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POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES RAISE OVER $242 MILLION FROM JANU

PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:12 am
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POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES RAISE OVER $242 MILLION FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2011
08/31/2011 10:59 AM EDT


WASHINGTON – During the first six months of 2011, party committees that filed disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) raised a combined $242 million. National party committees reported the receipt of over $95 million, representing an increase in fundraising by 14.4 percent and 26.5 percent over 2009 and 2007 totals, respectively, between January 1 and June 30. Senatorial party committees raised $45 million, representing an increase in receipts by 2.4 percent over 2009 totals for the same period but a 4.5 percent decrease in receipts when compared to the same period in 2007. Party committees supporting candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives reported combined receipts of $67.2 million, a 38.8 percent and a 2 percent increase over 2009 and 2007 six-month totals, respectively.

http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2012 ... mary.shtml