Raskin raises, banks millions (News From The States)

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A Maryland Matters article dated Jul 22, 2025, by Lauren Lifke, on campaign finance reports for Maryland's congressional delegation. It says the delegation and would-be challengers had raised $6.2 million this year and put almost $12 million aside, with nearly half of both amounts attributable to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th). Raskin raised more than $2.5 million in the first six months of the year and had nearly $5.9 million in cash on hand as of June 30, while Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st) brought in $609,303. The article gives Raskin's statement that the total includes funds given to other Democrats and notes pollster Patrick Gonzales calling the totals odd. It also lists fundraising for Rep. Steny Hoyer, Rep. April McClain Delaney, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks.

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Raskin raises, banks millions, far outstripping other Maryland delegation members

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Jul 22, 2025 | 5:50 am ET

By Lauren Lifke

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th) speaks at an April hearing on the Justice Department. Recent campaign finance reports show Raskin was one of the most-prolific fundraisers in the House in the first half of this year. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

With more than a year to the next elections, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation and their would-be challengers had raised $6.2 million this year and already put almost $12 million aside — with nearly half of both amounts attributable to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th).

Raskin raised more than $2.5 million in the first six months of the year, according to the latest campaign finance reports from the Federal Election Commission, four times the amount raised by the second most-prolific fundraiser in the state, Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st), who brought in $609,303.

And Raskin had nearly $5.9 million in cash on hand as of June 30, more than 2.5 times Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-Md.) $2.2 million.

Raskin was the 20th-biggest fundraiser of the 919 House incumbents and challengers who reported raising any money this year, according to the FEC. A high-profile and vocal critic of President Donald Trump (R), he received donations from 43 states and the District of Columbia, although the largest share was from Maryland.

Patrick Gonzales, pollster with Annapolis-based Gonzales Research & Media, said Raskin’s totals are unusual.

“There are eight Congress [House] members in Maryland, and for one to get that significant of an amount higher — that just strikes me as odd,” Gonzales said.

But Raskin, who travels widely to campaign for other Democrats, said in a prepared statement that his total represented not just funds for his own campaign but for other Democrats, noting that he’s already given away more than $900,000 in this election cycle.

“In the last cycle, I was able to give away nearly $2,000,000 and I fervently hope to raise and donate millions more now in the process of winning back Congress in 2026 and the White House in 2028,” his statement said.

Close to 90% of Raskin’s donations were from individuals, and about half of those were small donations that were not itemized, an amount that also struck Gonzales as odd. “Where does it come from? I don’t have a clue, but it’s a lot of money,” he said.

Raskin said in his statement that it comes from “tens of thousands of true-blue activist Democrats around the country,” whose average online contribution was $33.75, in what he called a “surging grassroots fight to win back the House and cut Trump’s reign of terror and lawlessness in half in 2026. “

Raskin is one of the few incumbents to have challengers already for 2026. But Democrat Stephen Leon reported raising $1,673 this year and having $1,000 in the bank, while Republican Cheryl Riley, seeking a rematch after losing badly to Raskin last year in the heavily Democratic 8th District , reported raising $4,857 and having $4,039 in cash on hand.

Another longtime incumbent also facing challengers in 2026 is Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th). Despite continuing speculation about Hoyer’s intentions — Hoyer, first elected to the House in 1981, will be 87 at the time of next year’s elections — he reported raising $286,862 this year and having $636,456 on hand as of June 30.

Democratic challengers Quincy Bereebe reported raising $116,837 and banking $78,111, and Harry Jarin raised $106,193 and had $105,730 on hand, according to the FEC. But their reports show that Bareebe’s receipts included a $110,000 loan to herself, while Jarin loaned his campaign $75,000.

In the 6th District , stretching across Western Maryland, Rep. April McClain Delaney reported bringing in $528,778 — of which $200,000 was a loan to her campaign — and banking $323,251.

Two Republicans have declared their intention to challenge McClain Delaney in 2026: Political newcomer Christopher Burnett reported raising $7,078 and having $6,870 on hand while former Del. Neil Parrott reported raising $17,538, which includes an $11,000 loan, and having $7,215 in the bank on June 30. Parrott would be making his fourth bid for the seat, having lost to McClain Delaney last year and former Rep. David Trone (D) two times before that.

The only other incumbent with a declared challenger is Harris in the 1st District , where Democrat Daniel Schwartz raised $101,970 — including a $13,000 loan to his campaign — and had $56,748 in cash on hand. Harris raised $609,303 in the same period and had just over $1 million in cash on hand.

Neither Van Hollen nor Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) have challengers yet for reelection bids in 2028 and 2030, respectively. But Alsobrooks was already raising money after an expensive 2024 election in which she spent $31 million and ended the year with $49,845 in the bank and $101,342 in campaign debt.

The freshman senator reported raising $596,348 in the first half of this year , and having $107,720 in cash on hand as of June 30.

– This story was updated on Tuesday, July 22, to include Raskin’s statements.

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