Today’s notice: Democrats had a good fundraising quarter. What RFK Jr. is going to tell Congress this morning. Republicans send mixed messages to labor. And: Abortion opponents want to be a part of the next GOP reconciliation bill.
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Big night for Democrats, with a big asterisk: The Q1 FEC reports are in, and the early take is it’s not just the polls and the prognosticators — Democrats have fundraising momentum, too. NOTUS’ Alex Roarty and the newsroom pored over the numbers and found Democrats’ top candidates reported gargantuan fundraising totals.
- In Texas, James Talarico raised a truly staggering $27 million for his Senate run.
- Roy Cooper, the Senate nominee in North Carolina, raised nearly $14 million, similar to the totals for other prominent Senate hopefuls like Sherrod Brown in Ohio ($12.5 million) and Mary Peltola in Alaska ($9 million).
It was a similar story in the House, with top Democratic candidates outraising the Republicans they’re running against.
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But fret not, Republicans, money is not your problem. Outside groups supporting GOP candidates have a seemingly limitless pile of cash to spend — routinely much, much more than groups allied with Democrats do. Plus there’s that unprecedented stack Donald Trump has amassed for the midterms, reportedly set to be unleashed starting next month.