In the second quarter of 2018, 32 no corporate PAC candidates outraised their GOP incumbent opponents. Additionally, at least 14 House challengers rejecting corporate PAC money have announced million-dollar-plus hauls in Q2. As Politico noted, “there is no historical parallel to this class of seven-figure fundraisers” and attributed the success to the “…huge energy in the Democratic base.”
House challengers who reject corporate PAC money and outraised their incumbent opponents in Q2:
CA-10: Josh Harder
CA-21: TJ Cox
CA-25: Katie Hill
CA-45: Katie Porter
CA-48: Harley Rouda*
CA-50: Ammar Campa-Najjar
CO-06: Jason Crow
GA-07: Carolyn Bourdeaux
IA-03: Cindy Axne
IA:04: J.D. Scholten*
IN-02: Mel Hall
IN-09: Liz Watson
ME-02: Jared Golden
MI-08: Elissa Slotkin*
MO-02: Cort VanOstran
NC-13: Kathy Manning*
NJ-03: Andy Kim*
NJ-04: Josh Welle
NJ-07: Tom Malinowski*
NY-11: Max Rose*
NY-19: Antonio Delgado
NY-22: Anthony Brindisi*
OH-01: Aftab Pureval
OH-07: Ken Harbaugh
OH-15: Rick Neal
PA-01: Scott Wallace*
TX-23: Gina Ortiz Jones
TX-31: MJ Hegar*
TX-32: Colin Allred
VA-02: Elaine Luria
VA-07: Abigail Spanberger
WI-06: Dan Kohl*
* Indicates candidates who have more cash on hand than incumbent opponent
House challengers who reject corporate PAC money and raised more than a million dollars in Q2:
CA-10: Josh Harder $1.2 million
CA-22: Andrew Janz $1.4 million
CA-25: Katie Hill $1.3 million
CA-45: Katie Porter $1 million
CA-48: Harley Rouda $1.4 million
CA-49: Mike Levin $1 million
CO-06: Jason Crow $1 million
MI-08: Elissa Slotkin $1.1 million
NJ-03: Andy Kim $1 million
NJ-07: Tom Malinowski $1.3 million
TX-23: Gina Ortiz Jones $1.2 million
TX-31: MJ Hegar $1.1 million
TX-32: Colin Allred $1.1 million
WI-01: Randy Bryce $1.2 million
So far this cycle, ECU, a grassroots funded political action committee with an average contribution of $14, has contributed $1 million to endorsed candidates and raised $5 million in small-dollar donations directly for their campaigns.
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