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Cash rules all politics? Maybe, maybe not. Our look at the latest FEC fundraising numbers

Political Theater, Episode 247

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., center, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, seen here on April 5 in the Capitol, raised a combined $25 million in the first quarter for their reelection campaigns. — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., center, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, seen here on April 5 in the Capitol, raised a combined $25 million in the first quarter for their reelection campaigns. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

By Jason Dick, Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson

Posted April 21, 2022 at 10:54am

It’s the year of our Midterm Election, 2022, and first-quarter fundraising numbers are in. What’s a million dollars get you these days? How are incumbent members running against other incumbents doing? How much are members targeted by former President Donald Trump doing in the money game?

We run through all this and more with CQ Roll Call politics editor Herb Jackson and senior writer Kate Ackley on the latest Political Theater podcast.

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