WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will host a $30,000 per ticket dinner tonight to benefit the election campaigns of Reps. John Katko, Claudia Tenney and 20 other vulnerable House Republicans.

Protect the House, a joint fundraising committee set up by Pence and McCarthy, sold tickets that started at $10,000 for the after-party, and sold for as much as $250,000 for a roundtable, a photo opportunity and after-party, according to the invitation.

The invitation did not list the location for the fundraiser, but Politico reported that it would be at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

Tenney, R-New Hartford, previously hosted her own $500 per person fundraiser at Trump's hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.

Protect the House has already raised $52,473 for Katko and $52,240 for Tenney to spend on their 2018 reelection bids, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks federal campaign spending.

Democrats are targeting both Katko's 24th Congressional District and Tenney's 22nd Congressional District as top pickup opportunities in the November election.

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