Today, Daily Kos announced the latest disbursement of Democratic Nominee Funds raised through ActBlue after the primary elections in Maine, Nevada, and Virginia. The Democratic nominees in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat, and Virginia’s 2nd and 10th Congressional Districts will receive their share of over $161,000 from more than 52,000 individual, small-dollar grassroots donations the Daily Kos community has given to eject Republicans from these 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 last year,” said David Nir, Daily Kos political director. “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 in these key states.”
Daily Kos has led the way in supporting Democrats across the country this cycle, raising over $5.5 million for candidates in small, grassroots donations in 2017-2018. We will continue to analyze and invest in key races nationwide.