ICYMI: Speaker Johnson Breaks the Record for Most Raised In a Year as Republicans Swamp Democrats in 2025
February 5, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans reported fourth-quarter fundraising totals, setting records and outpacing House Democrats in 2025. Speaker Johnson raised more than $82 million, the most raised by a Speaker in a single year, while the NRCC outraised the DCCC for the first time in more than a decade. Find a recap of fundraising coverage below in case you missed it:
Punchbowl: Johnson’s big money year
"Speaker Mike Johnson raised $82 million during 2025, his first full non-election year as speaker. This includes a $16 million haul in the fourth quarter. Team Johnson says it’s a single-year record for any speaker.
"Johnson has been helping keep the NRCC afloat. Johnson transferred $23.6 million to the national committee in 2025. Johnson also transferred a total of $13.4 million directly to incumbents, coming to $453,000 per campaign.
"Combined with CLF, the Johnson-backed super PAC which raised $136 million in 2025, the speaker’s political committees have raised more than $215 million for House Republicans. That’s a lot of cash for what’s shaping up to be quite the election season."
"The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which is the campaign arm of the House GOP, on Friday highlighted its robust fundraising last year, as well as "record" hauls by House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer.
"The committee also highlighted that Johnson brought in over $82 million for House Republicans in 2025, the most money ever raised in one year by a House speaker."
AP: Fundraising hauls show RNC vastly outpacing Democrats ahead of midterm elections
"House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday the GOP's overall fundraising haul left him “bullish” on the party's chances to not only hold onto their razor-thin majority in the House, but grow it with more members."
"House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he is extremely optimistic about his party’s performance in this year’s election cycle.
“We’re going to have a war chest to run on and a great record and extraordinary candidates out there in the field,” Johnson told Fox News Sunday as he prepares to lay the groundwork for growing House Republicans’ narrow majority."
Politico: House Republicans rake in funds as they seek to stave off midterm headwinds
"New campaign finance filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission show incumbent battleground House Republicans slightly outraised their Democratic counterparts on average at the end of 2025 — with a handful of GOP members in hotly contested races building up major war chests entering the midterm year.
"While money is not the end-all, and outside groups play a huge role in the overall spending equation, House Republicans’ strong fundraising entering 2026 stands in contrast to the past two midterm cycles, when their candidates were generally outraised by Democrats. The National Republican Congressional Committee also outraised the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in an odd year for the first time since 2015, $117 million to $115 million.
"Overall, the average Republican seeking reelection in a seat targeted by the DCCC raised $646,000 in the fourth quarter while the average Democrat seeking reelection in races targeted by the NRCC raised $612,000, according to a POLITICO analysis."
New York Times: R.N.C. Enters 2026 With Nearly $100 Million Edge on D.N.C.
"The Democratic National Committee is entering the 2026 midterm election year at a staggering financial disadvantage, trailing the Republican National Committee by nearly $100 million, according to new federal financial disclosures.
"The Democratic National Committee entered 2026 in debt. It reported $14 million in the bank, with $17.5 million in debt — putting the party in the red by roughly $3.5 million.
"In contrast, the Republican National Committee had $95.1 million and no debt."
Punchbowl: GOP groups build large cash edge for 2026
"The NRCC outraised the DCCC by roughly $2 million in 2025 and has a slight advantage in cash on hand. This difference is negligible. But it’s still noteworthy because the NRCC has historically lagged far behind the DCCC in fundraising. The NRCC says the last time they outraised Democrats in an off-year was 2015. Republicans have figured out how to close that gap."
Daily Signal: Will the Republican ‘War Chest’ Win the Midterms?
"The National Republican Congressional Committee ended the year with $19 million cash on hand. Over the course of 2025, Johnson transferred a total of $23 million, with $13.4 million going directly to members running for reelection."
Newsmax: NRCC Sets 10-Year Record, Outraises DCCC in '25
"The latest fundraising figures released by Republicans show this is the first time in 10 years that the National Republican Congressional Committee has outraised the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the first year of an election cycle."