates they boosted could actually come to power. But in a number of races their efforts were vindicated, with Republicans now looking at a more narrow majority than they had hoped for and a whose majority is yet undecided.
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