{"id":2464021,"date":"2025-07-19T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-leads-the-house-in-campaign-funding-with-15-4-million-war-chest\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:52:43","slug":"aoc-leads-the-house-in-campaign-funding-with-15-4-million-war-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-leads-the-house-in-campaign-funding-with-15-4-million-war-chest\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC leads the House in campaign funding with $15.4 million war chest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Faoc-leads-the-house-in-campaign-funding-with-15-4-million-war-chest%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=2464021&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>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is currently leading the U.S. House in campaign fundraising for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-democratic-party-chairwoman-prepares-to-leave-after-internal-pressure-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Georgia Democratic Party chairwoman p...ares to leave after internal pressure - Washington Examiner\">2026 election cycle<\/a>, having raised $15.4 million so far this year. This amount substantially surpasses her closest rival, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who has raised $8.7 million. Much of Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s fundraising occurred in the first half of 2025,including a record-breaking $9.6 million in the first quarter alone. Her campaign has attracted over 342,000 individual donors, with small average contributions of around $17, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >demonstrating broad grassroots support<\/a>. Having already exceeded her total fundraising from 2024, speculation has grown that she may consider running for higher office, such as the Senate or even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"... 2024: An Early Look At The Possible ...ublican Contenders\">presidential bid<\/a> in 2028. Her campaign has been actively running political advertisements, especially targeting voters outside her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-flags-at-half-mast-for-fallen-capitol-officers\/\" title=\"Trump Orders Flags at Half-Mast for Fallen Capitol Officers\">home state<\/a> of New York.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">AOC has the most campaign money in the House with $15.4 million war chest<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2096844\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) leads the U.S. House in campaign funding as of Saturday, with a whopping $15.4 million raised so far this year, well ahead of the 2026 elections, new financial disclosure data shows.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/raising-bythenumbers\/?office=H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Election Commission figures<\/a>, Ocasio-Cortez has outraised her congressional counterparts by a significant margin, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H8NY15148\/?cycle=2026&amp;election_full=true&amp;tab=raising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nearly double in the bank<\/a> than that of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is trailing behind the &ldquo;Squad&rdquo; member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H6LA04138\/?cycle=2026&amp;election_full=true&amp;tab=raising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">at $8.7 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3476045\/nrcc-mamdani-ad-vulnerable-democrats\/\">GOP group ties vulnerable Democrats to socialist Mamdani in campaign ad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3474187\/deposition-video-annie-tomasini-fifth-house-oversight-biden-autopen\/\">Video of Annie Tomasini pleading the Fifth released in Biden autopen investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3468968\/snowbirds-in-reverse-paul-lepage-maine-mike-rogers-michigan\/\">Northern state comeback candidates downplay their time living in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Much of the congresswoman&rsquo;s windfall came within the first three months of 2025. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00639591\/1886852\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">April quarterly report<\/a>, Ocasio-Cortez initially pocketed a record-breaking $9.6 million, marking the New York Democrat&rsquo;s most profitable quarter over the course of her political career.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3381015\/aoc-raises-nearly-10-million-first-quarter-smashing-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AOC RAISES NEARLY $10 MILLION IN FIRST QUARTER, SMASHING RECORD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez added another $5.8 million in the second quarter, according to recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00639591\/1902035\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">campaign finance filings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OliverHidWoh\/status\/1945181209476108346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">On X<\/a>, Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s campaign manager Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben said she raked in contributions from over 161,000 people, averaging just $17 per donation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, speaking during the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>He mentioned that while more than 342,000 individual donors have donated to Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s campaign overall in 2025, only four gave the max amount. &ldquo;That means 99.9999% can donate again and we anticipate many will,&rdquo; Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben said.<\/p>\n<p>Last election cycle, Ocasio-Cortez was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/raising-bythenumbers\/?office=H&amp;election_year=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the seventh-highest fundraiser<\/a> in the House. Now halfway into the year, Ocasio-Cortez has already beaten her 2024 fundraising total of $15.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Her astonishing haul has left some speculating that Ocasio-Cortez may be eyeing higher office, whether a seat in the Senate or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/977185\/president-aoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a White House run<\/a> in 2028. Many media outlets on the Left are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3392067\/media-want-president-aoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">touting her<\/a> as a top presidential contender.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3245868\/aoc-2028-presidential-run-would-disaster-former-clinton-adviser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AOC 2028 PRESIDENTIAL RUN WOULD BE A &lsquo;DISASTER,&rsquo; FORMER CLINTON ADVISER SAYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Meta ad tracker, Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s campaign is paying for political ads seen by supporters primarily outside of New York.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=active&amp;ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&amp;country=ALL&amp;is_targeted_country=false&amp;media_type=all&amp;search_type=page&amp;view_all_page_id=1316372698453411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ad blitz<\/a>, which ran Wednesday, features clips of her with fellow socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on his <a href=\"https:\/\/bsanders-astro.pages.dev\/oligarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour<\/a>, a cross-country trek criticizing President Donald Trump and especially targeting states he won in 2024. Ad audience analytics show that Californians make up most of these viewers, compared to residents in her home state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2096844\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2096844\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOC leads House fundraising with $15.4M raised so far<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2464022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aoc-trump-voters.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8334,45411,59478,42741],"class_list":["post-2464021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aoc","tag-congressional-elections","tag-house-campaign-funding","tag-political-fundraising"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aoc-trump-voters.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464025,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464021\/revisions\/2464025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}