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RandySF

(59,225 posts)
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 11:00 PM Feb 2020

THE CASH DASH -- House Democrats are just clobbering their potential Republican challengers

“The roughly four dozen most endangered House Democratic incumbents raised a collective $28.5 million in the last three months of 2019, a staggering total that is nearly twice the sum of all of their Republican challengers combined,” Campaign Pro’s Ally Mutnick reported for Pros. “This drastic disparity, which House GOP leaders have deemed an all-out crisis, throws the Democratic advantage into stark relief: 32 of the 42 swing-seat Democrats raised over $500,000 last quarter and 36 started the election year with at least $1 million in cash on hand. Of the over 120 Republicans who filed to run against the so-called frontliners, just six had cleared that fundraising threshold, and three had that much in the bank.”

More from Ally (Pros, you have a really good exclusive to read): “In a joint interview last week at the NRCC’s headquarters, top committee officials outlined their work to confront their fundraising dilemma, from investing in Facebook and Google ads to grow their email lists to consulting with the president’s digital fundraising team.”



https://www.politico.com/morningscore/

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THE CASH DASH -- House Democrats are just clobbering their potential Republican challengers (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2020 OP
K & R! Iliyah Feb 2020 #1
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K$R yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2020 #3
They're comparing democratic incumbents to republican challengers? unblock Feb 2020 #4

unblock

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4. They're comparing democratic incumbents to republican challengers?
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 11:15 PM
Feb 2020

I assume the it's the amounts involved that are impressive because incumbents normally outraise challengers....

I'd prefer if the clarified what's normal in this respect or compared democratic incumbent fundraising to republican incumbent fundraising, e.g.

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