Every Single Freshman House Democrat Has Out-Raised Top Challenger

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), joined by House Democrats, leaves the podium after delivering remarks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 20... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), joined by House Democrats, leaves the podium after delivering remarks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Every single freshman Democrat in the House has out-raised his or her top challenger so far. And that’s not all.

According to the Associated Press, all 31 Democrats representing districts President Donald Trump won in 2016 and all 39 who flipped red districts in November have also raked in more than their challengers.

Per the AP, in nearly all of these cases, the Democrats are crushing their opponents — it’s not even close.

It is still early, and some challengers have not yet launched their bids in earnest. But the early, impressive hauls demonstrate Democrats’ focus on early fundraising and capitalizing on the blue wave that swept the House in 2018.

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  1. All the more reason for each Freshman and moderate Dem to support an impeachment inquiry. The only chance the GOP has to take the House is if Trump’s approval rating rises and the GOP is able to leverage Russian/foreign investment in cyberattacks targeting Dems to change news cycles and neutralize the Dems’ cash advantage.

    It’s simple self-preservation to support an impeachment inquiry and empower Nadler, Schiff and Cummings to dig into the foreign interference issues, hold officials accountable, expose bad actors and inform the public. A woke electorate defeats the GOP.

    In addition, an impeachment inquiry highlights corruption, which makes Trump less popular and crowds out his ability to highlight wedge issues to drive his share of the white vote up.

  2. Great Job, Nancy.

  3. This is wonderful news. We can help by contributing to sites like ItStartsToday and others like it where we can contribute to House and Senate races like these without the party apparatchiks making the decisions as to who is worthy.

    The next step is voter registrations and making sure the GOP doesn’t screw around with deliberate mis-direction as far as polling places go. We know what’s happening - let’s do what we can to prevent it.

  4. Great news especially those in red districts. Now, let’s get the Senate in play too.

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