Tillis' fundraising numbers highlight Republican money struggles vs. Democrats in NC [View all]
Democrats in many of North Carolina’s top statewide races far out-raised their Republican opponents over the past few months.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham raised $7.4 million in the second quarter of 2020, a record-breaking amount for a quarter for a Senate candidate. Incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican, raised $2.6 million from April through June, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday.
And Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, seeking a second term, raised nearly $6 million from mid-February to the end of June, more than doubling the $2.4 million haul of Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, his opponent in November.
Federal and state candidates were required to file campaign finance reports this week.
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