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WASHINGTON (AP) Donors gave more than $10 million in March to the committee tasked with electing House Democrats and helped it amass a $40 million fund to fight skepticism that Republicans can be ousted from their majority in November.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $10.3 million in March, putting it atop the fundraising contest among party-directed campaign committees. That sum also outpaced most three-month fundraising tallies released thus far from super PACs, which can accept unlimited donations. Donations to House Democrats' campaign committee are capped at $32,400.

"The DCCC has sustained a blistering fundraising pace this election cycle because Americans are sick and tired of a Republican Congress that shut down our government and that is stacking the deck for the wealthiest while the middle class pays the price," said Rep. Steve Israel of New York, who chairs the Democrats' House campaign arm.

"Americans are hungry for a Congress that will buckle down and focus on creating jobs and strengthening the economy and that's why they're supporting the DCCC at record levels," he said in a statement.

Republicans outnumber Democrats by 34 seats and there are three vacancies in the House. Democrats face a steep climb to reclaim their majority for the first time since tea party-aligned candidates helped the GOP take control of the chamber during the 2010 elections.

That has not stopped donors.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is sitting on one of the largest bank accounts in politics, both among party-linked campaign committees and outside groups. Among party-backed groups that have disclosed their fundraising, the closest rival is the Democrats' Senate committee, sitting on $22 million at the end of March.

The committee's Republican rivals are expected to announce their March fundraising numbers by Sunday's deadline. The National Republican Congressional Committee is not expected to trump the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's report.

House Republicans' committee ended February with almost $24.8 million banked.

House Democrats are optimistic the savings might help their operatives test strategies in multiple districts until they narrow down their options to a handful of races that might provide a pathway albeit a narrow one back to the majority.

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