D'AMATO DOMINATES CAPITOL MONEY CHASE.(MAIN)

Byline: ELIZABETH SCHWINN Times Union Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON In the great Washington money chase, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato is the unchallenged king of the Hill.

In addition to raising money for his own re-election, D'Amato, a New York Republican, heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which puts him in charge of raising funds and shaping strategy for the 1996 Senate races.

D'Amato's doing well for the NRSC so far. By mid-May, the committee had collected $13 million and the election isn't until November 1996. In the last election cycle, the NRSC amassed $66 million.

In 1992, his last re-election campaign, D'Amato raised more money than any other senator: $11,246,373, according to the lobbying group Common Cause.

D'Amato …