Freshmen House Dems surge past GOP in money race

Freshman Democrats in the House blew the doors off the money race in the first quarter of 2019, firing a warning shot at Republicans eager to recapture control of the chamber in 2020. More than a dozen freshman Democratic lawmakers reported fundraising totals surpassing $500,000 each, while more than two dozen brought in upwards of $400,000 in the first three months of the year, an analysis of Federal Election Commission reports by The Hill found. The numbers, made public in Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, are particularly significant given that fundraising tends to ebb in nonelection years. Taken together, they suggest that Democrats are holding on to the momentum that helped them recapture control of the House last year. For Republican freshmen, the fundraising outlook was markedly different. None of the 29 new GOP House members hit the $500,000 mark in the first quarter...MORE