The RNC often outraises the DNC; the NRCC tends to outraise the DCCC. But this year, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is raising millions more than its GOP counterpart, reports Lauren W. Whittington for Roll Call [subscription required].

Six months into the 2006 election cycle, Senate Democrats have set a torrid fundraising pace and have roughly twice the available campaign cash their GOP counterparts do, soon-to-be filed fundraising reports will show.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee finished the second quarter with a record-setting $15.2 million in the bank after raising $6.9 million in June alone.

Meanwhile, the National Republican Senatorial Committee raised $4 million in June and had $8 million left in the bank at the end of last month. The NRSC raised a total of $11 million in the second quarter of the year, compared to a $13 million three-month total for the DSCC.

Senate Democrats’ fundraising has been buoyed by a variety of factors, including the high-profile battle over judicial nominations and the tenacity and New York fundraising base of DSCC Chairman Charles Schumer. The committee also had a schedule packed with fundraising events in June.

In fact, in six months’ time the DSCC has already eclipsed the committee’s fundraising total for all of 2003. So far this cycle Senate Democrats have raised $22.6 million, compared to the $22.4 million they took in two years ago.

Perhaps the folks over at Daily Kos will begin biting their tongues about their jabs at Schumer.