House Democrats report best second-quarter fundraising yet

The House Democrats’ campaign arm said Wednesday that they had hauled in their best fundraising for a second quarter yet. 

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said Wednesday that it raked in $44 million between April and June of this year, including close to $20 million alone in June. 

The Democratic group said the figures represented their best June fundraising numbers overall and their best fundraising for a second quarter generally. 

The DCCC noted that they bested their Republican counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee, by $5.4 million in June and $7 million during the second quarter overall. 

The group said it ended the quarter with close to $88 million in the bank. 

“Leader Jeffries and House Democrats are standing up to defend the rights and freedoms for all, while staying focused on creating economic opportunity for everyone,” DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said in a statement. 

“That’s why the American people are putting their support behind us and helping us set records along the way. With their help, we will have the resources and momentum to retake the majority in November — and to get the People’s House back to work.”

It remains unclear how congressional campaign committees will be impacted in light of President Biden’s June 27 debate performance, which has prompted a cohort of Democrats to urge him to withdraw from the White House race. 

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who’s running for Senate in California, became one of the most prominent Democrats to urge Biden to drop out in a statement Wednesday. 

Because the DCCC’s second-quarter fundraising report encompasses April through the end of June, the report only includes the last few days between the debate and end of the month — an inconclusive picture of how the DCCC has been impacted in fundraising since the debate.

Still, there’s a real possibility groups like the DCCC may stand to gain in the short term from the frenzy over Biden’s candidacy, which could encourage Democratic donors to donate directly to the other Democratic groups and not the Biden campaign if they have concerns about the president’s candidacy.