With three weeks until Election Day, third quarter filings show that No Corporate PAC House candidates are on track to be the most successful House fundraisers of the 2022 election cycle. FEC reports show that once again candidates who refuse to take corporate PAC money saw widespread success in fundraising totals in comparison to their counterparts who aren’t refusing corporate PAC money. This is the seventh consecutive quarter of the 2022 cycle where DCCC Frontline Members rejecting corporate PAC contributions outraised other Frontline Members.
Frontline Democratic candidates who reject corporate PAC money, on average, outraised all other Democratic frontline candidates by over $525,000. This is the largest quarterly difference this cycle by over $230,000.
2022 Q3 Average Raised:
-
Frontline No Corporate PAC candidates: $1,706,638
-
Frontline non-No Corporate PAC candidates: $1,178,224
2022 Q3 Average Cash-On-Hand:
-
Frontline No Corporate PAC candidates: $3,059,024
-
Frontline non-No Corporate PAC candidates: $2,633,495
No Corporate PAC candidates also consistently outraised their Republican opponents. Overall, No Corporate PAC Frontline members raised on average over $1 million more than their Republican challenger, whereas non-No Corporate PAC Frontliners only outraised their Republican opponents by $505,000.
These candidates and their messaging–fighting for working families and holding themselves accountable only to the people, not wealthy corporate special interests–is yet again proving to be a top issue with voters and grassroots donors.
Overall this cycle, on average, No Corporate PAC Frontliners have consistently outraised their counterparts:
-
Q1 2021: $298,336 more
-
Q2 2021: $278,274 more
-
Q3 2021: $249,400 more
-
Q4 2021: $250,792 more
-
Q1 2022: $296,183 more
-
Q2 2022: $322,433 more
-
Q3 2022: $528,414 more
###