According to the Texas Tribune’s James Barragán, the state has made 2021 campaign finance reports public.
Barragán told Texas Standard that Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke of Texas raised around $7 million over the first month and a half of his gubernatorial campaign. It is an impressive amount for a Democratic Party member from Texas. However, it is far from the amount that Governor Greg Abbot’s campaign raised in 2021’s last half. The campaign for Abbot has a total of about $65 million.
The amounts that Republican AG primary candidates raised are more surprising. Barragán said that erstwhile Supreme Court member Eva Martinez Guzman raised $3.7 million. Guzman raised more in campaign finance than all the other candidates in the primary for Texas attorney general.
