National party financial activity through October 15 (2008)

National committees of the two major political parties have spent $865.1 million during the 2007-2008 election cycle according to reports filed with the Commission. The most recent comprehensive disclosures of all financial activity were submitted on October 23, indicating that national party committees raised $981.2 million between January 1, 2007, and October 15, 2008. The charts below detail the receipts of the Democratic and Republican national committees through 20 days prior to the general election from the 1997-98 election cycle through the 2007-2008 election cycle.

Republican committees, including the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), raised $518.8 million in federally permissible “hard money.”

During the same period from January 2007 through mid-October of 2008, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised $462.4 million in federally permissible funds. Republican committees reported $81.8 million in cash remaining on October 15, while their Democratic counterparts reported $42.7 million available on that date.