Today, Daily Kos announced the third disbursement of Democratic Nominee Funds raised through ActBlue after Tuesday’s primary elections in Pennsylvania and Nebraska. The Democratic nominees in Pennsylvania’s 1st, 6th, and 7th Congressional Districts and in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District will receive their share of over $74,000 from more than 38,000 individual, small-dollar grassroots donations the Daily Kos community has given to eject Republicans from these House seats.
“The Daily Kos community has raised over $2 million to oust Republicans from 43 U.S. House seats and three U.S. Senate seats since first launching our effort around ActBlue’s nominee funds a year ago,” said Daily Kos Political Director David Nir. “Daily Kos identified an opportunity early in the cycle to leverage the strength of small-dollar grassroots fundraising to evict Republicans from seats Democrats have a strong opportunity to flip this November. We’re thrilled to see these funds from this effort get deployed to support Democratic efforts.”
Daily Kos has led the way in supporting Democrats across the country this cycle, raising over $5.3 million for candidates in small, grassroots donations in 2017-2018. We will continue to analyze and invest in key races nationwide.