华盛顿——旨在帮助民主党保持众议院控制权的筹款委员会周四表示，截至上月底，该委员会筹集了1.065亿美元，勉强超过共和党宣布的同期1.05亿美元。
民主党国会竞选委员会表示，今年第三季度是大选后最好的一年，7月1日至9月30日期间共收入3850万美元。最近一次查获的毒品仅在9月份就价值1450万美元。
此前几个小时，全国共和党国会委员会称其9个月的收入比上一周期增长了74%，并指出仅在第三季度就筹集了2580万美元。该集团表示，目前手头有6500万美元现金，几乎是两年前这个时候的三倍。
民主党委员会报告其竞选资金略有减少，称手头有6300万美元现金。
两党令人印象深刻的休赛期筹款再次表明2022年的竞争有多激烈选举当共和党人发誓要消除民主党人对国会两院的狭隘控制时，美国将会如此。
肯塔基州唯一的民主党国会议员、有影响力的众议院预算委员会主席、众议员约翰·亚穆特(John Yarmuth)本周表示，他不会寻求连任。尽管两党都看到国会议员宣布退休或计划离开席位竞选其他职位，但一名高级民主党人的落选引发了人们的猜测，即该党明年可能会面临进一步的政治阻力。
全国共和党国会委员会主席汤姆·埃默(Tom Emmer)在一份声明中表示:“众议院民主党人正朝着退出的方向冲刺，因为他们知道自己在多数党的日子屈指可数，我们期待着继续施压。
共和党人表示，他们的数据显示，随着乔·拜登总统的声望下降，以及历史站在他们一边，一个充满活力的政党正在进入中期选举。总统的政党几乎总是在中期选举中失去席位。
民主党的国会筹款机构上个月宣布，它在8月份筹集了1000万美元，超过了共和党众议院竞选委员会的650万美元。
但在截至6月30日的今年第二季度，NRCC向民主党众议院委员会支付了4540万至3650万美元。
NRCC周四宣布的总额包括众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡移交的1940万美元、众议院少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯移交的1030万美元和埃利斯·斯特凡尼克移交的120万美元。今年早些时候，埃利斯·斯特凡尼克接替了直言不讳批评前总统唐纳德·特朗普的众议员利兹·切尼担任众议院共和党大会主席。
民主党委员会没有立即宣布其筹款总额中有多少来自其他政党高层领导人竞选账户的转账。
————这个故事经过更正，显示该集团6500万美元的库存现金几乎是两年前的三倍，而不是四年前。
Democrats narrowly best GOP in House campaign fundraising
WASHINGTON -- The fundraising committee aiming to help Democrats maintain control of the House said Thursday it raised $106.5 million through the end of last month, narrowly edging the $105 million its Republican counterpart announced collecting over the same period.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said it had its best third quarter ever for an off-election year, taking in $38.5 million between July 1 and Sept. 30. Its latest haul included $14.5 million in September alone.
That announcement came mere hours after the National Republican Congressional Committee called its nine-month haul a 74% increase over last cycle, noting that it raised $25.8 million just in the third quarter. The group said it now has $65 million cash on hand, nearly triple what it had at this time two years ago.
The Democratic committee reported slightly less in its campaign coffers, saying it had $63 million in cash on hand.
The impressive off-year fundraising by both parties is yet another indication of how hotly contested the 2022elections will be — when Republicans have vowed to erase Democrats' narrow control of both chambers of Congress.
Rep. John Yarmuth, the lone Democratic member of Congress from Kentucky and chair of the influential House Budget Committee, said this week that he won't seek reelection. Though both parties have seen members of Congress announce their retirements or plans to leave their seats to run for other offices, the loss of a high-ranking Democrat has sparked speculation that the party could be facing further political headwinds next year.
“House Democrats are sprinting toward the exits because they know their days in the majority are numbered and we look forward to keeping up the pressure," Tom Emmer, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement.
Republicans say their figures show a party energized heading into the midterms, as President Joe Biden's popularity wanes and with history on their side. The president's party almost always loses seats in midterm elections.
The Democrats' congressional fundraising arm announced last month that it had raised $10 million in August — besting the Republican House campaign committee's $6.5 million.
But the NRCC outraised the Democratic House committee $45.4 million to $36.5 million through the year’s second quarter, which ended June 30.
The NRCC's total announced Thursday includes $19.4 million transferred from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, $10.3 million from House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and $1.2 million from Elise Stefanik, who earlier this year replaced Rep. Liz Cheney, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, as the House Republican Conference chair.
The Democratic committee did not immediately announce how much of its fundraising totals came from transfers from the campaign accounts of other top party leaders.
——— This story has been corrected to show the group’s $65 million cash on hand is nearly triple what it had two years ago, not four years ago.
