Election Day is less than three months away, and the stakes are pretty high for both Democrats and Republicans in this year's General Assembly elections. The GOP holds veto-proof majorities in both chambers, which the party has used on numerous occasions to override vetoes from Democratic governor Roy Cooper. Democrats only need to flip four seats in the House of Representatives and six in the state Senate to end those super-majorities, and the party is off to a good start in achieving that at least in fundraising. Smoky Mountain News reporter and BPR contributor Cory Vaillancourt analyzed the fundraising totals through the second quarter of this year and found Democrats have significantly outraised their Republican counterparts in 15 of the 24 'competitive' races he analyzed for state house seats. But outside money is expected to come in fast and furious ( and in one case already has ) in the final months before the election, so the situation could change rapidly ahead of November.