At least 16 Dem Challengers End Q2 With More Cash On Hand Than Their Republican Opponents
As House Democrats push deeper into currently Republican-held territory, Democrats continued to outwork and outclass their Republican opponents, with at least 25 Democratic challengers outraising Republican incumbents or open seat challengers in Q2. Not only that, but at least 15 Democratic challengers ended Q2 with more cash on hand their Republican opponents.
Fundraising Quick Facts:
- Democratic challengers across the House battlefield have more than $37 million on hand at the end of Q2 and have raised more than $86 million for the cycle.
- At least 25 challenger candidates raised over $500,000.
- Frontline Democrats ended with $125 million on hand
- Frontline Democrats raised more than $36.7million in Q2 and have raised $161 million for the cycle.
- As of June, the DCCC held a $31 million cash advantage over the NRCC. While the NRCC has not yet released their Q2 fundraising, the DCCC announced yesterday its best Q2 ever with $40M raised.
Democratic Challengers that Outraised Republican Incumbents or Open-Seat Challengers
- AK-AL: Alyse Galvin ($704K) > Don Young ($270K)
- Galvin also leads Young in COH, $1.4M to$960K
- AR-02: Joyce Elliott ($608K) > French Hill ($271K)
- AZ-06:Hiral Tipirneni ($665K) > David Schweikert ($199K
- Hiral also leads in COH, $1.6Mmillion to $236K
- CA-01: Audrey Denney ($315K) > Doug LaMalfa ($43K)
- CA-04: Brynne Kennedy ($384K) > Tom McClintock ($174K)
- CA-08: Chris Bubser ($268K) > Jay Obernolte ($257K)
- GA-07:Carolyn Bourdeaux ($625K) > Rich Mccormick ($237K)
- Bourdeaux also leads in COH$759K to $105K
- IA-02:Rita Hart ($645K) > Mariannette Miller Meeks ($351K)
- IA-04:D. Scholten ($620k) > Randy Feenstra ($403K)
- Scholten also leads Feenstra in COH $1Mto $327K
- IL-13: Betsy Dirksen Londrigan ($800k) > Rodney Davis ($510k)
- Dirksen Londrigan also leads Davis in COH, $2.25Mto $1.85M
- Dirksen Londrigan also leads Davis in COH, $2.25Mto $1.85M
- IN-05: Christina Hale ($541K) > Victoria Spartz ($605K, including a $324K self-loan)
- Hale also leads Spartz in COH, $726Kto $170k
- KS-02:Michelle De La Isla ($356K) > Rep. Steve Watkins ($122K)
- MI-03: Hillary Scholten ($484K) > Peter Meijer ($373K) and Lynn Afendoulis ($394K)
- Scholten also leads both Meijer and Afendoulis in COH, $524Kto $449K and $277K respectively
- MN-01:Dan Feehan ($705K) > Rep. Jim Hagedorn ($300K)
- Dan Feehan leads Hagedorn in COH $1.66M to $945K
- MO-02:Jill Schupp ($809K) > Rep. Ann Wagner ($567K)
- This is the third quarter in a row that Schupp has outraised Wagner
- MT-AL: Kathleen Williams ($760k ) > Matt Rosendale ($477K)
- Williams also leads Rosendale in COH, $1.63M to$1.23M
- NC-08: Pat Timmons-Goodson ($845K) > Rich Hudson ($328K)
- NE-02:Kara Eastman ($624K) > Don Bacon ($510K)
- NY-02:Jackie Gordon ($791K) & Andrew Garbarino ($120K)
- Gordon also leads in COH, $1.1m to $104K
- OH-01: Kate Schroder ($624kQ2) > Steve Chabot ($309k Q2)
- OH-10: Desiree Tims ($382K) > Mike Turner ($76K)
- OH-12:Alaina Shearer ($209K) > Troy Balderson ($62K)
- PA-10:Eugene DePasquale ($650k) > Rep. Scott Perry ($469K)
- SC-02:Adair Ford Boroughs ($301K) > Rep. Joe Wilson ($230K)
- Boroughs also leads in COH, $715Kto $500k
- TX-06: Stephen Daniel ($131K) > Rep. Ron Wright ($56K)
- TX-21:Wendy Davis ($1.4m) > Rep. Chip Roy ($544K)
- Davis also leads in COH, $2.9m to$1.7m
- TX-22:Sri Preston Kulkarni ($966K) > Troy Nehls ($134K)
- Kulkarni also leads in COH, $1.2M to$29K
- TX-23:Gina Ortiz Jones ($823K) > Tony Gonzales ($413K) and Raul Reyes ($121K)
- Jones also leads in COH $3M to $390k and $24K respectively.
- TX-24:Candance Valenzuela ($472K) > Beth Van Duyne ($431K)
- VA-05:Cameron Webb ($849K) > Bob Good ($121K).
- Webb also leads in COH $453Kto $68K
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