Bill Mahoney | Politico | July 24, 2024
“The party will soon announce that the coordinated campaign with entities like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has already hired 60 field staffers and fellows and plans to soon have 100 on the ground. It is also in the process of opening up 30 field offices in competitive congressional districts…
“Three different federal and state committees controlled by New York Democrats raised a combined $5.9 million in the first half of 2024. That’s up from around $1.5 million in the first halves of both 2016 and 2012, the two most recent presidential years without a pandemic.
“The party accounts have $4.3 million in the bank. That’s up from $1.5 million at this point in 2016 and $433,000 in 2012.
“That money comes as the DCCC is expected to pour tens of millions of dollars into the state. And progressive groups have now put over $2 million into an effort to boost a state-level Equal Rights Amendment they hope will energize the left.”
