House Democrats on track to beat Republicans in 2023 fundraising with majority at stake

House Democrats have outraised their Republican counterparts over the last year, giving the party a slightly bigger war chest as it seeks to regain control of the lower chamber next year.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $7.5 million in November, bringing the committee’s total fundraising to $108.9 million in 2023, it announced Wednesday. The massive haul helped the DCCC best its GOP counterpart, outraising the National Republican Congressional Committee by $24.7 million so far in 2023, according to the committee.

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“House Republicans have proven themselves to be the most ineffective majority of the past 50 years,” DCCC Chairwoman Suzan DelBene said in a statement. “Their inability to govern is failing the nation, and voters are eager for a change. Thanks to the diligent work of [House Minority] Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries and our colleagues in the Democratic Caucus, we are on our way to having the resources necessary to take back the majority and get Congress back to work for families and the middle class.”

The DCCC’s war chest puts House Democrats in a slightly better position than the NRCC, which ended November with $41.4 million cash on hand. Comparatively, the DCCC reported $48.8 million cash on hand as of Nov. 30.

The DCCC has outraised the NRCC almost every month in 2023. However, the NRCC reported higher fundraising numbers in November as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attempts to fill the shoes of his predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

The NRCC reported a haul of $9 million in November, outraising its Democratic counterpart by $1.5 million in that month alone. The haul was the largest the NRCC has ever recorded in an off-year November and nearly doubled its gains from the month before.

The November fundraising also helped to close the gap in terms of cash on hand, putting the NRCC only $7.4 million behind the DCCC, compared to the $10 million deficit reported at the end of October.

“Extreme House Democrats can’t sell their failed agenda to voters or donors, and it shows,” NRCC Communications Director Jack Pandol said in a statement. “House Republicans are smashing fundraising records and in prime position to grow our majority next year.”

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All 435 seats are up for grabs in 2024 as Republicans seek to hold their slim majority in the lower chamber. Forty-five seats are considered competitive, with Democrats holding most of those, giving the GOP a slight advantage as it prepares for the next election cycle.

However, of the 45 competitive seats, 17 are held by Republicans in districts that voted for President Joe Biden in 2020, compared to just five Democrats who must defend their seats in districts carried by former President Donald Trump.