70+ Democrats Outraised Their GOP House Opponents Last Quarter

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Even in deep-red Texas, seven Republicans failed to match the funds raised by their Democratic challengers.
Gideon Resnick 07.17.18 11:51 AM ET

As the second financial quarter drew to a close this year, more than 70 Democratic challengers had outraised their Republican opponents, according to Federal Election Commission filings provided by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

That total includes more than 50 Republican incumbents as well and the phenomenon is taking place in districts where GOP members are already considered endangered.

In California alone, where Democrats are hopeful they can defeat Republican incumbents in districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016, there are ten Democratic challengers who have raised more than their opponents. That includes Katie Hill, in California’s 25th district, who raised a little over $1 million compared to Rep. Steve Knight's (R-CA) $319,000 raised.

Democratic candidate Harley Rouda, who is hoping to unseat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) also easily lapped the long-term incumbent in the second quarter, raising more than $994,000 compared to Rohrabacher’s $192,000.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/over-70-democratic-house-challengers-outraised-gop-opponents-in-q2-2018

[LongTomH]

1. We still have to deal with unlimited 'Dark Money'

As we approach November, expect to see your state flooded with negative campaign ads.

Citizens' United allows virtually unlimited spending, as long as it's not directly given to an individual candidate.

[TheRealNorth]

2. Dark money

Last edited Wed Jul 18, 2018, 07:55 PM - Edit history (1)

I believe Connor Lamb's campaign had about the same amount of money as his Republican opponent, but when you factored in the dark money the republicans outspent the Dems something like 10 million to 3 million