News is just breaking that Hillary Clinton had a massive month in grassroots fundraising for her campaign and for Democrats up and down the ticket across the country.
She raised over $40.5 million for her own campaign, $28 million for downballot candidates, and retains $44 million cash on hand, a huge warchest going into the convention and the general election (and likely to dwarf Donald Trump, who had just 1.3 million CoH last month).
All in all this nearly $70 million haul in a single month represents a huge success in grassroots fundraising as the party unites behind our nominee. The large investment in state parties and their coordinated campaigns will be crucial in our fight to take back the Senate and the House, as well as gain control over state governments before the next round of redistricting after the 2020 elections.
xAdditionally, @HillaryClinton raised about $28m for the DNC and state parties across the country
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 1, 2016We don’t yet have numbers for Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders. It is likely that they will follow what they did last month and wait until the July 20th deadline to report their numbers. Trump has claimed some recent success in fundraising, but the longer he waits to release his numbers the likelier they are to be terrible.
If Trump waits until the deadline to report, the numbers will come out the day before the final day of the Republican Convention.