{"id":2233263,"date":"2024-04-30T03:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornyn-steps-up-fundraising-in-battle-with-thune-to-become-senate-gop-leader\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T03:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:25:56","slug":"cornyn-steps-up-fundraising-in-battle-with-thune-to-become-senate-gop-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornyn-steps-up-fundraising-in-battle-with-thune-to-become-senate-gop-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornyn increases fundraising efforts to compete with Thune for Senate GOP leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcornyn-steps-up-fundraising-in-battle-with-thune-to-become-senate-gop-leader%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. John\u2063 Cornyn (R-TX) \u2064has raised $18.3 million to support \u2063Republican Senate \u2062candidates, outpacing Sen. John Thune \u200c(R-SD) \u200din fundraising. The\u200d battle for the Senate Republican \u200cleadership intensifies following Senate Minority\u2063 Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s announcement to step down.\u2064 The next leader will\u200b shape the party&#8217;s strategy, oversee the \u2062Senate Leadership Fund, \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrats-look-to-fund-effort-to-elect-local-election-supervisors\/\" title=\"Report: Democrats Look to Fund Effort to Elect Local Election Supervisors\">recruit candidates<\/a>. \u200dCornyn, a seasoned fundraiser,\u2064 leads in contributions and organizational efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)\">Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)<\/a> has raised $18.3 million this cycle to help boost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> Senate incumbents and hopefuls, raising more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. John Thune (R-SD)\">Sen. John Thune (R-SD)<\/a> as both men compete to become the next Senate Republican leader.<\/p>\n<p>Both senators are working to raise money as they compete for the votes of their conference after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)<\/a> announced he would<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2893835\/mitch-mcconnell-resigning-as-senate-gop-leader-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> step down as leader<\/a> in November, setting off a battle over fundraising and ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pay-to-play-ambassadorships-alive-and-well-under-the-biden-administration-report\/\" title=\"Pay-To-Play Ambassadorships Alive And Well Under The Biden Administration: REPORT\">high-dollar donors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The next Senate leader will be responsible for the party\u2019s political and legislative strategy and will take over McConnell\u2019s super PAC, known as the Senate Leadership Fund. The next leader will also help guide the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-integrity-a-key-issue-in-secretary-of-state-races\/\" title=\"Election Integrity a Key Issue in Secretary of State Races\">main campaign arm<\/a> of the Senate GOP, and will recruit key candidates in the coming cycles.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn, a former Senate GOP campaign chairman and whip, has raised nearly $5.6 million for incumbents, the NRSC, and Senate Republican nominees, according to a source familiar with his fundraising. The funding is the most the senator, who hails from donor-rich Texas, has raised in a single quarter. Beyond McConnell, Cornyn has been the top Senate GOP fundraiser for 15 years and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/censorships-biggest-cheerleaders-will-always-be-our-corrupt-corporate-media\/\" title=\"Censorship\u2019s Biggest Cheerleaders Will Always Be Our Corrupt Corporate Media\">spent years building<\/a> his political operation. He formed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-electioneering-dirty-facebook-suspends-gop-ad-campaign-days-before-january-georgia-runoff-election\/\" title=\"More Electioneering: Dirty Facebook Suspends GOP Ad Campaign Days Before January Georgia Runoff Election\">joint fundraising committee<\/a> last cycle, the Cornyn Victory Committee, to help Republican campaigns directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther than the current leader, there is no one who has worked harder and longer and raised more money for Republican senators than Sen. John Cornyn,\u201d said Brian Walsh, a former Cornyn staffer. \u201cHe has spent years helping candidates and that goes back to his serving two terms at the NRSC, serving as the Republican whip, and he\u2019s never left his foot off the gas pedal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, has raised $13.1 million for Republicans this cycle and is the second-highest fundraiser for the NRSC behind Chairman Steve Daines (R-MT), according to a source familiar with his efforts. <\/p>\n<p>Thune, who comes from the much smaller state of South Dakota, has also ramped up his fundraising and has headlined fundraisers for candidates in the nation\u2019s capital and around the country. The South Dakota senator has attended in-person events in Washington, D.C., and across the country, often juggling multiple each night he\u2019s in town, according to a source with knowledge of his efforts who said Thune has participated in more than 200 events this cycle alone for candidates, incumbents, and the NRSC. <\/p>\n<p>Many senators say they are undecided about which John to support and are considering various factors over the next couple of months. Leadership races are often conducted via secret ballot, making them extremely difficult to predict. It\u2019s also unclear if others will ultimately jump into the race. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), a former NRSC chairman, had expressed interest earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>While money is important in the leadership battle, it isn\u2019t everything. Some Republicans point to Cornyn\u2019s legislative background as a weakness, highlighting his role in pushing a bipartisan gun bill in 2022. However, Walsh said he doesn\u2019t think that\u2019s a critical vulnerability for the Texas Republican.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he did was take a tough vote and take a politically volatile issue off the table for the good of the conference,\u201d Walsh explained. \u201cHe consistently has had one of the top ratings on Second Amendment issues in the conference. He is the primary sponsor of constitutional carry in the Senate, and so I think the people that know him best, those are his fellow senators, know his record on issues like this, so it\u2019s not something that folks should be concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) leads in fundraising, securing $18.3 million to support GOP Senate candidates. This surpasses Sen. John Thune&#8217;s (R-SD) efforts. The competition intensifies as they vie for the Senate Republican leadership, rallying support within the conference. 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