CHA-CHING

Congressional candidates are gearing up for a fight in 2020, with two Oakland County Congresswomen leading first-quarter fundraising in 2019. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Rochester Hills, western Oakland, western Wayne County) is leading the fundraising class with cash for her 11th Congressional District, with $575,637 raised in the first quarter ($150,061 spent, $441,093 cash on hand); followed close behind by 8th Congressional District Democrat Elissa Slotkin (Rochester, Rochester Hills, north Oakland, part of Livingston and Ingham counties) raising $539,065 ($110,137 spent, $448,161 cash on hand). Other congressional incumbents in Oakland County include 14th District Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Southfield, Farmington, West Bloomfield, Pontiac), who raised $83,144 ($49,090 spent, with $630,146 cash on hand); and 9th District Rep. Andy Levin, who raised the least in the entire state of Michigan with just $19,743 for the first quarter ($14,894 spent, and $23,956 cash on hand).