The fundraising group allows the GOP to solicit checks of nearly $100,000 at events. GOP creates new fundraising group

In the wake of a major campaign finance ruling from the Supreme Court last week, the three major Republican Party committees have formed a new joint fundraising effort that will allow them to collect big checks from major donors.

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, the newly formed Republican Victory Fund is a joint fundraising committee composed of the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.


The new entity will allow Republicans to host fundraising events soliciting checks of nearly $100,000 from wealthy donors.

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“We’ve had meetings with the other committees and are moving forward on a joint fundraising agreement with the NRSC and NRCC so we can maximize our donations to help candidates win in November,” said RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski.

While joint fundraising has long been permitted, last week’s McCutcheon v. FEC decision created new incentives to partner and cooperate with other political committees.

Previously, joint fundraising efforts haven’t been able to solicit more than about $70,000 — which about the maximum amount a donor could give to parties and candidates prior to the McCutcheon decision.

With the limit gone, joint fundraising is poised to become a new tool in the fundraising arsenal for campaigns and parties.

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By lifting the so-called aggregate cap that limited the total amount a single donor could give to parties and candidates, donors no longer have to pick and choose which party committees or candidates to throw their support to. Instead, they’re free to support a variety of parties and candidates — and those parties and candidates are now able to partner together to raise those funds.

Other campaigns and political committees have quickly moved to take advantage of the new landscape.

The campaigns of vulnerable Democratic Senate candidates Mark Pryor, Kay Hagan and Mary Landrieu filed paperwork to form a joint fundraising committee last week.

Hagan, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a local North Carolina Democratic Party also formed a separate joint fundraising committee that will allow them to raise nearly $50,000 from donors.