What is the DCCC?
The DCCC recruits candidates, raises funds, and organizes races in districts that are expected to yield politically hot, trending or close toss-up elections. You can learn more about the DCCC here.
The DCCC (D-Triple-C) is the Democratic Party's chief fundraising committee dedicated to electing Democratic candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives. This election cycle they've raised more than $200m and spent $138m.
- Raised: $239,495,420
- Spent: $138,954,184
- Cash on Hand: $121,505,926
NOTE: Totals for all party committees are not adjusted for transfers between party committees and therefore may over-count total receipts and spending. All the numbers on this page are for the 2022 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released on August 01, 2022. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but credit OpenSecrets.
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What did the DCCC spend $138m on?
Expenditures Year to Date $1m+
Rwt Production $17,486,221
- Marketing for Donors
Paylocity $6,841,436
- DCCC Payroll
Perkins Coie $6,007,883
- Legal Fees
Tatango Inc $3,429,796
- Marketing for Donors
MissionWired $2,850,445
- Marketing for Donors
ActBlue $2,191,219
- Marketing for Donors
Kelly & Assoc Insurance $1,591,024
- Insurance
Trilogy Interactive $1,559,559
- Marketing for Donors
Elias Law Group $1,479,385
- Legal Fees
AB Data $1,238,938
- Marketing for Donors
Democratic Properties Corp $1,093,410
- SuperPAC
Great-West Trust Co $1,014,147
- DCCC Retirement Plans
For real. 50% of the DCCC's $1m+ expenses are spent on more fundraising instead of giving money to candidates competing in close races across the USA.
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Who gives the most money to the DCCC?
One entity this cycle has given the most to the DCCC.
Nancy Pelosi for Congress $5,295,000
SV Angel LLC $1,022,000
Lone Pine Capital $789,000
Granite Telecommunications $685,610
Bain Capital $634,800
Nancy Pelosi has been the largest supporter of the DCCC every election since 2014 (Nancy Pelosi tied for first that year).
If you count individuals - not PACs or businesses - the biggest provider is the grassroots movement of everyday people generating $25.7m from more than 600,000 individuals. Less than $200 at a a time, individuals gave 5X the money to the DCCC as Nancy Pelosi did. People trust the DCCC to allocate their money on their behalf to win elections, but most of their money goes to donor marketing or administrative costs rather than supporting candidates directly.
Did the DCCC give my money to Republicans?
Maybe. There is a better chance it was spent on donor marketing (SPAM texts and planet killing mailers) but it is more than a possibility that if you gave money to the DCCC they gave your money to the opposite party.
The DCCC is airing ads boosting a pro-Trump Republican in a primary against a more moderate incumbent. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is spending nearly half a million dollars to air ads boosting John Gibbs over Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), who voted to impeach Trump last year.
The DCCC’s ad calls Gibbs “too conservative for West Michigan,” links him repeatedly to Trump and trumpets his “hard line on immigrants at the border.”
“It’s very dangerous, I think, in this environment to be propping up candidates like that,” said Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), who called it “a terrible idea” and said he has raised his concerns to the DCCC.
Democratic Party Super PACs have spent tens of millions of dollars this year investing their donor's money in GOP primaries to promote more extreme candidates and improve their own general-election odds.
Why do donors need a middleman in 2022?
They don't.
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