Builds $12.4 million COH advantage
Late Sunday, the NRCC quietly posted their September fundraising totals, confirming that the DCCC had, once again, outraised them handily: $12.9 million to $7.8 million in September alone.
With September in the books, the DCCC has now outraised the NRCC in three straight quarters and nine straight month of 2019, bringing the DCCC’s total fundraising advantage for this election cycle to $28.6 million. This comes as the DCCC raised $27.4 million in Q3, nearly $6 million more than the Committee’s strongest previous Q3 of an off-year. The DCCC begins the final quarter of 2019 with $36.2 million on hand, $12.4 million more than the NRCC.
Not only does that represent a significant financial advantage at the committee level, but it mirrors Democrats’ dominance at the campaign level as well.
Here are just a few of the headlines Democratic candidates earned due to their fundraising strength:
Why Republicans should be worried about their chances of retaking the House
Politico | Ally Mutnick
Democrats are building a financial bulwark around their House majority that’s going to be tough for Republicans to breach in 2020.
Thirty-three of the 44 most vulnerable House Democrats have stashed an impressive $1 million or more in the bank well before the election year even begins. And their fundraising pace is not slowing down as they gear up to defend the chamber.
Federal Election Commission reports filed this week illustrate Democrats’ formidable advantage: The 44 Democrats in the most competitive seats banked a collective $59 million so far. Nearly 30 raised $500,000 or more in the third quarter, according to a POLITICO analysis of the fundraising filings. And all but six of the so-called “frontliners” have at least half a million more banked than their challengers, if they have any challenger at all.
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Trump-District Democrats Flush With Cash Before 2020 Election
Bloomberg Government | Greg Giroux
House Democrats from districts that favored President Donald Trump in 2016 have amassed big campaign treasuries as they prepare for competitive re-election bids.
Of the 30 Democrats seeking re-election from areas Trump won in 2016, 22 had more than $1 million in their campaign fund and all but three banked at least $750,000 at the end of this year’s third quarter, according to a Bloomberg Government review of Federal Election Commission reports due yesterday.
Swing-district Democrats are key to the party defending its majority in the November 2020 election. The 30 Democrats include 22 freshmen, of whom 20 won districts from Republican control in the 2018 election. Democrats control 235 House seats, or 17 more than a bare majority of 218 in the 435-seat House.
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Fundraising update: Some House freshmen raising more than embattled senators
Roll Call | Simone Pathé
More than a year out from the 2020 elections, new disclosures show House members continue to set the pace for congressional fundraising, with several freshmen raising nearly as much as or more than some of the most vulnerable GOP senators and their Democratic challengers.
That’s especially true of House Democratic freshmen, some of whom are continuing a trend started last year when, as candidates, they raised more in the quarters leading up to Election Day than Senate candidates.
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