Swordsmyth
04-20-2018, 10:18 PM
The surge of enthusiasm among Democrats that’s produced a record (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/P532QX3HBS3K) number of candidates for Congress this year has come at a cost: spread out donations and campaign accounts drained by expensive primary fights.
Even as Democratic donors lavish money on the party’s U.S. House candidates in the first midterm election of Donald Trump’s presidency, an analysis of this week’s Federal Election Commission filings shows Republican candidates have more money in the bank in 17 of 23 districts rated (https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings) as toss-ups in November by the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
"Republicans owe their advantage to incumbency in most of these close races," said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign finance research group in Washington. "Victors of wide-open primaries with well-funded opponents are usually left with depleted coffers."
Plenty of time remains for fundraising before the November election. But the current imbalance suggests a potential advantage for Republicans who may have more resources in the early phase of the general election campaign to define their Democratic opponents in unflattering ways.
More at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/democratic-primary-fights-drain-coffers-as-republicans-bank-cash
Blue Ebb Tide.
Even as Democratic donors lavish money on the party’s U.S. House candidates in the first midterm election of Donald Trump’s presidency, an analysis of this week’s Federal Election Commission filings shows Republican candidates have more money in the bank in 17 of 23 districts rated (https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings) as toss-ups in November by the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
"Republicans owe their advantage to incumbency in most of these close races," said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign finance research group in Washington. "Victors of wide-open primaries with well-funded opponents are usually left with depleted coffers."
Plenty of time remains for fundraising before the November election. But the current imbalance suggests a potential advantage for Republicans who may have more resources in the early phase of the general election campaign to define their Democratic opponents in unflattering ways.
More at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/democratic-primary-fights-drain-coffers-as-republicans-bank-cash
Blue Ebb Tide.