The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced Friday that it had broken its record for fundraising in the month of April as the party responds to a growing field of Democratic 2020 challengers.
In a press release, RNC chief of staff Richard Walters wrote that the party had taken in $15.9 million in April, the greatest amount raised in that month in the party’s history.
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“Our record-breaking April fundraising haul is yet another example of the outstanding leadership of Chairwoman Ronna McDanielRonna Romney McDanielGOP moves main 2020 convention events, including Trump speech, to Jacksonville GOP votes to scale back Charlotte convention, move Trump acceptance speech The Hill’s Morning Report – DC preps for massive Saturday protest; Murkowski breaks with Trump MORE along with the overwhelming grassroots support for President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE, and the winning results of a Republican-led agenda,” Walters wrote.
“Thanks to the President’s supporters, the RNC continues to grow its robust, permanent field program and top-notch data operation so that we can support Republicans up and down the ballot and re-elect President Trump in 2020,” he continued.
The party now reports $61.8 million cash on hand, and holds a significant cash advantage over the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which held $14.8 million in cash on hand at the end of April.
The president’s reelection campaign has also shown an impressive fundraising ability this year, and last month announced that it had raised just over $30 million in the first quarter of 2019.
The RNC raised about $45 million that quarter, while the president has set a $1 billion fundraising goal for his reelection effort.
Twenty-four major candidates have announced plans to run in the Democratic primary to challenge Trump, while so far one Republican, former Massachusetts Gov. William WeldWilliam (Bill) WeldVermont governor, running for reelection, won’t campaign or raise money The Hill’s Campaign Report: Amash moves toward Libertarian presidential bid Libertarians view Amash as potential 2020 game changer for party MORE, has announced plans to run in the GOP primary.
This article was updated on 6/5/2019 to correct fundraising numbers raised by the DNC.
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