Editing Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (section)

===2011–2012 election cycle===
In [[2012 United States Senate elections|2012]], 23 Democratic Senate seats were available, as opposed to 10 Republican seats. An increase of four seats would have given the GOP a Senate majority. In the election, three GOP seats were won and one Democratic seat was lost, increasing the Democratic majority by two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/news/article/supermajority-within-reach-for-senate-democrats|title=Supermajority Within Reach for Senate Democrats – News & Analysis – The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report}}</ref>

DSCC executive director said their strategy was to "localize" elections – make them "a choice between the two people on the ballot [...] and not simply allow it to be a nationalized election".<ref name="RCP 2012 Race">{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/11/03/dems_aim_to_localize_2012_senate_races.html|title=Democrats Aim to Localize 2012 Senate Races – RealClearPolitics}}</ref> Because this is not easy to do in a presidential election year, the DSCC had gone very much on the offensive, depicting Republican candidates and donors, and especially the [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]], as extreme. During the Florida and Indiana primaries, they pushed that the Tea Party was working to move the GOP "so far to the right that candidates will say anything to get their party's nomination". The GOP targeted four red states to pick up the seats they need for a Senate majority. They were looking at states that did not vote for President Obama in 2008: Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and North Dakota. They lost three of those four seats.<ref name="RCP 2012 Race"/><ref name="Year for Women">{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/06/dscc_chair_2012_could_be_historic_year_for_women.html|title=DSCC Chair: 2012 Could Be Historic Year for Women – RealClearPolitics}}</ref>