Connecticut Democrats Outraising GOP In Congressional Campaigns

Republicans running for Congress in Connecticut face an uphill climb when it comes to collecting campaign cash, according to recent reports with the Federal Election Commission.

The state's all-Democratic delegation raised between $144,227.17 (Rosa DeLauro) and $303,874 (Jim Himes) in the last quarter. John Shaban, a state legislator challenging Himes in the 4th District, was the top Republican fundraiser in the same period, collecting $27,570.

The newest quarterly reports include contributions from April 20 to June 30 and include the dates of a dramatic two-day Democratic protest in Congress over Republicans' unwillingness to vote on gun control legislation. The sit-in that stretched from June 22-23 was denounced by the GOP as a fundraising stunt.

But an analysis of donations received by Connecticut Democrats during that period shows no major spike in fundraising. U.S. Rep. John Larson, one of the chief architects of the sit-in, collected about a dozen donations in the days that followed the protest, mostly in the form of checks for a few hundred dollars from in-state donors that totaled around $5,000.

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