Donald Trump’s rise to presumptive Republican presidential nominee seemingly has an unintended side effect on the Democratic Party. It’s motivating more Democrats to run for public office.
17th District U-S Representative Cheri Bustos is vice-chairs of the Democratic congressional candidate recruitment committee. Bustos says Trump has been the best recruitment tool for enlisting
Democrats to run for congress. "We have recruited new people that we’ve been working on for a long time who just didn’t think they would run for this reason or that reason.”
The so-called “Trump effect” also seems to have a positive monetary impact on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. It reports raising $8.6 million in April -- compared to $5.4 million raised by the National Republican Congressional Committee.