House Democrats Outraised Republicans for the First Time in 2017
by Bill Allison at Bloomberg News
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-21/house-democrats-outraised-republicans-for-the-first-time-in-2017
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House Democrats’ political fundraising arm outraised its Republican counterpart for the first time this year.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee took in $9.2 million in May compared to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s $6.5 million, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission, as both sides contested special elections in Montana and Georgia.
Both parties spent money as fast -- or faster -- than they took it in, with the GOP spending about $58,000 more than it raised. Democrats spent $9 million. But the NRCC still ended May with a bigger war chest -- $31.3 million, about $14.4 million more than Democrats.
The Republican National Committee received $10.4 million, ending May with $41.8 million in the bank, more than any other party committee. After supporting it in the first four months of the year, President Donald Trump’s fundraising operation did not make a transfer to the RNC in May.
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