The fundraising statistics from March are in, and the Republican National Committee (RNC) is continuing their blowout start to the year.
Earlier today, the RNC announced that they raised $13.8 million in March, which set a new record for the RNC’s fundraising for that month in a non-presidential election year. The RNC has had record-setting fundraising months every month this year so far.
According to The Hill:
The RNC’s March haul brings the committee’s first-quarter fundraising to $39 million and boosts its total fundraising for the 2018 cycle to $171.5 million.
The RNC ends March with $42.9 million cash on hand, with no debt reported.
The RNC is planning to spend $250 million on the midterm elections this year as the party looks to protect its majority in the House. Democrats need to flip 23 seats to take back the lower chamber.
The DNC, meanwhile, has been a sinking ship.
For as much media enthusiasm as there has been for the anti-Trump “resistance,” none of these “resisters” seem to be putting their money where their mouths are.
In February, the DNC had to take on $2 million in debt to keep operations running, and they took an additional $160k in March. The DNC now has outstanding debt of over $6 million.
While the DNC has not yet released their fundraising numbers for March, they’ve been out-raised by the RNC for at least the past 11 consecutive months. In other words, once Trump became President, that’s when the RNC began picking up steam. That’s a positive sign for Republicans in the coming midterms.
As of February, the DNC had raised only $10 million (or less than what the RNC raised in March alone).
In an attempt to boost those figures, the DNC is going to be implementing a losing strategy next-month, by having Hillary Clinton speak at their annual Women’s Leadership Forum.
Given that donations to the RNC surged when a Republican defeated Hillary, let’s just hope they keep on promoting her.
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