7/31/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats’ main outside groups focused on the presidential race have raised more money this year than the super PAC and nonprofit supporting President Donald Trump, according to new fundraising figures. The disparity is unusual: The party that holds the White House usually builds an across-the-board fundraising advantage heading into the next election. But big Democratic donors, fired up to oppose Trump in 2020, are throwing cash at Priorities USA, which will back the eventual Democratic nominee. Priorities’ super PAC and allied nonprofit, which have already begun spending millions, said they have raised $23.4 million in the first six months of 2019, while America First Action and allied nonprofit America First Policies, the main outside groups supporting Trump’s reelection, announced Wednesday [7-31-19] they had jointly raised $17.8 million. Though many Democratic candidates have focused on small-dollar fundraising this year, the super PAC is still raking in big checks.”

Maggie Severns and Alex Isenstadt, “Trump-endorsed outside groups outraised by Dems,” Politico, July 31, 2019 1:22 pm