
Republican Cash Picture Improves, But Democrats Still Lead
The Republican National Committee (RNC) was bested by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in February fundraising, according to the committees’ Federal Election Commission filings. On the evening of March 20, both the Democrat and Republican main fundraising committees for federal elections published their financial statements for February. The DNC added another month to its streak of outperforming the RNC in both money raised and banked. According to its monthly FEC filing, the RNC raised about $10.7 million in receipts in February while making about $8.1 million in disbursements. It ended the month with $11.3 million in cash on hand. Meanwhile, the DNC raised $16.6 million, spent $14.2 million, and entered March with about $26.5 million in cash on hand....
