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Republicans Start Cycle Short on Seats But Long on Cash
 For many years, the national Republican Party has held a substantial overall fundraising advantages over the Democratic Party a situation that existed even in 2006, as big gains enabled the Democrats to take control of both the Senate and the House.And the first campaign finance reports for the 2007-2008 election cycle in which the parties will be keeping in a wide-open race to succeed President Bush while again battling for congressional majorities suggest that the question again is not whether the GOP will have a money edge, but by how much. The reports, filed to the Federal Election Commission by Tuesdays deadline and analyzed by CQPolitics.com senior reporter Greg Giroux, showed that the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $10.5 million in January, compared to $5.7 million for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The RNC reported $8 million in remaining cash reserves and no debts; the DNC had $6.5 million in cash and $4 million in debts. Posted by: Fred 2007-02-23 |
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