State Democratic Parties Face a Funding Dilemma. Can the DNC Actually Help?

The DNC is giving state parties up to $10,000 more a month as Ken Martin looks to build up the Democrats across the country.

DNC Chairman Ken Martin speaks during a news conference.

DNC Chairman Ken Martin was a former state party leader. Erin Hooley/AP

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in Democratic National Committee funding increases will hit the bank accounts of state parties starting this month, injecting much-needed cash into state-level coffers.

The money is appreciated, Democratic leaders told NOTUS, but it just will not go very far.

The DNC will increase monthly payments to state parties by $5,000 for blue states and $10,000 for red states as part of the State Partnership Program the party announced in April. That brings monthly transfers to $17,500 for blue states and $22,500 for red states — the DNC’s largest month-to-month investment into state parties in history, totaling over $1 million per month.