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The Democratic National Committee said the investments will go
to state parties in nearly a dozen traditionally Democratic and
Republican states such as Washington and Texas, where
down-ballot candidates are unlikely to benefit from campaign
visits or advertising by Democratic President Joe Biden and
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
In Republican-dominated Indiana and Kansas, the funds are aimed
at breaking Republican supermajorities in the state
legislatures, according to a DNC announcement scheduled for
Monday and seen by Reuters. In Democratic-leaning Maryland, the
DNC will provide $250,000 to hire campaign staff and organizers
to help Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks in a
race considered must-win for the Democrats to retain control of
the Senate.
Many of the grants are earmarked for specific state-level needs.
In Minnesota, for instance, the DNC is providing funds to hire
two staffers dedicated to voters who rent apartments, who can be
difficult for campaigns to reach. In Nebraska, the home of a
highly competitive U.S. House of Representatives contest, a
$40,000 grant will pay for a rural organizer, while in South
Dakota, the party will spend $70,000 to help register Native
Americans to vote.
Democrats have outraised Republicans for most of the 2023-24
election cycle, and Biden's campaign entered May with a
significant cash edge. However, Trump and the Republican
National Committee said last week they had raised a whopping
$141 million in May, nearly doubling the prior month's total
after a flood of donations following Trump's felony conviction.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax in Princeton, New Jersey, Editing by
Matthew Lewis)
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