By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--May 21, 2018
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DNC reports raising $7.8 million in April, lowest midterm figure for that month since 2006. Spent $8.3 million and ended month with $8.7 million in cash. Has $5.3 million in debts: https://t.co/d9421PHHK7 pic.twitter.com/t4bOwInidx
— Derek Willis (@derekwillis) May 21, 2018
If you’d like to know how that stacks up against GOP fundraising efforts. Well….let’s just say it doesn’t.It also looks like $1 million of that was a transfer between the building account and the main federal account:https://t.co/P7X5bBEoqF
— Derek Willis (@derekwillis) May 21, 2018
Democrats will tell you none of this matters and, to be honest, it’s still possible that they could turn out to be right. It’s way too early to pretend that they’re done for. We’re still over six months away from the midterms. That’s an eternity in politics – doubly so in the wake of the 2016 election. However, if you like reading the tea leaves, this doesn’t look good for a party that claims to be riding a tsunami of public support.RNC reported raising $13 million in April, a record for midterm year. Spent $12.1 million & ended the month with $43.8 million in cash:https://t.co/E7JnoqnXol pic.twitter.com/6VeeavJH1O
— Derek Willis (@derekwillis) May 21, 2018
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