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Does the relationship of political consultants to national political party committees influence whether US House candidates who use fundraising specialists appeal to national or local campaign donors? This question clarifies whether campaign fundraising is a means to represent the interests of donors across the nation or the local concerns of interests within congressional districts. Recent scholarship argues that donors give to non-local candidates in competitive races when prompted by party leaders and elites. Yet this causal mechanism may understate the calculus and ability of candidates to pursue local versus distant contributions. Using FEC data on party expenditures to fundraising consulting firms, candidate spending on fundraising firms, and candidate donor location in the 2010 House elections, I demonstrate that as candidates spend more on fundraising firms that are connected to national parties, they will raise more in out-of-district donations than if they hire those without party ties, who are more effective in attracting in-district contributions, while spending on fundraising consultants connected to national parties corresponds to a depreciation in local funds raised. The findings demonstrate the fundraising impact of political consultants within national party networks, as well as the limitations of national fundraising networks to direct local donors to congressional election campaigns.

Fundraising Consultants and the Representation of National versus Local Donors in US House Election Campaigns