July 16, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
After a few quarters of laggard fundraising, Democratic enthusiasm has burgeoned alongside donors’ hopes of retaking the House. Top Democratic challengers outraised vulnerable Republicans in April through June, and vulnerable Democratic incumbents outraised top GOP challengers, according to fundraising reports filed Wednesday.
Democrats, on the offensive, are funneling more money to new prospects than to their vulnerable incumbents. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red to Blue candidates, deemed their 26 most promising challengers, raised an average of $1.3 million and have an average of $1.8 million cash on hand. Meanwhile, the committee’s 26 Frontliners, the party’s most vulnerable incumbents, raised an average of about $913,000 and hold an average of $2.7 million cash on hand.
The dynamic flipped for Republicans. The National Republican Congressional Committee’s Patriots, the 15 most vulnerable GOP incumbents, raised an average of $1.1 million and have an average of $3.8 million cash on hand. The committee’s MAGA Majority candidates, their top 24 challengers, raised an average of $659,000 and hold an average of $921,000 cash on hand.
In the 67 districts rated competitive by The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, 28 challengers, mostly Democrats, outraised incumbents. Two Democrats and one Republican outraised embattled GOP Rep. Cory Mills of Florida, who faces primary and general-election competition. In New Mexico, former Albuquerque Police Officer Greg Cunningham narrowly outraised Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez, $902,000 to $901,000, though Vasquez maintains a $1.6 million cash-on-hand advantage.
Party campaign committees are not required to file quarterly reports, but the DCCC raised $10.2 million in May and entered June with $73 million cash on hand. The NRCC raised $7.4 million in May and entered June with $81.7 million cash on hand.
After the Supreme Court struck down coordination restrictions between campaigns and the party committees, the NRCC and DCCC can make a dollar go even further.
Below are Q2 fundraising round-ups from districts deemed Toss Ups by the Cook Report, plus Hotline’s searchable database of campaign fundraising.
Cook Political Report with Amy Walter’s Toss Up Districts
Bold names signify a challenger who outraised an incumbent.
Arizona’s 1st: Open (R)
Entrepreneur Jonathan Treble (D): $1.5 million with a $1.2 million candidate contribution
Former NFL kicker Jay Feely (R): $728,000
2024 candidate Marlene Galán-Woods (D): $619,000
2024 nominee Amish Shah (D): $540,000 with a $200,000 candidate loan
Arizona’s 6th: Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R)
Marine Corps veteran JoAnna Mendoza (D): $2 million
Ciscomani: $1.1 million
California’s 22nd: Rep. David Valadao (R)
Visalia Unified District School District Trustee Randy Villegas (D): $1.3 million
Valadao: $777,000
Colorado’s 8th: Rep. Gabe Evans (R)
Evans: $1.1 million
State Rep. Manny Rutinel (D): $857,000
Florida’s 25th: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D)
Businessman Dan Franzese (R): $1 million with a $1 million candidate loan
Moskowitz: $947,000
Former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer (R): $647,000 with a $150,000 candidate loan
Activist Oliver Larkin (D): $214,000
Former state Rep. George Moraitis (R): $141,000
Iowa’s 1st: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
2024 nominee Christina Bohannan (D): $1.9 million
Miller-Meeks: $1.5 million
Iowa’s 3rd: Rep. Zach Nunn (R)
State Rep. Sarah Trone Garriott (D): $2.2 million
Nunn: $986,000
Michigan’s 7th: Rep. Tom Barrett (R)
Barrett: $1.1 million
Former Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink (D): $642,000
Activist William Lawrence (D): $418,000
Former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam (D): $353,000
New Jersey’s 7th: Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R)
Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett (D): $1.6 million
Kean: $518,000
New York’s 17th: Rep. Mike Lawler (R)
Army veteran Cait Conley (D): $1.7 million
Lawler: $1.4 million
Ohio’s 9th: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D)
Kaptur: $1 million
2024 nominee Derek Merrin (R): $525,000
Pennsylvania’s 7th: Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R)
Firefighter Bob Brooks (D): $1.3 million
Mackenzie: $872,000
Pennsylvania’s 8th: Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R)
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti (D): $2 million
Bresnahan: $1 million with a $31,000 candidate contribution
Pennsylvania’s 10th: Rep. Scott Perry (R)
2024 nominee Janelle Stelson (D): $2 million
Perry: $1.2 million
Texas’s 34th: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D)
Gonzalez: $866,000
Former federal prosecutor Eric Flores (R): $716,000
Virginia’s 2nd: Rep. Jen Kiggans (R)
Former Rep. Elaine Luria (D): $1.6 million
Kiggans: $1.1 million
Washington’s 3rd: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D)
Gluesenkamp Perez: $1.6 million
State Sen. John Braun (R): $741,000
Wisconsin’s 3rd: Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R)
2024 nominee Rebecca Cooke (D): $1.8 million
Van Orden: $1.6 million
