We have a bunch of fundraising news for you: Big quarterly results from CLF, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and former Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.).
The super PAC. House Republicans’ biggest outside groups raised a whopping $136 million in 2025 to help Speaker Mike Johnson keep his majority.
That total is a record for the Congressional Leadership Fund and its allied nonprofit, the American Action Network, both of which are closely aligned with Johnson. CLF, a super PAC, raised $72 million of the $136 million haul and ended the year with $54 million in the bank. (That includes a $9 million transfer from AAN).
House Democratic groups also raised a record amount, but fell slightly short of their GOP counterparts. House Majority PAC and its nonprofit House Majority Forward raised $121 million combined. The two groups didn’t provide a breakdown of what each raised individually.
Lawler’s big quarter. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), perennially a target of the DCCC, raised $1.2 million in the fourth quarter 2025, bringing his cash on hand to a whopping $3.5 million.
Lawler has raised nearly $5.2 million this cycle so far from 20,311 individual donors. And the New York Republican has increased his cash on hand total from January 2024 by more than $1 million. Lawler had $2.5 million this time last cycle
There’s no question that Lawler is now in the top 15 of House fundraisers and one of the biggest outside the leadership. This will come in handy in what’s sure to be one of the most contested races of 2026. Lawler is crushing his opponents in the money game.
Virginia. Former Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) raised $1.1 million since launching her campaign in mid-November for her rematch with Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.).
Luria brought in $500,000 in the first 24 hours of her campaign and ended 2025 with more than $1 million in the bank.
