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April Party Committee Fundraising Roundup

by: DavidNYC

Tue May 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM EDT


Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money. Here are the April fundraising numbers for the six major party committees (March numbers are here):

Committee April Receipts April Spent Cash-on-Hand CoH Change Debt
DCCC $5,140,302 $3,906,970 $27,276,651 $1,233,737 $0
NRCC $7,184,320 $5,662,873 $11,456,418 $1,521,446 $0
DSCC $3,100,000 $3,300,000 $17,100,000 $100,000 $0
NRSC $4,400,000 $2,300,000 $17,000,000 $2,000,000 $0
DNC $10,432,485 $10,052,584 $15,128,361 $379,901 $2,728,493
RNC $6,864,684 $5,738,571 $12,492,877 $1,126,113 $0
Total Dem $18,672,787 $17,259,554 $59,505,011 $1,713,637 $2,728,493
Total GOP $18,449,004 $13,701,444 $40,949,295 $4,647,559 $0

Our House & Senate committees got crushed last month, and now the NRSC is at parity with the DSCC. While the DNC numbers look good at first blush, they spent as much as they took in. I'm not really sure why the DNC has been burning so much lately - they spent over $9 million in March, too. I'm posting a little table of all their expense categories over $100K (which acounts for almost all of their April spending):

Item Expenditures
Direct Mail $1,872,736
Salaries $1,365,960
Telemarketing $1,140,580
Payroll Taxes $571,075
Catering, Food & Beverage $520,613
Online Store Merchandise $494,304
Contributions to Dem Parties $487,762
Voter File Updates and Maintenance $426,596
Transfer - Joint Fundraising $399,469
Technology Consulting $331,966
Loan Repayment $277,778
Polling Expenses $267,933
Benefits Cost $245,231
Internet Advertising $226,564
Travel $216,921
Data Services Subscription $189,510
Bank Charges $173,673
Rent $167,998
Phone $132,958
Postage & Shipping $106,355
Computer Equipment $105,042

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April Party Committee Fundraising Roundup | 20 comments
Did the DNC spend any money on Specter?
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I don't think so
But the DSCC spent half a million on advertisements for him.

20, CD MA-03/NH-01/MA-08
[ Parent ]
"Crushed"
That is a little harsh considering the margins are $1m and $2m but clearly it is bad news. Still, the overall picture isn't too bad - the DSCC has almost $16m more CoH than the NRCC, the senate committees are now tied and the DNC has a lead on the RNC which is almost unheard of. I don't think this is such a bad place to be considering the environment.
Have you noticed that while Michael Steele seems to get all the criticism
It's Sessions' group that is really tanking compared to the Democrats.  
[ Parent ]
Good point
Steele is a gaffe machine, and as a result he's attracted a lot of criticism about his tenure as the RNC chair.  Sessions hasn't attracted the national spotlight like Steele.

A year ago, the RNC had 24M cash while the DNC had 9M cash (along with 5M in debt).  Now the DNC has a 2.7M cash advantage (with debt of 2.7M).  Truth of the matter is that Steele has not done a good job with managing the RNC.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
I wonder if that's in part because
Jeff Sessions is an uber, uber rightwing white Southerner, and Michael Steel is ....  not.
[ Parent ]
Wrong Sessions.
Pete Sessions is the RNCC chair.

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[ Parent ]
It's Pete Sessions, not Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions (AL) is a Senator, while Pete Sessions (TX-32) is a member of the House and the chair of the NRCC.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04
[ Parent ]
OOPS
But, my characterization of the other Sessions still stands for this one!
[ Parent ]
You are right
Pete Sessions doesn't draw nearly as much attention by the media as does Michael Steele.  Of course, Steele needs the attention and is more than willing to share his wing-nuttiness with everyone.  Long live Steele!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04
[ Parent ]
I'm not sure Michael Steele is a 100% fully committed wingnut
I think he's more of a mainstream conservative (read "RINO Liberal" in Redstate and Teabagging speak).  Remember the very first thing he said in his new position was seen as an attack on El Rushbo, and he had to dial it back the next day.  I do think he's a born gaffe-machine, and pair that with needing to appease an extremist base, that's caused some message problems!
[ Parent ]
Steele is nothing more than a figurehead
I think you are right that his ideology is more mainstream conservative, but his actions are more of a committed wingnut.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04
[ Parent ]
Agreed
And I don't care what people think as much as what they do!
[ Parent ]
So true
I'm with you!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04
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I remember once in graduate school
Listening to a discussion on George Wallace, and whether he was more of a committed white supremacist, or just an opportunistic politician -- and the point I made was "Who cares?  Look at the consequences of his actions, regardless of what motivated them!"
[ Parent ]
Not much difference in the description

[ Parent ]
My take?
Relatively meaningless. If these numbers had a huge difference (remember the NRSC Vs DSCC numbers from 2006?), then it would mean something. If the Democratic numbers were being outraised, even, it would mean something. These numbers don't mean a whole lot to me, nor does it change anything in terms of ability to spend.

23, Male, PA-05 (summer) PA-12 (winter)
I wonder ...
... how much of the NRCC/DCCC fundraising was PA-12 and HI-01 based -- and to the extent that it's HI-01, that might account for some of the disparity.
Not sure if it was the RNC or NRCC
But I heard the republican party spent upwards of $1 million on PA-12.  Looks like money can't buy you elections these days, eh?

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)
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If It Matters...
The DCCC has (according to reports) over $1 million coming from the NYC May fundraiser with Obama. Don't know if Republicans would have anything comparable. (Pols come to NYC for the same reason Willie Sutton said he robbed banks...)

It's hard to know whether a money advantage will matter much this cycle. If people are still angry and the economy is bad, most of the vulnerable Ds are probably toast no matter what is spent. But if the political climate is a little more forgiving in November, the damage may be limited if the Dems can get their message out--which takes money.

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