Excitement.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes typically steamrolls challengers when reelection time comes. The most any of his past opponents has raised during the 16 years he has represented part of the Central Valley was $400,000; some raised nothing at all.
Andrew Janz, Nunes’ current challenger, raised $4.3 million in three months, a staggering amount in a district that analysts had written off as a lock for Republicans.
As candidates around the country begin reporting fundraising totals for the third quarter — the deadline for all to report is Monday — even long-shot Democrats have been disclosing once-unheard-of sums. Republican lawmakers and their strategists have reacted with alarm.
The dollar totals illustrate how Democrats have extended lessons learned from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign two years ago, harnessing hundreds of thousands of energized small donors nationwide and innovations in digital fundraising to shatter fundraising records even as they swear off corporate and political action committee money.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
As even long-shot Democrats harvest huge numbers of campaign contributions, Republicans brace for an onslaught
The L.A Times reports:
