The Republican National Committee raised $14.8 million in May, ending the month with $125.5 million on hand, dwarfing the $7.72 million the Democratic National Committee raised in May and the $15 million cash on hand, although it is $18 million in debt. Similarly, the National Republican Senatorial Committee had $48.9 million on hand, while the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had $38.9 million through the end of May.

The National Republican Congressional Committee had $82 million on hand through the end of May, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had $73 million on hand.

RNC national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre said that “Protecting Republican majorities is critical to protecting the full execution of the America First agenda”

“President Trump and the administration are hitting the road to up the ante, support our candidates, and expose Democrats’ socialist agenda,” Baldassarre added. “We always knew Democrat candidates would have more money, but they lack the vision, integrity, and ability to deliver for working families, which is why Republicans will defy history in November.”

According to a GOP operative, the committees and PACs are planning to rely on Trump’s presence to mobilize voters before November. “In terms of turnout, we anticipate President Trump turning out across key battleground states,” the operative said. “That’ll most likely start happening in the fall as we approach November.”

“Trump’s presence will mobilize voters because when you look at the map, a lot of the big states that we’re looking at, for instance, a North Carolina, a Georgia, a Michigan, we as Republicans have an electoral advantage on the ground,” they continued. “Meaning our voter registrations, we have more voters as opposed to Democrats.”

However, several Democratic candidates in critical states that will decide control of the Senate are raking in millions of dollars against their Republican competitors, second-quarter Federal Election Commission reports showed this week.

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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) raised $20 million, nearly 10 times the $2.2 million Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) raised in the same period. Ossoff also had $42 million on hand, nearly 21 times Collins’s $2.2 million on hand.

In North Carolina’s Senate battle, former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper raised $8.2 million and had over $20 million cash on hand, compared to Republican Michael Whatley, who raised $2.9 million and had $3.5 million cash on hand.

Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico raised a whopping $28.2 million and had $21.5 million on hand, while Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton raised just $2.2 million and had $1.8 million on hand.

Republicans are also in a tough fight to retain control of the House, which is the likeliest branch of Congress to flip for Democrats. The Iran war has raised gas prices across the nation, adding another obstacle for the party to overcome. Yet the campaign arm for the GOP remains confident that they can hold off Democrats.

“House Republicans have the stronger candidates, a winning message, a historic fundraising advantage, and a favorable political map, while Democrats are saddled with an unpopular record, a fractured party, and are completely controlled by the radical socialist wing of their party,” said NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella. “That’s why we’re confident we’ll protect and grow our House majority.”

A NRCC memo also claimed Republicans are on offense as GOP-led legislatures in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida approved redistricting efforts to make the congressional map more favorable to Republicans. “According to an NRCC analysis, for Democrats to flip the House, they must win Republican-held seats where President Trump averaged 53.2% of the vote in 2024, a dramatically tougher battlefield than the 2018 midterm cycle when Democrats flipped seats in districts where Trump averaged just 46.6% in 2016,” the memo stated.

Some House Republicans in competitive districts are holding their own against Democrats. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) raised just over $1.1 million and had $3.9 million cash on hand in his battle against Democratic state Rep. Manny Rutinel, who raised $858,000 and had $601,000 cash on hand. Trump-backed Jay Feely raised $728,000 and had $794,000 on hand in his race for Arizona’s 1st District, where Democrats will decide their nominee on Tuesday after a bitter primary.

MAGA Inc., Trump’s super PAC, was also sitting on a massive $382.4 million war chest at the end of May, according to its FEC reports. Republicans have clamored for the president to spread the wealth with the GOP as the Iran war has dragged down not only Trump’s approval numbers but support for the GOP overall.

James Blair, Trump’s top political aide, told former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on his podcast last month that “the president is going to spend substantial resources.”

MAGA Inc. spokesman Alex Pfeiffer reiterated to the Washington Examiner that “while MAGA INC is committed to retaining and building the GOP majorities in the House and Senate, we are not in the habit of sharing our battle plans with the opposition through their co-conspirators in the legacy media.”

Republicans can count on the help of outside groups like the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC affiliated with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), which raised a record-breaking $53 million in the second quarter and has $141.8 million cash on hand. The group has already committed to fall ad reservations in 38 markets, totaling $153.1 million across broadcast, cable, streaming, and digital platforms. The CLF also committed another $22 million in fall ad reservations covering Florida and Virginia.

The Washington Examiner also reported this week that Johnson transferred over $500,000 to two dozen battleground incumbents included in the speaker’s joint fundraising committee this election cycle.

Another prominent conservative super PAC, Americans for Prosperity Action, is knocking on nearly 2 million doors and more for Senate races in Alaska, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Michigan. The group also spent $6.3 million on battleground Senate ads focused on gas prices and affordability after it warned the Senate was at risk. It will likely increase its spending as the midterm election gets closer.

“Financial advantages always help, but they only matter if the money is spent talking to voters about what actually moves them — and right now, that’s the cost of living,” said Nathan Nascimento, executive director of AFP Action. “That’s why AFP is out talking to voters directly, approaching 2 million doors, drawing the contrast between the far-left progressive vision of complete government control, and the vision our candidates are offering of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity. Empty promises versus real results. That’s the choice we intend to drive home for voters, and that’s the stark contrast that can energize the Republican base.”

A Supreme Court ruling at the end of June that nixed limits on coordinated spending now allows campaign committees to work with candidates, a boon for the GOP.

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According to an NRSC memo, “all NRSC-funded voter contact will largely be executed as coordinated spending, developed directly with campaigns.”

Jacob Neiheisel, an expert on political communication and campaigns at the University at Buffalo, claimed that “money is a proxy for support, and money is a tool.” Campaigns have to spend on airtime, get-out-the-vote operations, and various advertising efforts. But “there’s just only so much airtime you can purchase, and so up to the point where it’s totally saturated and there’s nothing more you can buy, yes, that money helps as a tool, but beyond that, it’s not even going to help you going forward,” he also warned.

Given the difficult environment the GOP is facing, Neiheisel warned that “if conventional wisdom holds, it’s probably going to be a bloodbath in terms of Republicans losing across the board.”

The RNC has already signaled that their unconventional midterm convention in September in Dallas, Texas, will center on the president and be a fundraising tool for state GOP parties. It’s another sign that while Trump could drag down the party, he is also their best big-ticket draw. No other living Republican has his star power.

“President Trump is the Republicans’ best messenger and motivator,” said Olivia Wales, a White House spokeswoman. “The President will draw a sharp contrast between his commonsense agenda and the radical Democrats in Congress, who allowed millions of illegal aliens to pour across the border, created the worst inflation crisis in decades, voted against no taxes on tips, Social Security, and overtime pay, and remain extremely soft on crime. In the months ahead, President Trump will continue fighting to lower costs for working families while traveling across the country to highlight his accomplishments alongside Republicans in Congress.”