WASHINGTON — With eight months to go before congressional elections, House and Senate Democratic candidates exceed Republicans in virtually every important campaign fund-raising category.
Democratic House lawmakers appear likely to reverse their seven-cycle record of being outspent by the House GOP, according to recent finance reports.
Democrats in both chambers are enjoying the traditional advantages of majority-party status — and then some.
They lead in donations by political action committees, by committees affiliated with the national political parties or with House and Senate leaders, and in individual contributions to incumbent lawmakers. In some instances, their lead exceeds what the GOP had when it controlled Congress in 2005-06.
Some Republicans say a donations surge may still come in the campaign’s final months, particularly as the party courts new, small donors outside Washington.