Kevin McCarthy couldn’t keep his job, but he could raise gobs of cash. With the House majority on the line, his successor is struggling to keep up.
failed at many things: building unity in his conference, making deals across the aisle, and, obviously, fending off the revolt that made him aThe longtime GOP politician spent more than a decade and a half building a political machine that hauled in millions from big donors. His critics used this fact as ammunition against him, portraying him as a swampy corporate hack who would sell his principles to anyone paying top dollar.
Where McCarthy distributed upwards of $400,000 to some of those members last year, Johnson has given many of them just a fraction of that. It’s a similar story when it comes to Rep. Marc Molinaro , another freshman in a battleground district. McCarthy steered an average of $193,000 over the first three quarters of last year. Johnson’s quarterly fundraising average for Molinaro is about $28,000.
“When there is not a Republican president in office, the No. 1 political fundraising draw is the Speaker of the House,” GOP strategist Ken Spain told the Daily Beast. Johnson’s team defended the speaker’s performance—and acknowledged the challenge at hand—in a statement to The Daily Beast. In addition to being a campaign cash rainmaker in general, McCarthy’s impact was most pronounced in a state that could decide the House majority: his home state of California, which will see numerous competitive races this year.
Previously this cycle, McCarthy directed boatloads of cash to vulnerable California members, like Rep. Michelle Steel , who represents a pluralitydistrict in Orange County. In the first three quarters of last year, Steel received an average of $147,000 from McCarthy each quarter; Johnson’s quarterly average as speaker is only $17,000.
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