Devan Barber
Role at the time: Executive director of the DSCC, in a statement quoted in a Forbes column
Response to this claim
The DSCC said it monitors all races closely, including Florida, and that additional investments require additional resources because Republicans are outspending Democratic candidates, and, as Forbes reported on September 28, 2026, pointed to its $40 million Win The Senate program, a joint fundraising committee with Nixon's campaign, maximum leadership PAC contributions from Schumer and Gillibrand, and Nixon's participation in DSCC donor events as support for her campaign.
“Republicans are currently flooding core battleground states with money and outspending our candidates dramatically, so while we are excited about opportunities to expand the map further and monitor all races closely, additional investments require additional resources”
Column that Forbes contributor Richard Fowler published on Forbes.com on September 28, 2026, also carried by Yahoo News (https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democrats-black-voters-investing-154519556.html). Forbes blocks automated readers, so the quoted text was read in the Yahoo copy and in an archived capture of the Forbes page. It quotes a written statement from DSCC Executive Director Devan Barber and reports Nixon's statement to Forbes, post-primary polls and Nixon's fundraising claim. The column's own comments about the DSCC's answer are the writer's characterization.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The statement does not mention Nixon's ideology or identity. It answers the broader criticism by tying the limit on further investment to resources and to Republican spending in core battleground states, which offers a reason other than the one Nixon gave. It also disputes the premise that the committee has not expanded the map, so we labeled it Challenges the characterization. It does not say how much is committed to Florida.