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The DNC Has So Much Money That It’s Now Spending in Idaho

Democrats are investing in races far down-ballot in states they’re not competing in nationally.

Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee
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Democrats have raised so much money since Kamala Harris became their presidential nominee that even Republican strongholds like Idaho and West Virginia are starting to benefit.

On Friday, the Democratic National Committee announced it was making a new multi-million-dollar investment in two-dozen states, much of it earmarked for grassroots get-out-the-vote operations less than six weeks before Election Day. But rather than focus exclusively on the presidential race in key battleground states, some of the spending is meant to help Democrats in local races running in states considered uncompetitive at the federal level.

In Idaho, for example, the party said it is spending $70,000 to hire organizers in tribal communities. In West Virginia, it’s investing another $50,000 in GOTV operations to help flip four seats in the state legislature. States like Tennessee, North Dakota, Arkansas and Kansas are also included in the new round of expenditures, according to the DNC.