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http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/6547-1.htmlNRCC, NRSC Leave Counterparts Behind in July
By Chris Cillizza
Roll Call Staff
Monday, Aug. 23; 04:39pm
Both of the Republicans’ Congressional party committees far outdistanced their Democratic rivals in fundraising last month as they brace for an all-out spending spree over the campaign’s final 71 days.
The National Republican Congressional Committee outraised the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at nearly a 5-to-1 rate in July, while the National Republican Senatorial Committee more than doubled the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s take.
As usual, the NRCC led all four committees in funds raised, bringing in $10 million in July and boosting its total raised for the cycle to $125 million. By contrast, the DCCC raised $2.4 million last month; in the cycle to date it has raked in $58.4 million.
The NRCC also continued to outspend the DCCC, disbursing $6 million in the period to the Democrats’ $3.2 million. The DCCC actually spent $800,000 more than it raised in the period. Those expenditures leave the NRCC with $24.2 million on hand to the DCCC’s $17.6 million.
“This month shows what we’ve maintained for a long time. We will go into the fall with a significant financial advantage,” said NRCC Communications Director Carl Forti. “Any time you spend more than you raise five months out from Election Day, that is not a good sign.”
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