NRCC reporting record $47.1 million quarter, record $28.1 million raised in March

Louisiana Rep.Steve Scalise, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Oklahoma Rep.Tom Cole appear during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct.8, 2025.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg)

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“Vulnerable House Democrats are getting outraised, outworked, and outmatched.Republicans have the momentum, and the money is following it,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement last week.

The financial windfalls do not end there.

The House Speaker Mike Johnson-backed Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and its nonprofitAmerican Action Network (AAN)have raised a combined $192.6 million thus far in the 2025-2026 cycle.Those groups brought in a combined $56.6 million in the first quarter of 2026, which Republicans say is a record for the first quarter of a non-election year.CLF alone raised a record $38.1 million and is expected to report $91.4 million cash on hand.

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Top House GOP leadershave also posted eye-catching numbers, according to the NRCC:

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• Johnson himself raised $34 million in the first quarter and more than $116 million in hard dollars this cycle
• House Majority LeaderSteve Scalise, R-La., raised more than $10.1 million in the quarter, bringing his cycle total above $45.6 million.
• House Majority Whip Tom Emmer raised $9.2 million in the quarter, pushing his cycle total past $38 million.

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The committee also pointed to the wider PresidentDonald Trump-aligned fundraising network, noting that MAGA Inc.entered 2026 with more than $300 million cash on hand.

“This unprecedented momentum is part of a sustained trend that’s held this entire cycle and is now accelerating,�“Republicans are consistently outpacing Democrats in the money race where Democrats have traditionally dominated.”

“This is a fundamental shift from the traditional dynamic where Democrats build an early financial edge and force Republicans onto defense,” he added.“That script has flipped.”

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Also, Democrats have been hurt in the fundraising coffers by House Oversight, Judiciary and Administration committee investigations into the big-ticket Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue, and theSenate Democrat-forced government shutdownof Department of Homeland Security funding.

Notably, the record NRCC March came amid massive spring break delays and four- to eight-hour security line waits at crowded spring break airports, which were hamstrung by Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) agents not showing up because they were not getting paid for work.