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Freshman dems still bringing in massive amounts of cash for their reelection campaigns, and the DCCC is upping its game.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/freshman-democrats-keep-the-green-wave-rolling-for-reelection-bids-next-year/2019/04/19/2c8c6186-62d0-11e9-bfad-36a7eb36cb60_story.html?utm_term=.b29637296eb8

 

All told, 41 freshman Democrats raised at least $300,000, a threshold level that puts them on pace to raise more than $2 million by the time they face voters in November 2020, according to a database maintained by the Hotline’s Ally Mutnick.

This is an unheard-of level of fundraising for such a group of newcomers. They are the third big class to have flipped the House majority this century, and the other two lagged way behind this crop in terms of early fundraising. In the first quarter of 2011, just 10 freshman Republicans raised at least $300,000 from a class that produced a 63-seat pickup and the House majority in the 2010 midterms, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

And in the first quarter of 2007, just 13 freshman Democrats raised at least $300,000 after their historic 2006 midterm victories knocked Republicans out of the majority.

 

That’s why the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made a concerted push to help the new members keep their political operations moving. The committee divides the nation into five regions, each of which has a staffer whose job is to help candidates with traditional fundraising, such as events in Washington and calling contributors throughout the country.

In previous years, those aides were brought on later in the year because candidates would announce their races in the summer and fall of the off year, according to those familiar with the DCCC’s hiring plans. But this time, now in the majority and knowing they would be playing more defense than offense, the DCCC staffed up at those positions in the first weeks of this year to help the freshmen.

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Warren's policies and focus on racial inequality have sparked intense interest from black activists.

 

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But Warren’s three-state Southern tour in March through Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama didn't go unnoticed. Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of the progressive BlackPAC, has seen a steady increase in the number of black influencers across social media “raising the flag,” asking why Warren and her policies centered on black communities aren’t getting more attention.

 

“No one,” Shropshire said, “is raising the flag around any of these other candidates in the same way.”

 

 

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The black voters at her rally, many of whom said they were still undecided but ranked Warren at the top of their list, took stock of her answers.

 

“She’s really speaking to the people of color, the marginalized,” said 71-year-old Alice Walker, who is African-American.

 

“I give her kudos for coming to the Deep South and not running away from areas that she cares about,” said Brown, who is from Selma, Alabama. “And that are probably not going to offer any electoral college votes for her.”

 

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Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field

 

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The decorated Marine veteran hopes to stand out by focusing on national security and foreign policy.

 

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Moulton may be best known, however, for his opposition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His call for new leadership in internal House elections early this year cost him some support back home in his congressional district north of Boston, which includes Salem and the famous fishing town of Gloucester. He later came around to support Pelosi.

 

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Moulton holds three degrees from Harvard — including an MBA and masters of public policy — and attended the elite Phillips Academy prep school in Andover, Mass.

 

Ideologically, Moulton is progressive on many issues, coming out for the Green New Deal and abolishing the Electoral College and Senate filibuster before some other candidates. But he’s temperamentally considered more moderate.

 

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