RSLC, SGLF Combine to Raise $33.3 Million in 2021, Breaking Odd-Year Record
Groups Announce Largest Fourth Quarter Haul Ever
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) and its strategic policy partner, the State Government Leadership Foundation (SGLF), today announced that they combined for their largest fourth quarter fundraising period ever, bringing in over $14.3 million during the final three months of the year. The $33.3 million that the groups raised in total in 2021 outpaced their previous odd-year record set in 2019 by over $14 million.
“We are excited about the historic year we had in 2021 of shattering fundraising expectations and delivering huge wins in blue states like Virginia and New Jersey, but the fight is far from over,” said RSLC President Dee Duncan. “The success we had in November has already motivated the national liberal money machine to ramp up its pledged spending ahead of 2022, as the left’s only recourse is to try to buy elections in order to compensate for being on the wrong side of every key issue this cycle. We will need more record-breaking quarters going forward to recruit, train, and support strong Republican candidates across the country so we can continue winning and holding the line against socialism in the states.”
The committee’s overall fundraising success continues to be bolstered by the expansion of its digital fundraising program, which raised 68% more in 2021 than when the program started in 2020. Some additional statistics for the RSLC’s online fundraising program during the fourth quarter and in 2021 overall include:
Fourth Quarter 2021
Total raised online: $2.8 million
New online donors: 15,229
Average online donation: $26
Total 2021
Total raised online: $7.7 million
New online donors: 49,578
Average online donation: $23.77
In addition to its record-breaking fourth quarter fundraising period, the RSLC also closed out the year with several historic wins. The committee assisted Republicans in taking back control of the Virginia House of Delegates despite being outspent 2:1, net gaining seven seats in the New Jersey legislature, holding a state Supreme Court seat in Pennsylvania, and flipping three seats from Democrat to Republican in special elections – including in two districts that Biden won by double digits in 2020.
The success Republicans had at the state-level in 2021 is only motivating national liberal special interest groups to spend more on these races in 2022. Less than a week after November’s election, the States Project announced a pledged investment of $31 to flip state houses this year by recruiting more progressives. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) also told Politico in March that the half-billion dollars Democrats spent on legislative races in 2020 wasn’t enough.
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