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A Burger King employee who had worked for 27 years at a franchise in the McCarran Airport in Las Vegas was given a lackluster gift by the company despite having never taken a day off. Thankfully, through the kindness of strangers and a Hollywood film actor, the employee was able to receive a much more meaningful gift.

Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), who was previously caught paying her family members campaign cash, has continued to pay her children in the first fundraising quarter, including herself, with a $250 of “petty cash,” possibly breaking the law.

Arizona Republican U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters, looking to take on Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) if he makes it past the primary, raised over $1.16 million in the first three months of the year, outraising the top of the Republican field with individual contributions.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has reportedly given multiple family members over $200,000 in campaign cash over the recent years.

As her popularity reaches new lows, Vice President Kamala Harris is retreating to one of the few places she knows she’ll get a warm reception — Hollywood.

New Hampshire’s First Congressional District Republican candidate Matt Mowers announced a historic record campaign fundraising haul of nearly $1.2 million raised so far this election cycle, as he looks to advance out of his party’s primary and unseat Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) in November.

Republican Governors Association (RGA), a group aimed at helping Republican governors get elected, announced a record $33.1 million raised in the first quarter, outpacing its Democrat counterpart by $10 million.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has raised $100 million in the 2022 election cycle as he gears up to face off against one of his potential Democrat challengers, likely Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), in this year’s gubernatorial race.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House Republican-aligned campaign arm, announced a massive fundraising haul of  $40.9 million raised in the first quarter and $180.9 million raised so far this cycle.

While Republicans and Democrats fight for control of the House of Representatives, Republican-aligned groups continue to bring in massive fundraising hauls and in some cases, double the size of Democrat-aligned groups.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise reportedly raised $10.9 million in the first quarter of the midterm election year, which would bring his total amount raised this cycle to $39 million.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate Republican-aligned campaign arm, announced its “record-breaking” fundraising haul for March and the first quarter fundraising total, according to a press release.

A nonprofit will be flying over 100 veterans from Michigan to Washington, DC, thanks in large part to Kalamazoo girl, per a report

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who outraised Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in total contributions in 2021, is set to transfer $11 million to outside Republican groups in the first quarter of 2022, in the latest attempt to beef out campaign war chests nearly three months into the election year, according to a report.

The fundraising group called “Friends of Jahana Hayes,” which works on behalf of vulnerable Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT), has reportedly paid her family members tens of thousands of dollars since she entered Congress.

Pro-Republican super PACs outraised their Democrat counterparts in 2021 going into the midterm election year.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) raised slightly more money than its Democrat counterpart in 2021, according to the most recent data released by the two national party organizations.

Democrats have complained about so-called “dark money” for a decade, but they benefited from $1.5 billion in “dark money” spending in the 2020 election, compared to $900 million for Republicans, according to a recent New York Times analysis.

The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and American Action Network (AAN) announced that the two Republican-aligned groups raised a combined $110 million during their 2021 fundraising efforts, shattering previous records.

The Republicans’ online fundraising platform, WinRed, reportedly raised $559 million in 2021, as the party and its candidates attempt to build a sizeable war chest heading into an election year to try and take back the House in November.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) raised a record $72.4 million for the House GOP conference in 2021 during off-year fundraising efforts in a quest to take back the majority in the House.

New Hampshire’s First Congressional District Republican candidate Matt Mowers, looking to unseat vulnerable Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas, revealed to Breitbart News that he raised over $400,000 in the fourth fundraising quarter of 2021.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised the Democrat National Committee (DNC) by over a million dollars in November, heading into a brutal election year.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) announced a fundraising haul of almost $8.4 million in November, with over $30 million in hand and zero debt.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) outperformed the Democrat National Committee’s (DNC) October fundraising by over $2 million, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings on Saturday.

A campaign finance watchdog group hit Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) with a fundraising complaint this week alleging the Florida Democrat illegally raised money off of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) since-failed gubernatorial campaign.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was outraised by over $200,000 in the third-quarter fundraising from the former representative and current candidate in Maine’s Second Congressional District, Bruce Poliquin, looking to unseat the vulnerable Democrat and regain the seat he once held.

Sean Parnell, a Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat and an Afghanistan war veteran who led the infamous “Outlaw Platoon,” raised more campaign contributions from actual donors than all other Republican primary candidates combined.

The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised a massive war chest in the third quarter, outraising their Republican counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), by double digits, hoping to defend their slimming majority in the House.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) brought in $8.3 million in the third fundraising quarter — news which coincides with House Republicans boasting of record fundraising numbers as they gear up for the 2022 elections.

Republican efforts to flip the House next year look set to be built on solid financial ground with news Thursday its main fundraising committee hauled in more than $105 million this year through September.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — who is years away from a reelection bid for Texas’s U.S. Senate seat — announced his campaign raised millions in campaign cash, putting him ahead of any potential field of challengers.

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) announced this week her off-year record-breaking fundraising of over $1.5 million in the third quarter between all of her committees.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Tuesday his new record-breaking fundraising total of nearly $60 million banked for the House Republicans in the first three-quarters of the 2022 election cycle.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) raked in $5.3 million during the latest third-quarter filing, over a year before the midterm general elections.

Former Nevada Attorney General and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Nevada Adam Laxalt announced his campaign raked in over $1.4 million in the last six weeks.