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Democratic Fundraising Committee Has Wildly Successful Fundraising Month, Trouncing GOP Counterpart

Democratic Fundraising Committee Trounces Conservative Counterpart
Ashley Alman
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Politics Social Media Editor, HuffPost

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Assistant U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (R) shares a moment with House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd L), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) (3rd L), and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) (L) as they leave after a House Democratic leadership meeting October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the sixteenth day of a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached to an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and reopen the government. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Assistant U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (R) shares a moment with House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd L), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) (3rd L), and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) (L) as they leave after a House Democratic leadership meeting October 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. On the sixteenth day of a government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that they have reached to an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and reopen the government. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

September fundraising filings by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee marked several milestones for the DCCC, and bleak news for its conservative counterpart.

In the weeks leading to the Oct. 1 government shutdown, the DCCC had its best September in history, excluding election years. The committee brought in $8.4 million -- $3.1 million more than the NRCC, and more than either the Republican National Committee or the Democratic National Committee.

The DCCC's haul also surpassed monthly fundraising totals of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee combined.

DCCC year-to-date fundraising hit $58.2 million.

While the September data comes from fundraising prior to the government shutdown, it was influenced by Washington's fiscal unrest. Two-thirds of the $3 million raised from online contributions came in the six days following Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) 21-hour long anti-Obamacare speech and threats from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of a government shutdown.

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