WASHINGTON -- Anthony Brindisi raised more than $660,000 for his campaign against Rep. Claudia Tenney in the latest quarter, his biggest haul of cash in a quarter since launching his bid for Congress in June 2017.

Brindisi, a Democratic member of the state Assembly from Utica, now has more than $1.4 million cash on hand for the final four months of the campaign, according to a disclosure report his campaign plans to file with the Federal Election Commission.

Tenney, R-New Hartford, has not yet filed her report with the FEC. The reports for the quarter ending June 30 are due by July 15.

In a report filed June 6 with the FEC, Tenney had $784,551 remaining in her campaign bank account for the final months of the campaign for the 22nd Congressional District seat -- about half of Brindisi's current total.

It's unusual for a challenger to raise more money than a sitting member of Congress, who can use the power of incumbency to ask for money from special-interest groups and donor networks. But Brindisi is among some 60 Democrats who outraised GOP members of Congress this year, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

Brindisi has managed to accomplish his fundraising goals while keeping his pledge not to accept money from corporate interests through political action committees, or PACs.

As of June 6, Tenney had raised more than half of her contributions (about $803,000 out of a total of $1.36 million) from PACs, most of which represent corporations.

Brindisi maintains that his success in raising more money than Tenney is an example of his grassroots support from voters.

Tenney, a first-term member of Congress who previously served in the state Assembly, said in October that she expects to be outspent in the campaign.

"I have been outspent in every campaign I've ever run, and 2018 will be no different," Tenney said.

Independently, one PAC has paid for ads in opposition to Tenney. The House Majority PAC, which has ties to House Democratic Leaders, has spent more than $435,000 on ads opposing Tenney, according to FEC records. Tenney has received less than $20,000 in support from such independent expenditures.

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