The average successful House campaign raised more than $1.6 million in recent cycles. In the Senate, it was more than $10.4 million. Amanda Litman of Run for Something writes, “Generally speaking, the ‘experts’ recommend that you shouldn’t run for a seat in the House unless you can pretty quickly figure out how you’ll raise at least $300,000 from your network.” Her rule of thumb is that it costs $500,000 to $2 million to run a credible campaign for Congress.
