Midterms Update
Fundraising Haul Gives Democrats Multiple Paths to Win the House
Thirty candidates topped $2 million in the third quarter, an official said.
A vehicle passes the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, March 24, 2017.
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Democrats will have to “fight for every inch” in their quest to take back the House majority, but an “unprecedented” fundraising haul is giving them the resources to do just that, the party’s House campaign chief, Representative Ben Ray Lujan, told reporters Thursday.
Sixty candidates raised more than $1 million each, Lujan said, and of those, 30 topped $2 million and eight of those raised more than $3 million. Democrats need a net gain of 23 seats to win back House control.