{"id":593926,"date":"2021-07-16T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593926"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:05:29","slug":"anti-trump-republicans-blow-away-challengers-in-second-quarter-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-republicans-blow-away-challengers-in-second-quarter-fundraising\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Trump Republicans Blow Away Challengers In Second-Quarter Fundraising"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fanti-trump-republicans-blow-away-challengers-in-second-quarter-fundraising%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=593926&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>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s top Republican critics are reporting massive fundraising hauls, blowing away their respective primary challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in January raised well over one million dollars in 2021\u2019s second quarter, and are heading into the second half of the year with huge cash advantages, Federal Election Commission reports show.<\/p>\n<p>Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from Republican leadership for criticizing Trump\u2019s repeated, baseless claims that the election was rigged, hauled in a record-setting $1.88 million from Apr. 1 through June, and has almost $3 million on-hand. Her two biggest GOP challengers, state Sen. Anthony Bouchard and state Rep. Chuck Gray, reported raising approximately $213,000 and $220,000, respectively.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/13\/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik-donald-trump-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Liz Cheney Outraises Elise Stefanik After Ouster From House GOP Leadership)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, another vocal Trump critic, has raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H0IL11052\/?tab=raising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than $1,900,000<\/a> through 2021, and has over $3 million on-hand, far more than any of his primary challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump have also seen fundraising success throughout the year. Michigan Rep. Fred Upton has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H6MI04113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raised<\/a> over $600,000, while his rival, Steve Carra, has raised about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00775411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$108,000<\/a> since declaring.<\/p>\n<p>California Rep. David Valadao raised over $340,000 in the second quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00499392\/1527713\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FEC filings<\/a>&nbsp;show, while his opponent, Chris Mathys, <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/\">raised nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7094962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7094962\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7094962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228546284-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228546284-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1228546284-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228546284-620x417-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228546284-768x516-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228546284-1536x1033-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228546284-2048x1377-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7094962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Adam Kinzinger questions witnesses during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing. (Kevin Dietsch-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez\u2019s campaign raised about <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00654079\/1527027\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$591,000<\/a>. The campaign for Max Miller, his main primary challenger who Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/26\/trump-holds-first-campaign-style-rally-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rallied with in June<\/a>, reported raising <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00770818\/1527190\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$375,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Rep. Tom Rice was the only Republican who voted for impeachment to be outraised by his respective challenger, bringing in about <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00506048\/1525622\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$326,000<\/a> to media personality Graham Allen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00779579\/1526008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over $409,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump critics\u2019 fundraising success has not been limited to just those in the House. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski raised almost <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00384529\/1526272\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1.15 million<\/a> in the second quarter, while Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka raised <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/pdf\/434\/202107159451497434\/202107159451497434.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$544,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Trump-endorsed Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, who is vying to succeed the retiring Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/07\/katie-britt-alabama-senate-fundraising-records-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outraised by Katie Britt<\/a>, Shelby\u2019s former chief-of-staff, by $1.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s top Republican critics are reporting massive fundraising hauls, blowing away their respective primary challengers.Some of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in January raised &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593926","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}