Summary
If there were ever a question about how quickly campaign contributions by individuals and political action committees correlate with the latest election returns (and find their way to the new chairmen of the committees and subcommittees), a recent report by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) provides conclusive answers.
The FEC looked at the 2007 financial activity of congressional candidates and compared it to previous "off-year" fund-raising results. Here are some observations about the trends in House elections, few of which augur well for Republican prospects. A future editorial will look at the fund-raising activities of Senate candidates:See the full content of this document
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Congressional Campaign Coffers
* Democratic House candidates, whose party last controlled the House in 1994, raised $200 million in 2007 - a 64 perc...
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