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Welcome to the Friday, Feb. 7, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:
- Presidential candidates have collectively raised more than $1 billion
- Seven Democrats will debate in New Hampshire Feb. 7, four days before first presidential primary
- January 2020 breakdown of state legislative party membership: 52.2% Republicans, 46.8% Democrats
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Presidential candidates have collectively raised more than $1 billion
The 15 noteworthy Democratic and Republican candidates have raised a combined $1.015 billion since the start of the election cycle. We looked at presidential election fundraising since January 1, 2017, to determine who’s raised the most money so far.
The top five Democratic fundraisers are Steyer ($206 million), Bloomberg ($200 million), Sanders ($86.2 million), Warren ($82.0 million), and Buttigieg ($76.7 million).
Michael Bloomberg reported $200 million in contributions through self-funding for the fourth quarter of 2019, the most of all candidates, according to financial reports filed Jan. 31. He was followed in receipts by Tom Steyer, who self-funded $155 million and raised an additional $1 million.
As of the Dec. 31 reporting cutoff, President Donald Trump had the most cash on hand of any presidential candidate with $103 million. Bernie Sanders followed with $18.2 million. Three other candidates had more than $10 million on hand: Pete Buttigieg with $14.5 million, Elizabeth Warren with $13.7 million, and Bloomberg with $12.0 million.
Since the beginning of 2017, President Trump has raised $204 million, 29% more than the inflation-adjusted $152 million President Barack Obama had raised at this point in his 2012 re-election campaign. According to Republican National Committee (RNC) finance reports filed Jan. 31, Trump and the RNC have raised a combined $770 million. At this point in the 2012 campaign cycle, Obama and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had raised a combined inflation-adjusted total of $535 million.
The 11 noteworthy Democratic candidates have collectively raised $795 million this cycle, while the four noteworthy Republicans have collectively raised $220 million. The 11 Democrats had a combined $86.2 million in cash on hand to the four Republicans' collective $107 million.
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Seven Democrats will debate in New Hampshire Feb. 7, four days before first presidential primary
The Democratic Party will hold its eighth presidential primary debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, tonight.
Seven candidates qualified for the debate: former Vice President Joe Biden, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Bernie Sanders, investor Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and businessman Andrew Yang.
Yang is the only candidate to qualify who did not participate in the Des Moines debate in January. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard crossed the donor threshold but only had two qualifying polls showing 5% support or more (four polls were needed). Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg reached the polling threshold but did not meet the donor requirements for the debate. He has declined to accept any contributions to his campaign.
The donor requirement was eliminated from the qualifying criteria for the next debate on Feb. 19 in Las Vegas.
Linsey Davis, David Muir, George Stephanopoulos, Adam Sexton, and Monica Hernandez will moderate Friday night’s debate, which takes place at St. Anslem College at 8:00 p.m. ET.
The New Hampshire primary is Feb. 11.
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January 2020 breakdown of state legislative party membership: 52.2% Republicans, 46.8% Democrats
Ballotpedia tallies the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of every month, and I’m excited to share with you our January count. Of the nation’s 7,383 state legislators, 52.2% are Republicans and 46.8% are Democrats. Republican membership increased by ten seats while Democratic membership decreased by two seats compared to the December 2019 numbers.
Republicans hold a majority in 59 state legislative chambers, and Democrats hold the majority in 39 chambers. One chamber (the Alaska state House) has a power-sharing agreement between the two parties.
- Here are a few more facts for you: There are 7,383 state legislative seats—1,972 state senate and 5,411 state house offices.
- Republicans hold 3,856 state legislative seats—1,085 state senate seats (up seven seats from December) and 2,771 state house seats (up three seats from last month).
- Democrats hold 3,452 state legislative seats—874 state Senate seats (down two seats) and 2,568 state House seats (the same as last month).
- Independent or third-party legislators hold 34 seats. There are 41 vacant seats—a decrease of 16 vacancies since December.
At the time of the 2018 elections, 7,280 state legislators were affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties. There were 3,257 Democratic state legislators, 4,023 Republican state legislators, 35 independent or third-party state legislators, and 68 vacancies.
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