House Democrats Post Record Fundraising Haul in First Quarter
House Democrats’ campaign arm posted a record first quarter in their 2020 fundraising, pulling in $43.5 million in the first few months of the year. That figure is a record for the Democratic Congressional Campaign…
House Democrats’ campaign arm posted a record first quarter in their 2020 fundraising, pulling in $43.5 million in the first few months of the year.
That figure is a record for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which now has $80 million on hand to spend for the 2020 cycle in which they’re fighting to protect their majority in the House. It’s also the most money that they’ve ever raised in a single quarter.
DCCC chairwoman Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) told Newsweek “Freshmen Democrats will have the resources to get the jobs done. They’re running against people who have a very poor showing right now.”
The DCCC has been crushing its counterpart: the Republican National Congressional Committee (NRCC.) The NRCC has not released their fundraising numbers.
Last year, the DCCC out-raised the NRCC by $40 million.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has chided his troops for their lackluster fundraising numbers, saying of the Democrats, “They are kicking our ass.”
House Republicans need to flip nearly twenty seats to win back the majority that they lost in 2018, but that seems extremely unlikely. Cook Political Report notes