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During the 2022 election cycle, the six committees associated with the Democratic and Republican Parties reported raising a combined $1.8 billion. The six committees were each among the top 15 committees nationwide by fundraising.[1]

Democrats and Republicans each have three committees: 1) a national committee, 2) a committee dedicated to U.S. Senate elections, and 3) a committee dedicated to U.S. House elections; the latter two are also known as Hill committees since they work to elect members to serve on Capitol Hill. National committees exist "to look out for their party candidates around the country to support them with things like research, polling, [and] money to run their campaigns," according to political science professor Joseph Losco.[2]

HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised a cumulative $966 million and spent $980 million in the 2022 election cycle.
  • The Republican National Committee (RNC), National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), and National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raised a cumulative $875 million and spent $943 million in the 2022 election cycle.

    • This article is meant to make fundraising numbers understandable and comparable, and to demonstrate the role these committees play in elections.

    On this page, you will find details on the fundraising and spending efforts of all six committees during the 2022 election cycle. It includes an overall look at all six committees' finances as well as more detail on the Democratic and Republican committees' numbers. Also included is a section with analysis of trends in fundraising figures and why these committees matter.

    See the sections below for further information on the following topics:

    For more on the 2022 Congressional elections, see:

    Overall fundraising and spending

    All committees

    The Democratic and Republican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2021-2022 election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. The six party committees were:


    Democratic committees

    The Democratic and Republican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2021-2022 election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. The three Democratic Party committees were:

    Republican committees

    The Democratic and Republican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2021-2022 election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. The three Republican Party committees were:

    The following chart displays cash on hand as of the end of each reporting period for each of the six party committees. National committees are represented by bold lines, Senate committees by dotted lines, and House committees by dashed lines.

    The following chart displays the cumulative cash on hand figure for all six party committees as of each reporting period in the 2022 cycle alongside the same numbers for the 2018 and 2020 campaign cycles.

    2020

    See also: Party committee fundraising, 2019-2020

    The Democratic and Republican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. The six party committees are:


    Democratic Party committee fundraising

    The following chart shows cumulative fundraising and spending figures for each of the Democratic Party committees during the 2022 election cycle. Fundraising is represented by the dark blue lines while spending is represented by the light blue lines.

    Democratic National Committee

    See also: Democratic National Committee

    The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the Democratic Party's principal governing organization and was established during the party's 1848 convention. Among its duties are planning the presidential nominating convention and promotion of the party's platform, although it also works to support Democratic candidates for elected office at all levels of government. The DNC is composed of the chair and vice chair of each state Democratic Party as well as over 200 additional members elected by party members.[3]

    For the 2022 election cycle, the DNC's chairman was Jaime Harrison (D), a former chairman of the Democratic Party of South Carolina. President Biden (D) announced he had selected Harrison on January 14, 2021.[4]

    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

    See also: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

    The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is a group dedicated to the election of Democratic members of the U.S. Senate. It took on its modern form following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Buckley v. Valeo.[5][6] The DSCC's role in elections includes organizing, candidate recruitment, and allocation of funds.[7]

    For the 2022 election cycle, the DSCC's chairman was Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appointed Peters to lead the committee on January 28, 2021.[8]

    Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

    See also: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

    The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official campaign arm of Democratic members of the U.S. House.[9] It was established in 1866.[10]

    For the 2022 election cycle, the DCCC's chairman was Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.). House Democrats elected Maloney to the post on December 3, 2020.[11]

    Republican Party committee fundraising

    The following chart shows cumulative fundraising and spending figures for each of the Republican Party committees during the 2022 election cycle. Fundraising is represented by the dark red lines while spending is represented by the light red lines.

    Republican National Committee

    See also: Republican National Committee

    The Republican National Committee (RNC) is the principal governing organization of the Republican Party. It was founded in 1856, two years after the party's establishment in 1854.[12] Its duties include organizing the party's presidential nominating convention, putting together its political platform, raising funds, and coordinating campaign strategies.[13]

    For the 2022 election cycle, the RNC's chairwoman was Ronna Romney McDaniel, who was elected to a third two-year term as chairwoman on January 8, 2021.[14] McDaniel had earlier served as chairwoman of the Republican Party of Michigan.

    National Republican Senatorial Committee

    See also: National Republican Senatorial Committee

    The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is a group dedicated to the election of Republican members of the U.S. Senate. It was organized in 1916 and took on its modern form following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Buckley v. Valeo.[15][16][17] Its duties include assisting candidates with planning budgets, navigating election laws, fundraising, research, and advertising.[18]

    For the 2022 election cycle, the NRSC's chairman was Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). Senate Republicans selected Scott for the post on November 10, 2020.[19]

    National Republican Congressional Committee

    See also: National Republican Congressional Committee

    The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a group dedicated electing Republican members to the U.S. House, esatblished in 1866. Its duties include providing financial and informational support to Republican candidates and organizations as well as party-building activities such as voter outreach and turnout drives.[20]

    For the 2022 election cycle, the NRCC's chairman was Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.). House Republicans re-elected Emmer, who had also headed the committee in the 2020 cycle, on November 17, 2020.[21]

    What do the party committees do?

    The following section contains quotes explaining the role of party committees.

    • Joseph Losco, Ball State University/Loyola University Chicago (May 31, 2018):
    "[The DNC and RNC are] national party coordinating bodies. Their job, basically, is to look out for their party candidates around the country to support them with things like research, polling, [and] money to run their campaigns...By and large, they’re supposed to remain neutral during a primary season. But once the primary candidate has been chosen, they back that candidate with as [many] resources as they think are necessary in winning that particular seat...They run the [presidential nominating] conventions, hold them, and then work with the presidential candidate to try to get them to win."[2]
    • Boris Heersink, Fordham University:
    "These national committees are essential in the eyes of party leaders because they view them as creators of their party's brand - defined as the understanding voters have of party positions on salient policy issues. Modern parties rely on these brands to mobilize voters and achieve electoral success.
    When a party is the national majority - defined as having unified control of the federal government - party leaders can build a brand more easily through legislation and governance. As a result, the committees' publicity programs decrease, with the DNC and RNC focusing instead on other programs (e.g., fundraising). In contrast, when a party is in the national minority, the DNC and RNC step up publicity efforts in order to convince voting groups to (re-)join their coalition. National minority party committees prioritize their branding role by investing considerable shares of their budgets in their publicity divisions, inaugurating new publicity programs, and creating new communication tools to reach out to voting groups.
    This view represents a major departure from the existing research on national committees. I argue that the committees' publicity services are different from regular 'services' because of the space committees frequently have as to what type of brand they promote. That is, the DNC and RNC can choose which image to promote and which voting groups to target."[22]

    See also



    Footnotes

    1. ↑ OpenSecrets, "Top Committees," accessed February 1, 2023
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Teen Vogue, "DNC and RNC: Everything You Need to Know About the Democratic and Republican National Committees," May 31, 2018
    3. ↑ Democrats, "About the Democratic Party," accessed February 11, 2021
    4. ↑ The New York Times, "Jaime Harrison Is Biden’s Pick for Next D.N.C. Chair," January 14, 2021
    5. ↑ Roll Call, "Senate Chairmen Try to Avoid Historic Home-State Losses," September 24, 2014
    6. ↑ U.S. Senate, "Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairs," accessed June 18, 2019
    7. ↑ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, "About Us," accessed February 11, 2021
    8. ↑ Politico, "Peters tapped to lead Senate Democrats' campaign arm," January 28, 2021
    9. ↑ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "About Us," accessed June 18, 2019
    10. ↑ Google Books, "Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game," accessed June 18, 2019
    11. ↑ CNN, "House Democrats elect Sean Patrick Maloney as DCCC chairman," December 3, 2020
    12. ↑ Google Books, "Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game," accessed June 18, 2019
    13. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica, "Republican National Committee," accessed June 18, 2019
    14. ↑ The Hill, "Ronna McDaniel reelected as RNC chair," January 8, 2021
    15. ↑ Roll Call, "Senate Chairmen Try to Avoid Historic Home-State Losses," September 2,4 2014
    16. ↑ U.S. Senate, "Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairs," accessed June 18, 2019
    17. ↑ Google Books, "Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game," accessed June 18, 2019
    18. ↑ National Republican Senatorial Committee, "About NRSC," accessed February 11, 2021
    19. ↑ Roll Call, "Senate GOP picks Florida’s Rick Scott as NRSC chairman," November 10, 2020
    20. ↑ NRCC, "About," accessed February 11, 2021
    21. ↑ Star Tribune, "Minnesota U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer re-elected as House GOP campaign chair," November 17, 2020
    22. ↑ Boris Heersink, "NATIONAL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTY BRANDS IN AMERICAN POLITICS," accessed June 18, 2019
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