With two months to go until Election Day, more House Democrats are pitching in to pay their dues to the DCCC. We’ve got our hands on the latest internal caucus dues report from July. Here’s what stood out to us in the four months since we last reported on the subject:
— 36 members have paid over 100% of their dues, double the 18 House Democrats that did so back at the end of March.
The standouts in leadership include House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ($4.5 million paid in dues, or 409% of his goal), former Speaker Nancy Pelosi ($1.2 million paid, 230% of her goal), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark ($1.1 million paid, 127% of her goal) and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar ($1.1 million paid, or 171% of his goal).
As of the end of June, Jeffries had raised $193 million for the DCCC.
— A further 44 House Democrats have paid exactly 100% of their dues. That’s an increase of 20 members compared to the end of March. Notably, this group includes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has paid $260,000 in dues to the DCCC and gave a further $56,000 to Frontline and Red-to-Blue candidates. This was reported back in April by the New York Times.
— Twenty-four members have paid between 51% and 99% of dues, while 54 House Democrats have paid between 1% and 50% of their dues.
— Excluding Frontliners — the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents who don’t have to pay dues — 20 members haven’t paid a cent to the DCCC. At the end of March, there were 29 non-Frontliners who hadn’t chipped in anything to the DCCC.
— Max Cohen
