Article snippet: Senate Democratic Leader MORE (N.Y.) is facing pressure from vulnerable incumbents and hopeful challengers about where to spend the party’s limited resources in this fall’s midterm elections. Senate Democrats are defending 26 seats, including 10 in states that voted for MORE, and many of those candidates are going to need help from the national party. But Democrats also have an outside shot of taking back the Senate majority if 2018 turns into a wave election. Democratic candidates trying to turn the Senate blue will also want help from Schumer. Schumer and allied strategists will have to decide whether to focus more on defense or offense. Everything else being equal, incumbents say they should get first priority. “When push comes to shove, if you have some incumbents in Pennsylvania or Ohio or Michigan in tighter races than might be expected right now and a binary choice between spending money there or going on offense elsewhere, I’m pretty sure you’re going to see the money go to the incumbent,” said a Democratic strategist allied with an incumbent Democratic senator. A Washington-based Democratic strategist says the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s (DSCC) first priority is to protect incumbents, especially when many of them have contributed to or raised money for the committee. “We view our first priority as defending our incumbents, but we also see some very strong pick-up opportunities,” the source said. The best opportunities for Democrats are in... Link to the full article to read more