U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids announced Tuesday that she has piled up more than $450,000 for her reelection bid next year.
The Davids campaign released a brief statement Tuesday afternoon revealing the fundraising number.
As of Dec. 31, Davids only had about $8,600 left in the bank. The campaign only released the top line numbers. The new report was not made immediately available. It’s not due until April 15.
“Representative Davids is proud to be serving Kansas and honored that her community has once again come together to support her campaign,” Davids’ campaign spokeswoman, Lucy Barrett, said in a statement.
“It’s just more evidence that Kansans want a representative who will fight to protect their health care, be present in their communities, and truly represent them in Congress.”
By comparison, former Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder raised about $232,000 in the first quarter after winning the 3rd District congressional seat in 2010.
Former Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore raised about $350,000 in his first reporting period after defeating Republican incumbent Vince Snowbarger in 1998.
However, Moore’s report covered the first six months of 1999, when quarterly reports were not required in nonelection years, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Former Republican Congressman Vince Snowbarger raised only about $18,000 for the six-month reporting period after winning the 3rd District seat in 1996. A year later, he lost to Moore.
Republicans are eying the 3rd District seat in hopes of taking it back in 2020. A couple of female candidates — Sara Weir and Amanda Adkins — have been mentioned as possible challengers.
Weir recently left her job as chief executive and president of the National Down Syndrome Society. And Adkins, former chairwoman of the Kansas Republican Party, has made her interest in running for Congress well known in GOP circles.
Back in February, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced Davids was one of 55 Democrats it’s targeting in 2020.
And the Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC, which played a big role in last year’s Kansas congressional races, announced in January that it was launching a six-figure digital ad campaign targeting newly elected Democrats, including Davids.
