End-of-year campaign finance reports are in, notes Texas Tribune political reporter James Barragán.
Democratic hopeful Beto O’Rourke raised $7.2 million in the first 46 days of his campaign for Texas governor, Barragán tells Texas Standard – an impressive number for a Texas Democrat, but “not quite close” to incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott’s $18.9 -million haul during the last half of 2021. Abbott’s campaign has an overall total of some $65 million.
More surprising are fundraising numbers in the Republican attorney general primary race. Barragán says former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman brought in $3.7 million, giving her the most of all four candidates.
“That’s including incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton, who brought in $2.8 million,” Barragán said.
For more on the week in Texas politics, listen to the interview in the audio player above.
