{"id":24326,"date":"2025-11-23T19:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24326"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:06:56","slug":"dnc-forced-to-take-out-loan-to-finance-midterms-as-donations-fall-off-cliff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24326","title":{"rendered":"DNC Forced To Take Out Loan to Finance Midterms As Donations Fall Off Cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has secured a substantial loan in preparation for next year\u2019s midterm elections, as the party struggles with leadership and has little to demonstrate for its government shutdown efforts. On Thursday,\u00a0Politico reported on a filing<\/a>\u00a0the party mady with the Federal Election Commission concerning the $15 million loan.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe national party committee framed the line of credit as an early investment to boost its candidates in New Jersey and Virginia earlier this month, and help build up state parties ahead of next year\u2019s midterms. But the need for a loan still puts the DNC in sharp contrast with its GOP counterpart, the Republican National Committee, which was sitting on $86 million at the end of September,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n

Politico noted the organization had taken out loans in the past, \u201calthough usually not this early in the cycle or of this magnitude all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The DNC reportedly spent over $15 million in 2025 to cover former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential campaign expenses. Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), lost to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. The additional expenditure came after Harris\u2019 campaign blew through about $1.5 billion in donations.<\/p>\n

By comparison, President Trump over the summer touted how well the Republican Party was doing in terms of finances and donations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Republican Party is doing really well. Millions of people have joined us in our quest to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. We won every aspect of the Presidential Election and, based on the great success we are having, are poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have raised far more money than the Democrats, and are having a great time fixing all of the Country-Destroying mistakes made by the Biden Administration, and watching the USA heal and prosper,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n

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The fundraising shortfalls are also hitting individual Democrats.<\/p>\n

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s fundraising, for instance, has slowed to a near standstill, sparking fresh speculation that he could face a serious primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2026,\u00a0Conservative Brief reported last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Federal Election Commission filings show the five-term New York Democrat raised just $133,000 during the last quarter \u2014 a sharp drop from his typical multi-million-dollar hauls and less than half of what he raised during the same period in his last election cycle, The New York Post reported.<\/p>\n

The slowdown comes as Ocasio-Cortez, 36, raked in $4.5 million for her House reelection campaign during the same three-month period. The Bronx and Queens congresswoman has refused to rule out a Senate run \u2014 or even a future presidential bid \u2014 raising concerns inside Democratic circles that she may soon target Schumer directly.<\/p>\n

Schumer\u2019s campaign spent more than it raised from July through September, shelling out $322,000 while pulling in less than half that amount.<\/p>\n

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The 74-year-old lawmaker\u2019s latest report shows just $133,000 in new receipts compared to the $337,000 he raised in the same period ahead of his 2022 race. By contrast, during the final quarter before that election, Schumer brought in nearly $6 million for his campaign and helped direct a record-breaking $119 million into the Senate Majority PAC.<\/p>\n

While he still has $8.6 million cash on hand, that total trails Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s reported $11.8 million \u2014 an unusual reversal for the longtime Senate leader known for his prolific fundraising operation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a big political and financial upside to being bold and capturing energy, and in this moment that accrues to AOC, not Chuck Schumer,\u201d said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. \u201cHe cannot avoid noticing that AOC is the kind of person inspiring people and therefore getting fundraising benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schumer\u2019s decline in donations has raised eyebrows among Democratic strategists and donors who have long viewed him as one of the party\u2019s most effective fundraisers. His past success has relied heavily on support from Wall Street, lawyers, and real estate interests \u2014 three industries that have historically powered his leadership PAC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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