NEW: Marjorie Taylor Green has time on her hands w/o committee assignments. But she’s still 2021's top fundraiser among House GOP members. The more than $3.2M she raised in first Q ranks her 2nd in the House behind only Pelosi. @thisisinsider ($)
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That’s per federal campaign finance data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, @davelevinthal reports. Until now, no member of the House, save for those running in a special election, has raised so much money during the 1st quarter of a non-election year.
"It's a staggering number," said former Rep. Reid Ribble, a Republican who represented Wisconsin's 8th District from 2011 to 2017. "I couldn't raise $3 million in an entire election cycle."
Many congressional candidates try to scrape their way out of Nowhereville to some state of financial viability. But Greene has fast catapulted into rarefied territory on the $-raising front akin to party leaders or members bracing for hyper-competitive re-election races.
"Congresswoman Greene is speaking exactly how the people think," Greene spokesman Nick Dyer told @thisisinsider “They know she has their back, and that's why they have hers."
Subscribe to @thisisinsider to read this @davelevinthal deep-dive about how @mtgreenee - a 46-year old political neophyte until very recently, did it: businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylo…
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