The National Republican Congressional Committee ended April with the larger war chest to spend on the 2022 campaign despite being outraised by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
The DCCC raised $12.2 million last month, a haul that equaled its best April on record, and outpaced the NRCC by $1 million. But the House Republican campaign arm finished the period with $34 million in cash on hand, compared to the DCCC’s $32 million, positioning the GOP to recapture the speaker’s gavel in the midterm elections. The NRCC raised $11.2 million last month, more than it has ever raised in April of the off-year.
“Momentum continues to build for Republicans to retake the House and fire [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi,” Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the NRCC chairman, told Fox News, which first reported news of the committee’s April fundraising.
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The Republican Party is just a handful of seats shy of the majority. With President Joe Biden in the White House, historical trends suggest the party is on track to win the speaker’s gavel. The decennial redistricting process also is likely to favor Republicans. Additionally, the generic ballot is close. Voters prefer Democrats retain control of Congress by just 3.1 percentage points, 50.8% to 47.7%, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
To top it off, Republicans are raising money at a healthy clip and minimizing intraparty disagreements over former President Donald Trump. Fundraising and party unity were uncertain prospects at the beginning of the year because of the Jan. 6 ransacking of the United States Capitol by grassroots Trump supporters and the former president’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
However, the Democrats continue to give themselves a fighting chance to hold the majority, thanks in part to strong fundraising, such as the DCCC’s performance in April. Last month, the average donation to the DCCC was $18, suggesting liberal grassroots supporters remain engaged despite Trump’s exit from the White House.
“While Republicans continue to fight one another over conspiracies and lies, the American people recognize that Democrats are fighting for them,” said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, the DCCC chairman.
