House Fundraising at Mid-Year Sees Incumbent Republicans $9 Million Ahead of Democrats
HOUSE FUNDRAISING AT MID-YEAR SEES INCUMBENT REPUBLICANS $9 MILLION AHEAD OF DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON -- Campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission covering the first six months of 1997 show 435 House incumbents reporting receipts of $52.9 million, a $7.4 million increase from the comparable period for incumbents in 1995. From January through June of this year, 227 Republicans reported raising $30.8 million, while 207 Democrats raised $22.1 million.
Sources of receipts, by party, are as follows (in millions of dollars; percentage of total receipts in parenthesis):
| Individuals | PACs | ||||
| 1997 Republican Incumbents | (227) | $16.6 | 53.9% | $12.8 | 41.6% |
| 1995 Republican Incumbents | (232) | $14.2 | 50.0% | $13.3 | 47.0% |
| 1993 Republican Incumbents | (176) | $6.7 | 52.0% | $5.3 | 41.0% |
| 1997 Democratic Incumbents | (207) | $10.2 | 47.5% | $10.8 | 48.9% |
| 1995 Democrat Incumbents | (202) | $7.5 | 43.0% | $8.4 | 48.0% |
| 1993 Democrat Incumbents | (258) | $7.8 | 37.0% | $11.7 | 55.0% |
| 1997 Republican Freshmen | (32) | $2.5 | 52.0% | $2.1 | 44.0% |
| 1995 Republican Freshmen | (73) | $5.4 | 52.0% | $4.4 | 42.0% |
| 1993 Republican Freshmen | (47) | $2.2 | 67.0% | $1.0 | 30.0% |
| 1997 Democrat Freshmen | (42) | $2.2 | 45.0% | $2.5 | 51.0% |
| 1995 Democrat Freshmen | (15) | $0.5 | 42.0% | $0.5 | 42.0% |
| 1993 Democrat Freshmen | (63) | $1.6 | 34.0% | $2.7 | 57.0% |
Republican incumbents reported median receipts of $105,987 compared to $72,726 for Democrats. During the comparable period in 1995, Republicans reported median receipts of $110,203 and Democrats raised $64,691. From January - July in 1993, Republicans raised a median of $63,290 and Democrats $69,598.
Total receipts for the 42 Democratic freshmen and 32 Republican freshmen were similar, Democrats raising $5.0 million and Republicans $4.8 million. Democratic freshmen had median receipts of $115,228 while Republican freshmen median was $146,833.
Non-incumbents raised a total of $4.3 million during the first six months of 1997, with 39 Democrats raising $2.6 million and 43 Republicans raising $1.7 million. In the comparable period in 1995, 24 Democrats and 50 Republicans raised almost identical amounts of $1.6 million. In 1993''''s first six months, 44 Democrats raised only $0.4 million, while 78 Republicans raised $2.3 million.
Included in the following tables are the rankings of House members for the following categories: total receipts, contributions from individuals, PAC contributions, disbursements, cash on hand, and debts owed. Debts may relate to a previous election.
Top 50 Members - Contributions from Individuals
Top 50 Members - Contributions from PACs
Top 50 Members - Disbursements