House Democrats Hit New Fundraising Record

House Democrats Hit New Fundraising Record
FILE - In this March 17, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic challengers outraised Republican incumbents in 20 competitive House races from California to Virginia during the first three months of the year, and President Barack Obama's party has the upper-hand in eight other districts where congressmen are retiring. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - In this March 17, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic challengers outraised Republican incumbents in 20 competitive House races from California to Virginia during the first three months of the year, and President Barack Obama's party has the upper-hand in eight other districts where congressmen are retiring. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

WASHINGTON -- A day after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a $6.8 million fundraising haul for August, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Monday that they have something to celebrate too: their single best day of online fundraising in history.

The DCCC raised $1.3 million online last Friday, according to a Democratic official. The average donation was $35. The official said Friday's numbers beat their best online single day by 45 percent.

Democrats are eager to tie the fundraising bump to the idea that their party is energized heading into this week's Democratic National Convention, and on the heels of last week's Republican National Convention.

"As of this moment, we are just $18,700 away from the biggest grassroots fundraising month we've ever had!" Pelosi said in a DCCC email that went out last Friday. "That's definitely not what Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan bargained for after their big convention."

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