We already knew U.S. Rep Pete Sessions was vulnerable. Hillary Clinton won his district last year, causing many Democratic eyebrows to raise. Now comes this report from McClatchy, which shows that The National Republican Congressional Committee brought in more than $35 million in the first quarter of 2017—and Sessions’ seat is one that this fundraising arm of House Republicans is looking at spending money on.
Here’s a portion of the report; Stivers is the chairman of the NRCC, Steve Stivers.
“Defending incumbents is a prong of the three-part strategy Stivers laid out for approaching the midterm elections, a plan that also includes raising “a ton of money, which we’re on track to do,” and expanding the Republican map, including into House districts held by Democrats that also supported Trump last November. The committee is targeting 36 congressional districts for now.”
Stivers told the newswire that the NRCC brought in more online donations in the first quarter of this year than it did in all of 2015, a spike that he attributed to Trump. Sessions has served as the representative of the U.S. House’s 32nd District since 2003, which was created after the state added another two seats after a population spike evidenced in the 2000 Census. Between that point and 1997, he was the representative of the 5th District.
In 2010, he was the head of the NRCC—a year that Republicans gained 63 seats. He sailed to victory last year with 71.1 percent of the vote. He won in 2014 with 61.8 percent, and 68.3 percent in 2012.
