All of the parties' political committees were required to release their monthly campaign finance details yesterday. Here is what the reports show:
| Committee | April Receipts | April Disbursements | April Cash-on-Hand | April Debts & Obligations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSCC (est.) | $4,200,000.00 | $4,500,000.00 | $37,600,000.00 | $0 |
| NRSC (est.) | $4,300,000.00 | $2,300,000.00 | $19,400,000 | $0 |
| DCCC | $5,015,425.30 | $4,061,236.36 | $45,274,642.96 | $704,090.25 |
| NRCC | $4,252,190.13 | $4,688,146.93 | $6,734,530.11 | $0 |
| DNC | $4,752,068.78 | $5,630,122.78 | $4,433,693.86 | $31,213.84 |
| RNC | $19,845,692.95 | $10,275,411.07 | $40,643,292.23 | $0 |
| Total Democrats | $13,967,494.08 | $14,191,359.14 | $87,308,336.82 | $735,304.09 |
| Total Republicans | $28,397,883.08 | 17,263,558 | $66,777,822.34 | $0 |
As you can see, this was a big fundraising month for the GOP, cutting the Democratic committees' cash-on-hand lead by about a third. This underscores the need to ensure that money continues to go into the committees -- particularly the Democratic National Committee, though presumably the DNC's fundraising issues should virtually fall away when the nominee takes over the committee -- so that the Democrats' fundraising advantage is not frittered away.
That said, let's not overlook the fact that despite the remarkable month the Republican National Committee had in April, the Democratic committees nonetheless hold a $20 million overall advantage in available money. What's more, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has close to a 7-to-1 net cash-on-hand advantage over the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee still has close to a 2-to-1 advantage in that metric over the National Republican Senatorial Committee. On top of that, Barack Obama raised in excess of 70 percent more in April than did John McCain, and Obama and Hillary Clinton combined to raise about three times as much money as McCain. So overall the financial health of the Democratic Party remains very sound.
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