Analysis: Vying for cable news attention may not yield the rewards senators think it does
This week, a different opportunity has availed itself: the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to sit on the Supreme Court. As members of that committee, both Hawley and Cruz have since taken the opportunity to turn the spotlight toward themselves.To be clear, this is a fundamental component of being a national politician; you don’t get elected to the Senate without having a healthy affection for attracting eyeballs.
To answer that question, I pulled data on television mentions and on campaign contributions in 2021 for 12 senators. Those senators were selected to contrast a media-hungry senator with a more demure one, with both coming from the same party, to better evaluate relative campaign contributions. Of course, there’s an important distinction between these senators: not all of them are up for reelection this year. One would expect those on the ballot in November to be raising money more enthusiastically than those who aren’t up until 2026, for example.
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