Today, Daily Kos announced the second disbursement of “nominee funds” raised through ActBlue after Tuesday’s Illinois primary elections. The Democratic nominees in Illinois’s 6th, 12th, 13th and 14th Congressional Districts will receive their share of over $215,000 from more than 100,000 individual, small-dollar grassroots donations the Daily Kos community has given to eject Republicans from these House seats.
“The Daily Kos community has raised over $2 million to oust Republicans from 38 U.S. House seats and three U.S. Senate seats since first launching our effort around the ActBlue nominee funds in May,” said David Nir, Daily Kos political director. “Daily Kos identified an opportunity early in the cycle to leverage the strength of small-dollar grassroots fundraising to evict Republicans from seats Democrats have a strong opportunity to flip this November. We’re thrilled to see these funds from this effort get deployed to support Democratic challengers.”
Daily Kos has led the way in supporting Democrats across the country this cycle, raising over $5.2 million for candidates in small, grassroots donations in 2017-2018. We will continue to analyze and invest in key races nationwide.