Former Rep. Mondaire Jones’s (D-N.Y.) marketing campaign introduced Thursday that the candidate had raked in $2.9 million within the third quarter of fundraising this yr, a quantity that was first shared with The Hill.
Jones’s marketing campaign mentioned it ended the quarter with greater than $2.3 million within the financial institution. It’s unclear how a lot of the New York Democrat’s newest haul got here from transfers.
Regardless, Jones’s fundraising is especially notable — and excessive — for a Home race, highlighting how costly some battleground races that may decide management of the decrease chamber have turn out to be. Jones is looking for to win again his outdated seat towards Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.).
“I’m proud to have raised almost $3 million final quarter and to deliver my complete fundraising for the cycle to nearly $8.5 million,” Jones mentioned in an announcement.
“This historic fundraising haul is a testament to the grassroots coalition we are building to defeat Mike Lawler, take back the House, and save our democracy,” he continued. “The Decrease Hudson Valley deserves critical management that’s working to decrease prices, shield abortion rights, battle for Social Safety and Medicare, and safe our border.”
Lawler has not launched his fundraising numbers for the third quarter.
Jones beforehand represented New York’s seventeenth Congressional District however opted to run in a distinct Home district final cycle after redistricting sophisticated his prospects of working for his authentic seat. He as a substitute ran in New York’s twelfth Congressional District, shedding within the Democratic major in 2022.
Former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), then chair of the Home Democrats’ marketing campaign arm, ran towards Lawler within the seventeenth Congressional District in 2022, and Lawler delivered a stunning upset.
The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook dinner Political Report charges the seat a “toss up.”
