Party Committees

Democratic National Committee (DNC) •Republican National Committee (RNC)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) •National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) •National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)

Fundraising2025-2026 •2023-2024 •2021-2022 •2019-2020 •2018

Leadership elections2025 •2023

During the 2024 election cycle, the six committees associated with the Democratic and Republican Parties reported raising a combined $2.3 billion.

Democrats and Republicans each had three committees: 1) a national committee, 2) a committee dedicated toU.S. Senate elections, and 3) a committee dedicated toU.S. House elections; the latter two were also known as Hill committees since they worked to elect members to serve on Capitol Hill. National committees existed "to look out for their party candidates around the country to support them with things like research, polling, [and] money to run their campaigns," according to political science professor Joseph Losco.^[1]

On this page, you will find details on the fundraising and spending efforts of all six committees during the 2024 election cycle. It includes anoverall look at all six committees' finances as well as more detail on theDemocratic andRepublican committees' numbers. Also included is a section withanalysis of trends in fundraising figures and why these committees matter.

See the sections below for further information on the following topics:

• Overall fundraising and spending
• Democratic Party committee fundraising
• Republican Party committee fundraising
• What do the party committees do?

For more on the 2024 elections, see:

• Presidential election, 2024
• United States Senate elections, 2024
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2024

Overall fundraising and spending

All committees

TheDemocratic andRepublican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to theFederal Election Commission. The six party committees were:

Democratic committees

TheDemocratic national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to theFederal Election Commission. The three Democratic Party committees were:

• Democratic National Committee (DNC)
• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)

Republican committees

TheRepublican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to theFederal Election Commission. The three Republican Party committees were:

• Republican National Committee (RNC)
• National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)
• National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)

The following chart displays cash on hand as of the end of each reporting period for each of the six party committees. National committees are represented by bold lines, Senate committees by dotted lines, and House committees by dashed lines.

The following chart displays the cumulative cash on hand figure for all six party committees as of each reporting period in the 2024 cycle alongside the same numbers for the 2020 and 2022 campaign cycles.

2022

See also:Party committee fundraising, 2021-2022

TheDemocratic andRepublican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2021-2022 election cycle, according to theFederal Election Commission. The six party committees were:

Democratic Party committee fundraising

The following chart shows cumulative fundraising and spending figures for each of the Democratic Party committees during the 2024 election cycle. Fundraising is represented by the dark blue lines while spending is represented by the light blue lines.

Democratic National Committee

See also:Democratic National Committee

TheDemocratic National Committee (DNC) was theDemocratic Party's principal governing organization and was established during the party's 1848 convention. Among its duties were planning the presidential nominating convention and promotion of the party's platform, although it also worked to support Democratic candidates for elected office at all levels of government. The DNC was composed of the chair and vice chair of each state Democratic Party as well as over 200 additional members elected by party members.^[2]

For the 2024 election cycle, the DNC's chairman wasJaime Harrison (D), a former chairman of theDemocratic Party of South Carolina.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

See also:Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

TheDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) was a group dedicated to the election of Democratic members of theU.S. Senate. It took on its modern form following theU.S. Supreme Court's decision inBuckley v. Valeo.^[3][4] The DSCC's role in elections included organizing, candidate recruitment, and allocation of funds.^[5]

For the 2024 election cycle, the DSCC's chairman wasSen.Gary Peters (D-Mich.). Peters announced he would serve a second term in the position on January 9, 2023.^[6]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

See also:Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

TheDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) was the official campaign arm of Democratic members of theU.S. House.^[7] It was established in 1866.^[8]

For the 2024 election cycle, the DCCC's chairwoman wasRep.Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.). Rep.Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced he had appointed DelBene to serve in the role on December 20, 2022.^[9]

Republican Party committee fundraising

The following chart shows cumulative fundraising and spending figures for each of the Republican Party committees during the 2024 election cycle. Fundraising is represented by the dark red lines while spending is represented by the light red lines.

Republican National Committee

See also:Republican National Committee

TheRepublican National Committee (RNC) was the principal governing organization of theRepublican Party. It was founded in 1856, two years after the party's establishment in 1854.^[10] Its duties included organizing the party's presidential nominating convention, putting together its political platform, raising funds, and coordinating campaign strategies.^[11]

For the 2024 election cycle, the RNC's chairman wasMichael Whatley.^[12]

National Republican Senatorial Committee

See also:National Republican Senatorial Committee

TheNational Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) was a group dedicated to the election ofRepublican members of theU.S. Senate. It was organized in 1916 and took on its modern form following theU.S. Supreme Court's decision inBuckley v. Valeo.^[13][14][15] Its duties included assisting candidates with planning budgets, navigating election laws, fundraising, research, and advertising.^[16]

For the 2024 election cycle, the NRSC's chairman wasSen.Steve Daines (R-Mont.). Senate Republicans selected Daines for the post on November 16, 2022.^[17]

National Republican Congressional Committee

See also:National Republican Congressional Committee

TheNational Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was a group dedicated to electingRepublican members to theU.S. House, established in 1866. Its duties included providing financial and informational support to Republican candidates and organizations as well as party-building activities such as voter outreach and turnout drives.^[18]

For the 2024 election cycle, the NRCC's chairman was Rep.Richard Hudson (R-N.C.). House Republicans elected Hudson on November 15, 2022.^[19]

National committee fundraising in presidential election cycles

See also:Presidential election campaign finance, 2024

TheDemocratic National Committee (DNC) andRepublican National Committee (RNC) each spend on behalf of their party's candidate during presidential elections. This section looks at fundraising over each four-year presidential cycle, so "Year 1" refers to the year after the last election (2009/2013/2017), "Year 2" to the midterm before the election (2010/2014/2018), etc. The following chart displays the percentage difference between the DNC and RNC's cumulative fundraising on a monthly basis for the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential election cycles. A positive number indicates that the RNC had outraised the DNC at that point while a negative number indicates that the DNC had outraised the RNC.

What do the party committees do?

The following section contains quotes explaining the role of party committees.

• Joseph Losco, Ball State University/Loyola University Chicago (May 31, 2018):

"[The DNC and RNC are] national party coordinating bodies. Their job, basically, is to look out for their party candidates around the country to support them with things like research, polling, [and] money to run their campaigns...By and large, they’re supposed to remain neutral during a primary season. But once the primary candidate has been chosen, they back that candidate with as [many] resources as they think are necessary in winning that particular seat...They run the [presidential nominating] conventions, hold them, and then work with the presidential candidate to try to get them to win."^[1]

• Boris Heersink, Fordham University:

"These national committees are essential in the eyes of party leaders because they view them as creators of their party's brand - defined as the understanding voters have of party positions on salient policy issues. Modern parties rely on these brands to mobilize voters and achieve electoral success.

When a party is the national majority - defined as having unified control of the federal government - party leaders can build a brand more easily through legislation and governance. As a result, the committees' publicity programs decrease, with the DNC and RNC focusing instead on other programs (e.g., fundraising). In contrast, when a party is in the national minority, the DNC and RNC step up publicity efforts in order to convince voting groups to (re-)join their coalition. National minority party committees prioritize their branding role by investing considerable shares of their budgets in their publicity divisions, inaugurating new publicity programs, and creating new communication tools to reach out to voting groups.

This view represents a major departure from the existing research on national committees. I argue that the committees' publicity services are different from regular 'services' because of the space committees frequently have as to what type of brand they promote. That is, the DNC and RNC can choose which image to promote and which voting groups to target."^[20]

See also

• Presidential election, 2024
• United States Senate elections, 2024
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
• United States Congress elections, 2024
• Special elections to the 118th United States Congress (2023-2024)

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