GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations

By Anna Giaritelli

Published January 18, 2018 4:13pm ET

GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations — The Republican National Committee hauled in $11.1 million in December, making it one of nine months in 2017 that it broke its fundraising records for those months.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) | Carlos Osorio

The Republican National Committee fundraised $132.5 million in 2017, more than double what it expects the Democratic National Committee to announce it raised last year, a GOP official with knowledge of both numbers told the Washington Examiner Thursday.

The GOP hauled in $11.1 million in December, making it one of nine months in 2017 that it broke its fundraising records for those months.