NH: State party financial reports show Democrats flush, Republicans in the 'red'

With the popular Gov. Chris Sununu in the corner office, they feel that are they primed to ride his political strength to maintain majorities in the House and Senate and on the Executive Council in November. And if they can flip one or both of the state’s congressional seats, all the better, from their point of view.

Democrats currently control all four seats in the New Hampshire congressional delegation and believe they can keep the two U.S. House seats this year and also win control of the State House – and oust Sununu.

Their confidence in making gains on the state level is driven in large part by their wins in nine of 11 legislative special elections last year and by Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig’s November 2017 defeat of incumbent Republican Ted Gatsas. They also believe the unpopularity of President Donald Trump in the state, especially among independent voters, will spur their voters to the polls and bring independents to their side.

But if party finances matter, and they do matter to the parties as they try to get their messages out and rally voters --

there continues to be a wide gap between the state Democratic Party and the state GOP.

Financial reports of receipts and expenses associated with state-focused campaign activities, filed with the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday by the two state major parties, show very different pictures.

Since the beginning of the 2018 election cycle through last week, the New Hampshire Democratic Party raised $1,288,826 and spent $1,073,848, showing a surplus of $214,978.

During the same period, NHGOP raised $195,829 and spent $224,930, for a deficit of $29,102.




http://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-state-party-financial-reports-show-democrats-flush-republicans-in-the-red/21756657