Johnson’s Haul & The Johns’ Competition

The question is whether Mike Johnson can keep up this fundraising pace over the coming year, or if this was simply an outlier.
The question is whether Mike Johnson can keep up this fundraising pace over the coming year, or if this was simply an outlier. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
December 20, 2023

The House and Senate campaign committees are turning in their monthly F.E.C. reports today, giving the political class a chance to see how their fundraising is stacking up. On the House side, this is a highly competitive monthly exercise between the D.C.C.C. and N.R.C.C. On the Senate side, however, the competition is not what it used to be, given that in-cycle senators basically run mini presidential campaigns with monster fundraising. Even so, these committees are clearinghouses for strategy in next fall’s battle for control of Congress.

Here’s the topline takeaways from today’s committee announcements, and the Senate committee’s raw, already filed reports with the F.E.C.: