Roll Call — the newspaper of Capitol Hill — has this item on how the National Republican Senatorial Committee outraised the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in November.

The DSCC still has more cash on hand than the NRSC. Spending from both groups will no doubt impact the race to replace Sen. Dan Akaka in 2012.

Sen. Dan Akaka, Kawananakoa Middle School, April 27, 2011.

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