Swing-district House Republicans kept up with or surpassed Democrats in fundraising for 2022
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House Republicans in swing districts kept up with or surpassed House Democrats in fundraising in the second quarter — a sign that 2022 could be a competitive and expensive year for both as they fight for control of Congress in the midterm elections.
Republicans need just seven more seats — five if the currently vacant seats are held by the party — to flip the House to GOP control. Of the 22 House Republicans targeted by the Democrat House campaign arm, as well as those that flipped seats in 2020, members raised an average of $551,923 from April to June and have an average of $751,734 in cash on hand.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.