News: Kentucky GOP Rep. Brett Guthrie has vaulted to the top of the NRCC’s internal fundraising leaderboard, amid his race to run the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Guthrie delivered a $550,000 check to the NRCC Thursday. Guthrie has now contributed and raised $2,186,000 for the party committee, according to internal fundraising data.
Guthrie raised $1.3 million across all his fundraising entities last quarter.
The Energy and Commerce Committee’s chair opens up at the end of this Congress as Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) is retiring. Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) is seeking the gavel. The darkhorse is NRCC Chair Richard Hudson, who could try to lay claim to the position if Republicans keep the House.
The rest of the NRCC’s leaderboard is sprinkled with ambitious pols seeking gavels.
Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), who is seeking the House Financial Services gavel, is ranked second on the NRCC’s leaderboard. He’s given and raised $1.9 million. Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), also seeking the Financial Services gavel, has also given and raised $1.9 million.
Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) clocks in at fourth, with $1.8 million raised or transferred to the NRCC. House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is fifth at $1.5 million. House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) is sixth with $1.5 million as well.
McMorris Rodgers has raised or given $1.4 million, a big sum for a chair heading out the door.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) has given or raised $1.3 million. Fleischmann is the Energy and Water appropriations cardinal. Two Texans round out eighth and ninth spots – House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), who has given or raised $1.1 million, and Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), who has given or raised $1.1 million. Pfluger is the vice chair of the NRCC.
