2020 Money

Over the weekend, Axios reported that the RNC outraised the DNC-- and by a lot. "The RNC goes into the presidential election year with more than seven timesas much cash on hand as the DNC-- $63 million vs. $8.3 million. Mike Allen somehow forgot to mention that money that might have normally gone to the DNC went into the campaigns of the Democratic candidates instead.

So, while Trump raised around $165,000,000, all the Democrats running for president combined raised $718,000,000. So... uh, yeah, Mike Allen. Sorry to pop your little red balloon. It's also worth mentioning that this cycle the DCCC out-raised the RNCC significantly. Overall, the DCCC brought in $101,297,261 compared to the RNCC's $70,361,958. The DCCC has already spent $63,238,727 and has $43,674,030 cash on hand, while the NRCC has spent $58,636,508 and has $28,290,648. I wonder why Mike Allen didn't mention that in his story. Anyone want to guess? And while we're at it, let's look and who's raising the most money in the major open seat battleground Hose districts.

• GA-07 (open seat)

Carolyn Bourdeaux (D)- $843,086
Renee Unterman (R)- $805,747
Lynne Homrich (R)- $669,171
Richard McCormick (R)- 510,024
Nabilah Islam (D)- $311,377
Lerah Lee (R)- $302,520
Ben Bullock (R)- $237,109
Mark Gonsalves (R)- 230,215

• IA-02 (open seat)

Rita Hart (D)- $508,176
Bobby Shilling (R)- $54,506

• MT- AL (open seat)

Kathleen Williams- $798,458
Tom Winter- $197,171
Corey Stapleton (R)- $122,270

• TX-22

Sri Kulkarni (D)- $766,039
Kathaleen Wall (R)- $601,048
Greg Hill (R)- $217,553
Felicia Harris (R)- $211,247
Derrick Reed (D)- $114,137
Nyanza Moore (D)- $111,936

• TX-23

Gina Jones (D)- $1,618,525
Raul Reyes Jr (R)- $95,267

• TX-24

Kim Olson (D)- $562,329
Beth Van Duyne (R)- $346,813
Candace Valenzuela (D)- $199,083
Crystal Fletcher (D)- $122,402

In North Carolina Republican incumbents are retiring at the most rapid rate anywhere in the county. Everyone should be delighted that right-wing clowns Mark Meadows (NC-11), Mark Walker (NC-06) and George Holding (NC-02) have all announced their retirements from the national stage. The Republican Party hasn't found viable replacements for any of them. NC-02 and NC-06 are out of reach for Republicans now that the state's partisan, racist gerrymander has been shut down by the state Supreme Court.

On a very tangentially-related matter, I was more interested in how Forbes rated the financial transparency of the presidential candidates that I was in the net worths of the candidates in a story they did called The Net Worth Of Every 2020 Presidential Candidate. Forbes listed them in order of net worth. Here's the list ignorer of most honest to most dishonest, at least in terms financial transparency.

• Bernie-

Financial transparency score: 4/5
Net worth: $2.5 million

• Elizabeth-

Financial transparency score: 4/5
Net worth: $12 million

• Cory Booker-

Financial transparency score: 4/5
Net worth: $1.5 million

• Amy Klobuchar-

Financial transparency score: 4/5
Net Worth: $2 million

• Mayo Pete-

Financial transparency score: 4/5
Net worth: $100,000

• Status Quo Joe

Financial transparency score: 4/5
Net worth: $9 million

• Marianne Williamson-
Financial transparency score: 3/5
Net worth: $1.5 million

• Tom Steyer-

Financial transparency score: 3/5
Net worth: $1.6 billion

• Steve Bullock-

Financial transparency score: 3/5
Net worth: $1.5 million

• Andrew Yang-

Financial transparency score: 2/5
Net worth: $1 million

• Julian Castro-

Financial transparency score: 2/5
Net worth: $700,000

• Michael Bennet-

Financial transparency score: 2/5
Net worth: $15 million

• Tulsi-

Financial transparency score: 2/5
Net worth: $500,000

• John Delaney-

Financial transparency score: 2/5
Net worth: $200 million

• Michael Bloomberg

Financial transparency score: 1/5
Net worth: $53.4 billion

• Señor Trumpanzee-

Financial transparency score: 0/5
Net worth: $3.1 billion