Top GOP campaign committees dominate Dems in 2025 fundraising
The Republican National Committee — led by Chairman Michael Whatley and finance Chair Vice President JD Vance — racked up $96,419,883 in contributions and has $80,782,884 cash on hand, an FEC filing Sunday shows.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin and finance Chair Chris Korge meanwhile amassed $69,224,921 and recorded a $15,220,609 war chest.
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6 The Republican National Committee, led by Chairman Michael Whatley, has racked up more than $96 million in contributions so far this year.
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For upcoming Senate races, the National Republican Senatorial Committee's donations tally was $48,625,839, while the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee pulled down $40,311,986.31 in contributions.
Among House campaigns, the National Republican Congressional Committee got $68,955,791 in donations, compared with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's 66,009,100 in total fundraising.
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But the NRSC has just $7,801,380 cash on hand, whereas the DSCC has a $13,509,018 war chest.
Still, the GOP committee recorded being exactly $2 million in debt, while the top Senate Democratic campaign arm was $5,250,000 in debt.
6 Vice President JD Vance is finance chairman of the top GOP fundraising arm.
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The DCCC meanwhile slightly surged ahead of the NRCC with its total cash on hand: $39,717,727 to $37,575,291, respectively.
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The fundraising totals come as Democrats are still 2.5 percentage points ahead of Republicans on a generic 2026 ballot of congressional races, according to the RealClearPolitics polling aggregator.
The DNC has been plagued by internal strife since former Vice President Kamala Harris's disastrous 2024 presidential defeat. The MAGA coalition has likewise been strained by tech billionaire Elon Musk's explosive split from President Trump.
6 Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin's organization amassed nearly $70 million so far this year.
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Musk went ballistic on Trump and congressional Republicans over their tax-and-spending package signed into law July 4, which the Tesla and SpaceX owner called a 'disgusting abomination,' even going so far as to float the creation of a new political party, the 'America Party.'
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As for the Dems, while also struggling with leadership challenges, their fundraising drought led some party bosses to consider taking out a loan. Martin has said he remains optimistic that they will not have to fall back on that lifeline.
Cracks in the blue coalition began to appear with the bitter departure of former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg, who attempted to inject $20 million into primary coups against incumbent moderate Dems.
6 Cracks in the blue coalition began to appear with the bitter departure of former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg.
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Hogg's 'Leaders We Deserve' group was opposed by Martin, who mounted a pressure campaign on Hogg to force him to bend the knee and sign a neutrality pledge.
The 25-year-old refused to comply and soon faced a complaint that his election to the post had been a violation of the DNC's 'gender parity' rules. Rather than go through another round of DNC elections, Hogg stepped down from the role due to 'fundamental disagreements' with his colleagues.
Hogg has not been the only DNC leader to split from the beleaguered institution. A week after his departure, two top union chiefs followed suit.
6 The DNC's Martin has insisted the Dems' lagging finances won't be an issue for long.
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Randi Weingarten, leader of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Saunders, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, declined offers to retain at-large memberships with the DNC.
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'While I am proud to be a Democrat, I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging, and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more and more of our communities,' Weingarten wrote in a letter to Martin.
To add to the DNC's predicament, the rise of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has further widened divides in the Democratic coalition.
6 Hogg's 'Leaders We Deserve' group was opposed by Martin, who mounted a pressure campaign on Hogg to capitulate.
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Top Dem leaders have withheld endorsements of the Democratic Socialist, including prominent figures in blue New York.
Empire State Democrats Gov. Kathy Hochul, Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have yet to take a stance on Mamdani's bid for mayor, even as lefty members of the party have rushed to back him.
'You can't really have a party that stands for anything when you have a Marxist running, and the three main leaders in New York of the Democratic Party — Jeffries, Schumer and Hochul — are all hiding in the weeds,' said New York ex-Gov. George Pataki (R) on WABC 770 AM The 'Cats Roundtable' program Sunday.
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