The Republican National Committee continued its record-setting year of fundraising in July by pulling in $14.2 million last month — more than it raised in the same month in 2010 and 2014 combined, the organization confirmed to the Washington Examiner Monday morning.
The new July total is also the most the GOP group has ever received in any month during a nonpresidential election year.
Since the beginning of the 2018 election cycle, the RNC has now hauled in $227.2 million. The Democratic National Committee has raised less than half that amount – $109 million – as of the end of June, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Democrats raised around $6 million and $8 million in May and June, respectively, but have not released their July numbers yet.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the flood of money into the RNC was the result of “unprecedented” grassroots support for Trump and the GOP.
“We’ve built the biggest field program we’ve ever had to defend our majorities in the House and Senate. History might be against us, but we’re making sure every voter knows we’re the party of results. All the Democrats have is resistance,” McDaniel said in a statement.
The RNC has nearly $42 million cash on hand and no debt. In August, it transferred $4 million each to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee.
The money is going toward reaching voters by phone, email, and in person, according to the RNC. The organization said it has made nearly 500 million voter contacts this cycle and has 540 paid staff working in 28 states, including those with competitive House and Senate races.
