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美国国会共和党竞选委员会发言人称哈基姆·杰弗里斯“为追逐非法重划选区的空想，烧掉了远超5500万美元”
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发布时间：2026年5月16日 美国东部时间上午10:00
国会首席特派记者查德·珀格拉姆就弗吉尼亚州最高法院对民主党该州重划选区努力造成打击后，民主党方面的回应进行了报道。
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竞选财务记录显示，民主党在中期竞选筹款本就落后于共和党，他们严重依赖一个与众议院民主党结盟的暗钱组织，试图按照自身利益重划弗吉尼亚州国会选区地图。
根据美国联邦选举委员会的记录，在弗吉尼亚州4月的重划选区公投投票前，10个资金最雄厚的共和党结盟政治委员会的手头现金几乎是民主党同行的两倍。
尽管如此，民主党结盟的组织仍投入了超过6400万美元，试图通过重划弗吉尼亚州国会选区地图拿下四个国会席位，但弗吉尼亚州最高法院以程序违宪为由宣布重划选区程序无效，这一赌注最终未能兑现。
“众议院民主党候选人正在筹集巨额竞选资金，上一季度的筹款额超过了共和党对手，民主党国会竞选委员会刚刚迎来了本届选举周期中筹款表现最佳的一个季度，”民主党国会竞选委员会发言人维特·谢尔顿周三对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
暗钱在弗吉尼亚州泛滥，重划选区公投或助民主党掌控众议院优势
2025年11月20日，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯在华盛顿特区的新闻发布会上发言。（内森·波斯纳/安多拉通讯社 盖蒂图片社摄）
“当共和党炫耀其亿万富翁支持者时，民主党正专注于建立民众支持——从各方面衡量，我们都准备夺回众议院多数席位，让哈基姆·杰弗里斯成为下一届‘人民之家’议长，”谢尔顿补充道。
在民主党为弗吉尼亚州重划选区选举投入的总资金中，约4000万美元来自“众议院多数派前进”组织，这是一个与支持众议院民主党人的超级政治行动委员会“众议院多数派PAC”结盟的民主党取向501(c)(4)非营利组织。
一些民主党战略家认为政治环境依然有利，但党内知情人士警告称，共和党在资金上的优势可能削弱这些成果。
“我不认为（双方的）资金差距已经被充分认知，唐纳德·特朗普和共和党手头的资金与民主党相比有多丰厚，”领导“众议院多数派前进”组织及其关联的“众议院多数派PAC”的迈克·史密斯今年4月对NOTUS表示。“我认为人们并没有全面理解这种差距的程度，以及这对我们赢得众议院席位可能意味着什么。”
福克斯新闻数字频道周三联系史密斯寻求置评时，他并未回应。
根据联邦选举委员会的数据，截至3月底，10家最大的共和党政治委员会手头现金接近10亿美元，而10家资金最雄厚的民主党同行的手头现金约为5.5亿美元。资金最雄厚的共和党委员会包括特朗普总统的“让美国再次伟大公司”以及与参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩结盟的“参议院领导基金”。与此同时，民主党方面的主要筹款方是索罗斯家族的“民主政治行动委员会”以及“参议院多数派PAC”。
“所谓的‘领袖’哈基姆·杰弗里斯为追逐非法重划选区的空想，烧掉了远超5500万美元，最终以极其丢脸的方式一败涂地，”美国国会共和党竞选委员会发言人迈克·马里内拉对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。“全国民主党人已经在与共和党人的巨额资金赤字中苦苦挣扎，而共和党竞选委员会和我们久经考验的候选人不断打破筹款纪录，为2026年选举积蓄势头。”
马里内拉提到的“远超5500万美元”包括“众议院多数派PAC”在加州成功开展的重划选区活动中投入的1700万美元。
除了民主党结盟的委员会在弗吉尼亚州重划选区活动中发挥的财务作用外，众议院少数党领袖还是该竞选活动的主要代言人之一。他发表演讲支持重划选区，称此举是对共和党选区地图调整的回应，并将弗吉尼亚州称为全国国会选区地图争夺战的“皇冠上的明珠”，以此抬高赌注。
共和党筹款增速几乎是民主党两倍，6月数据显示
2020年1月23日，亿万富翁、索罗斯基金管理有限责任公司创始人乔治·索罗斯在瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛现场。（西蒙·道森/彭博社 盖蒂图片社摄）
“杰弗里斯证明了他绝非南希·佩洛西，民主党正在为媒体炒作与实际领导力之间的区别付出昂贵的代价，”马里内拉继续说道。
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道，佩洛西是民主党最出色的筹款人之一，在2002年被任命为众议院少数党党鞭到2022年辞去民主党领导职务期间，为民主党筹集了超过10亿美元资金。消息人士告诉《纽约邮报》，佩洛西依然对众议院民主党事务拥有相当大的影响力，据称这让杰弗里斯感到不满。
“前议长佩洛西对领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯以及他为在11月夺回众议院而采取的以火攻火的精妙战略感到格外自豪，”这位前议长的发言人对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
纽约州民主党众议员、众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯的办公室在周三福克斯新闻数字频道的联系下并未回应置评请求。
根据联邦选举委员会的备案文件，“众议院多数派前进”组织历来是“众议院多数派PAC”的主要资金来源之一，而“众议院多数派PAC”是与民主党领导人结盟的主要民主党委员会，本身也是国会民主党人的顶级资金来源之一。“众议院多数派前进”组织与“众议院多数派PAC”是姊妹组织。
“‘众议院多数派前进’组织的支持与共和党在此次重划选区选举中投入的4000万美元不相上下，弗吉尼亚州民众再次坚决否决了他们的好战、抬高成本、有毒的议程，”“众议院多数派前进”组织通讯主任CJ·沃克对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。“无论共和党投入多少资金，都无法阻止哈基姆·杰弗里斯成为下一届众议院议长。”
2025年11月20日，众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（中）在民主党同僚的陪同下向记者发表讲话。（内森·波斯纳/安多拉通讯社 盖蒂图片社摄）
左翼亿万富翁资助民主党超级政治行动委员会，计划夺回工薪阶层选民：“这是重中之重”
“众议院多数派前进”组织是一家501(c)(4)非营利组织，无需公开披露其捐赠者。该组织的捐款使得未公开身份的捐赠者的资金可以通过向“众议院多数派PAC”的公开捐款进入政治流程。
尽管共和党在主要委员会的财务方面占据主导地位，但民主党在一些关键国会选区的竞选层面已经建立了可观的领先优势。
根据美国国家公共广播电台分析的竞选财务数据，民主党候选人在佐治亚州、阿拉斯加州、俄亥俄州、密歇根州和缅因州备受关注的参议院竞选中筹集的资金超过了共和党对手。据《滚石报》报道，在竞争激烈的众议院选区中，有13名共和党候选人的筹款额超过了民主党挑战者，而仅有4名民主党议员在捍卫竞争席位时筹款额落后于对手。
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不过，竞选财务记录显示，2026年头三个月，处于摇摆选区的共和党议员的平均筹款额超过了捍卫类似竞争席位的民主党议员。
“共和党人得到了源源不断的巨额暗钱和特殊利益集团捐款，这些钱来自他们在‘庞大、丑陋的法案’中为美国民众削减数万亿美元医疗保健后，又给予减税政策的亿万富翁们，”佩洛西的发言人继续说道。“民主党或许没有来自亿万富翁的无限资源，但我们将获得足够的草根支持，组织起来并取得压倒性胜利，选举哈基姆·杰弗里斯为众议院议长。”
How Democratic leadership sank $40 million meant to defend key seats on a gamble that backfired
2026-05-16T10:00:29-04:00 / Fox News
NRCC spokesman says Hakeem Jeffries ‘lit well north of $55 million on fire chasing illegal redistricting fantasies’
By Robert Schmad Fox News
Published May 16, 2026 10:00am EDT
Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Democrats’ response after the Virginia Supreme Court issued a setback to the party’s redistricting efforts in the state.
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Democrats, already lagging behind Republicans in midterm campaign fundraising, relied heavily on a House Democratic-aligned dark-money group in an attempt to redraw Virginia’s congressional map in their favor, campaign finance records show.
Before voters cast their ballots in Virginia’s April redistricting referendum, the 10 wealthiest Republican-aligned political committees had close to twice as much cash on hand as their Democratic counterparts, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Despite this, Democratic-aligned groups poured more than $64 million into their attempt to net four congressional seats by redrawing Virginia’s congressional map, a bet that ultimately failed to pay off after the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated the redistricting process due to a procedural constitutional violation.
“House Democratic candidates are pulling in massive fundraising hauls, outraising their GOP opponents last quarter, and the DCCC just had its best quarter of fundraising for the cycle,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Viet Shelton told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
DARK MONEY FLOODS VIRGINIA AHEAD OF REDISTRICTING VOTE THAT COULD HAND DEMOCRATS HOUSE EDGE
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 20, 2025.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“While Republicans brag about their billionaire backers, Democrats are focused on building support amongst the people – and by every measure, we are poised to take back the majority and make Hakeem Jeffries the next Speaker of the People’s House,” Shelton added.
Of the total Democratic spending on the Virginia redistricting election, roughly $40 million in contributions came from House Majority Forward, a Democratic-aligned 501(c)(4) nonprofit affiliated with House Majority PAC, the super PAC backing House Democrats.
Some Democratic strategists have argued the political environment remains favorable, but party insiders have warned that the GOP’s cash advantage could blunt those gains.
“I don’t think it has broken through, the level of money that Donald Trump and Republicans are sitting on as it compares to Democrats,” Mike Smith, who leads House Majority Forward and the affiliated House Majority PAC, told NOTUS in April. “I don’t think there’s a comprehensive understanding of both the level of disparity and what that could mean in terms of us being able to win the House.”
Smith did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
At the end of March, the 10 biggest Republican political committees had nearly $1 billion in cash on hand, compared to the approximately $550 million held by their 10 richest Democratic counterparts, per FEC data. The wealthiest GOP committees included President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. and the Senate Leadership Fund, which is affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. Democrats, meanwhile, were led by the Soros family’s Democracy PACs and the Senate Majority PAC.
“So-called ‘Leader’Hakeem Jeffries lit well north of $55 million on fire chasing illegal redistricting fantasies, only to fall flat on his face in spectacular fashion,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella told Fox News Digital. “National Democrats are already drowning in a massive cash deficit against Republicans while the NRCC and our battle-tested candidates continue shattering fundraising records and building momentum for 2026.”
The “well north of $55 million” Marinella referred to included the $17 million House Majority PAC spent on the successful redistricting effort in California.
Aside from the financial role the Democrat-aligned committee played in Virginia’s redistricting effort, the House minority leader was a leading surrogate for the campaign. He delivered speeches in favor of redistricting, characterizing the effort as a response to GOP map changes and raising the stakes by declaring Virginia the “crown jewel” of a national battle over congressional maps.
REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISING OUTPACES DEMOCRATS BY NEARLY DOUBLE, JUNE NUMBERS SHOW
George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, walks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2020.(Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Jeffries is proving he’s no Nancy Pelosi, and Democrats are getting an expensive lesson in the difference between media hype and actual leadership,” Marinella continued.
Pelosi was one of her party’s most prolific fundraisers, raising over $1 billion for the party between her appointment as House Minority Whip in 2002 and her resignation from Democratic leadership in 2022, according to CBS News. Sources have told the New York Post that Pelosi retains considerable influence over the operations of House Democrats, which has allegedly irritated Jeffries.
“Speaker Emerita Pelosi is exceptionally proud of Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his masterful strategy to fight fire with fire on the path to retaking the House in November,” a spokesman for the former speaker told Fox News Digital.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’, D-N.Y, office did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
House Majority Forward has historically been one of the primary sources of funds for the House Majority PAC, a major Democratic committee affiliated with Democrat leaders, that itself is one of the top sources of cash for congressional Democrats, according to FEC filings. House Majority Forward and House Majority PAC are sister organizations.
“HMF’s support matched the $40 million Republicans invested in the recent redistricting election, and once again their pro-war, costs-raising, toxic agenda was soundly rejected by Virginians,” House Majority Forward communications director CJ Warnke told Fox News Digital. “No amount of GOP money will prevent Leader Hakeem Jeffries from becoming the next Speaker of the House.”
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, center, addresses reporters while flanked by Democrats.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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House Majority Forward is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that is not required to publicly disclose its donors. Its contributions allow money from undisclosed donors to move into the political process through publicly reported donations to House Majority PAC.
While Republicans are financially dominant across major committees, Democrats have built considerable leads at the campaign level in some key congressional races.
Democratic candidates have raised more than their GOP opponents in closely watched Senate races in Georgia, Alaska, Ohio, Michigan and Maine, according to campaign finance data analyzed by NPR. Thirteen Republicans running in hotly contested House races have been out raised by Democratic challengers, compared to just four Democrats defending competitive seats who were out raised, Roll Call reported.
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Republican members of Congress in toss-up seats, however, raised more on average than Democrats defending similarly competitive seats during the first three months of 2026, according to campaign finance records.
“Republicans are being rewarded with endless big, dark, special interest money from the billionaires they gave a tax break after cutting trillions from Americans’ health care in their Big, Ugly Bill,” the Pelosi spokesman continued. “Democrats may not have unlimited resources from billionaires, but we will have enough grassroots support to organize and win a resounding victory to elect Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House.”
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