{"id":2248700,"date":"2024-05-20T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-hold-fundraising-advantage-over-gop-as-focus-turns-to-general-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:01:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:01:51","slug":"house-democrats-hold-fundraising-advantage-over-gop-as-focus-turns-to-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-hold-fundraising-advantage-over-gop-as-focus-turns-to-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats lead in fundraising as attention shifts to general election"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-hold-fundraising-advantage-over-gop-as-focus-turns-to-general-election%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=2248700&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>House\u200d Democrats surpassed GOP fundraising in April, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign\u200d Committee raising $12.4 million, their\u2064 highest April total ever. This gives them \u2062a strong financial\u200b position heading into the November election. The NRCC also had a successful \u2062month, raising $10.03 million. Both parties are\u2064 gearing up for\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-aligned-groups-shatter-2024-fundraising-records\/\" title=\"McCarthy-backed groups break 2024 fundraising records.\">fiercely competitive election cycle<\/a>. House Democrats outpaced GOP fundraising in April, with the \u200bDemocratic Congressional\u200b Campaign Committee raising a record $12.4 million. This boosts their financial\u200d standing for the \u200dupcoming November \u200belection. The NRCC also had a successful month, raising $10.03 million. Both parties are \u200dpreparing for a\u2062 highly \u200dcompetitive election cycle.  <\/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>House Democrats reported a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>record-breaking fundraising<\/a> haul in April, giving them an advantage over their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nrcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP counterparts<\/a> as their focus turns to the November election and control of the lower chamber is once again up for grabs. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dccc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee<\/a> raised $12.4 million last month, marking the committee\u2019s best April fundraising numbers in its history. The haul puts the DCCC at $57.8 million raised year-to-date, which is the most money the group has ever raised at this point in a presidential year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith only six months to go before Election Day, House Democrats are ensuring we have the resources to take back the majority, make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker, put an end to the chaos, and get the government back to work for families,\u201d DCCC Chairwoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) said in a statement. \u201cAs House Republicans continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-warns-about-story-boiling-beneath-news-cycle-a-threat-to-our-country-and-our-democracy\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard Warns About Story Boiling Beneath News Cycle: \u2018A Threat To Our Country And Our Democracy\u2019\">put partisan politics<\/a> over people at the behest of Donald Trump, voters are increasingly fed up with extremism and dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest haul gives the DCCC $71.1 million cash on hand with just six months until Election Day, giving the party a leg up on Republican challengers. <\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Congressional Committee also announced a record haul on Monday after raising $10.03 million in April \u2014 the second-highest April the group has ever reported. The haul contributes to the NRCC\u2019s war chest of $59.8 million, roughly $15 million less than its Democratic counterpart. <\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans have expressed confidence in their ability to defend their historically slim majority, pointing to previous cycles in which the House GOP had less cash on hand than Democrats but managed to make electoral gains. <\/p>\n<p>At this point in the 2020 election cycle, the DCCC had roughly $30.2 million more cash on hand than the NRCC, but Republicans managed to pick up 15 seats that cycle, according to data provided to the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>Then, in the 2022 midterm election cycle, the DCCC had roughly $18 million more cash on hand before Republicans went on to pick up nine seats and flip control of the lower chamber. <\/p>\n<p>House Republicans are also pointing to Democrats\u2019 record on the Israel war as a top matter the party will lean on this cycle, hoping to leverage that, as well as the border crisis and inflation, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midterm-elections-2022-here-are-the-issues-georgia-voters-care-about-the-most\/\" title=\"Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Georgia voters care about the most\">motivate voter turnout<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats spent the month of April coddling terrorist sympathizers on college campuses while denying the border invasion and inflation crisis,\u201d NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) said in a statement. \u201cMeanwhile, House Republicans kept our nose to the grindstone \u2014 raising the cash needed to grow our majority while demanding a halt to Joe Biden and extreme House Democrats\u2019 radical plans to drive America further into a ditch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 cycle has already proven to be expensive for both parties, with the DCCC spending roughly $84.1 million in 2023 and the NRCC allocating $65.2 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/updates\/statistical-summary-of-12-month-campaign-activity-of-the-2023-2024-election-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to recent data from the Federal Election Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Individual campaigns have also seen expensive races in the 2024 cycle, with the top 10 most expensive House races spending more than $92.8 million so far, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/elections-overview\/most-expensive-races\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to data compiled by Open Secrets<\/a>. Several of those seats are attracting widespread attention because the incumbent is retiring, such as California\u2019s 30th District, which is being vacated by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) as he runs for Senate. Roughly $7.3 million has been spent on that race so far.<\/p>\n<p>The seat held by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) in Colorado\u2019s 3rd District has attracted large sums of spending as the incumbent Republican looks to run in another district, and Democrats view the seat as a key pickup opportunity. Other open seats, such as the ones being vacated by Reps. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) in North Carolina and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) in California, have also attracted more than $19 million to be spent between the two of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All 435 seats are up for grabs in 2024 as Republicans seek to hold their slim majority in the lower chamber. Of these, 42 are considered competitive, with most of those held by Democrats, giving the GOP a slight advantage as it prepares for the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>However, of the 42 competitive seats, 17 are held by Republicans in districts that voted for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> in 2020, compared to just five Democrats who must defend their seats in districts carried by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. That means there are just enough vulnerable GOP-held seats to keep things competitive heading into the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats broke fundraising records in April, gaining an edge over the GOP as they gear up for the November election. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $12.4 million, setting a new April fundraising high. 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