Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids outraises GOP's Kevin Yoder with $2.7 million haul

WASHINGTON -- Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids outraised incumbent GOP congressman Kevin Yoder by more than $1.6 million over the past three months, a strong sign of Democratic enthusiasm in a race that could determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives.

Davids, a lawyer and amateur mixed martial arts fighter, is Kansas’s first openly gay, Native American nominee for Congress.

She raised more than $2.7 million since the end of June, a total that appears to shatter records for a Democrat in the suburban Kansas City congressional district where Davids is challenging Yoder.

Yoder raised a hefty $1.1 million in the same quarter, a record for a Republican in Kansas’ third congressional district. He has nearly $1.3 million cash on hand going into the final weeks of the campaign.