Independent Expenditure Spending
Year-to-Date General Election Totals Through Nov. 4
Roll Call has tracked the independent expenditure spending of the parties’ House campaign committees. House Democrats’ massive cash-on-hand advantage is reflected in the fact that their IE arm has doled out nearly $77 million to boost their candidates. House Republicans, meanwhile, spent $24 million through their IE.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | ||
| District | Incumbent | Total spent |
| New Hampshire's 1st | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | $2,429,000 |
| North Carolina's 8th | Robin Hayes (R) | 2,415,000 |
| Nevada's 3rd | Jon Porter (R) | 2,397,000 |
| Minnesota's 3rd | Open | 2,307,000 |
| New Jersey's 3rd | Open | 2,128,000 |
| Illinois' 11th | Open | 2,124,000 |
| Ohio's 15th | Open | 2,110,000 |
| Arizona's 3rd | John Shadegg (R) | 2,067,000 |
| Arizona's 1st | Open | 2,052,000 |
| Illinois' 10th | Mark Kirk (R) | 2,047,000 |
| Ohio's 1st | Steve Chabot (R) | 2,032,000 |
| New Mexico's 1st | Open | 2,002,000 |
| Ohio's 16th | Open | 1,987,000 |
| New Jersey's 7th | Open | 1,961,000 |
| New York's 26th | Open | 1,946,000 |
| Maryland's 1st | Open | 1,830,000 |
| Michigan's 7th | Tim Walberg (R) | 1,705,000 |
| Washington's 8th | Dave Reichert (R) | 1,691,000 |
| Michigan's 9th | Joe Knollenberg (R) | 1,632,000 |
| New Mexico's 2nd | Open | 1,536,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 3rd | Phil English (R) | 1,534,000 |
| Indiana's 9th | Baron Hill (D) | 1,373,000 |
| Texas' 22nd | Nick Lampson (D) | 1,361,000 |
| Arizona's 5th | Harry Mitchell (D) | 1,343,000 |
| Connecticut's 4th | Christopher Shays (R) | 1,298,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 11th | Paul Kanjorski (D) | 1,285,000 |
| Louisiana's 6th | Don Cazayoux | 1,282,000 |
| Alaska's at-large | Don Young (R) | 1,268,000 |
| Kentucky's 2nd | Open | 1,241,000 |
| Virginia's 2nd | Thelma Drake (R) | 1,241,000 |
| Alabama's 2nd | Open | 1,240,000 |
| Missouri's 9th | Open | 1,164,000 |
| Florida's 24th | Tom Feeney (R) | 1,140,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 10th | Christopher Carney (D) | 1,140,000 |
| Virginia's 11th | Open | 1,123,000 |
| Colorado's 4th | Marilyn Musgrave (R) | 1,111,000 |
| Minnesota's 6th | Michele Bachmann (R) | 1,089,000 |
| Alabama's 5th | Open | 1,084,000 |
| Florida's 25th | Mario Diaz-Balart (R) | 954,000 |
| Florida's 21st | Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) | $944,000 |
| New York's 29th | Randy Kuhl (R) | 906,000 |
| Wyoming's at-large | Open | 833,000 |
| Ohio's 2nd | Jean Schmidt (R) | 808,000 |
| California's 4th | Open | 800,000 |
| Nebraska's 2nd | Lee Terry (R) | 746,000 |
| Kansas' 2nd | Nancy Boyda (D) | 723,000 |
| Virginia's 5th | Virgil Goode (R) | 721,000 |
| Wisconsin's 8th | Steve Kagen (D) | 663,000 |
| Texas' 23rd | Ciro Rodriguez (D) | 648,000 |
| Indiana's 3rd | Mark Souder (R) | 614,000 |
| California's 11th | Jerry McNerney (R) | 586,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 12th | John Murtha (D) | 577,000 |
| West Virginia's 2nd | Shelley Moore Capito | 535,000 |
| Idaho's 1st | Bill Sali (R) | 508,000 |
| Florida's 16th | Tim Mahoney (D) | 431,000 |
| Missouri's 6th | Sam Graves (R) | 399,000 |
| Arizona's 8th | Gabrielle Giffords (D) | 375,000 |
| Florida's 8th | Ric Keller (R) | 298,000 |
| Mississippi's 1st | Travis Childers (D) | 282,000 |
| Oregon's 5th | Open | 239,000 |
| New York's 25th | Open | 145,000 |
| Nevada's 2nd | Dean Heller (R) | 109,000 |
| Georgia's 13th | David Scott (D) | 95,000 |
| South Carolina's 1st | Henry Brown (R) | 73,000 |
| New Hampshire's 2nd | Paul Hodes (D) | 23,000 |
| Total | $76,750,000 | |
National Republican Congressional Committee | ||
| District | Incumbent | Total spent |
| Florida's 21st | Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) | $1,602,000 |
| Michigan's 7th | Tim Walberg (R) | 1,458,000 |
| Washington's 8th | Dave Reichert (R) | 1,095,000 |
| Ohio's 1st | Steve Chabot (R) | 1,046,000 |
| Texas' 22nd | Nick Lampson (D) | 1,021,000 |
| Ohio's 15th | Open | 941,000 |
| Colorado's 4th | Marilyn Musgrave (R) | 893,000 |
| New Jersey's 7th | Open | 851,000 |
| New Jersey's 3rd | Open | 842,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 3rd | Phil English (R) | 777,000 |
| Minnesota's 3rd | Open | 776,000 |
| Missouri's 9th | Open | 739,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 11th | Paul Kanjorski (D) | 737,000 |
| New Hampshire's 1st | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | 680,000 |
| Louisiana's 6th | Don Cazayoux (D) | 667,000 |
| Florida's 25th | Mario Diaz-Balart (R) | 671,000 |
| Wisconsin's 8th | Steve Kagen (D) | 664,000 |
| Ohio's 2nd | Jean Schmidt (R) | 630,000 |
| New York's 29th | Randy Kuhl (R) | 605,000 |
| Alabama's 2nd | Open | 592,000 |
| Missouri's 6th | Sam Graves (R) | 589,000 |
| New York's 26th | Open | 588,000 |
| Nevada's 3rd | Jon Porter (R) | 581,000 |
| Michigan's 9th | Joe Knollenberg (R) | 562,000 |
| Nebraska's 2nd | Lee Terry (R) | 519,000 |
| Florida's 8th | Ric Keller (R) | 517,000 |
| Alabama's 5th | Open | 514,000 |
| Virginia's 2nd | Thelma Drake (R) | 477,000 |
| Pennsylvania's 12th | John Murtha (R) | 472,000 |
| Kansas' 2nd | Nancy Boyda (D) | 381,000 |
| Idaho's 1st | Bill Sali (R) | 362,000 |
| Kentucky's 2nd | Open | 347,000 |
| Wyoming's at-large | Open | 347,000 |
| Indiana's 3rd | Mark Souder (R) | 324,000 |
| California's 11th | Jerry McNerney (D) | 198,000 |
| Virginia's 5th | Virgil Goode (R) | 140,000 |
| California's 8th | Nancy Pelosi (D) | 22,000 |
| Total | $24,227,000 | |
| Source: Federal Election Commission; totals have been rounded. | ||
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