Beto O’Rourke Has Raised More Than $7.2 Million Since Announcing Run for Texas Governor

Beto O’Rourke, the erstwhile Texas Representative who ran 1 of the closest Senate races successful Texas past against (but yet losing to) the incumbent Ted Cruz, announced that his run has raised much than $7.2 cardinal since helium announced his tally for governor. All of that wealth was raised successful the month-and-a-half since helium decided to run; with much than $2 cardinal raised successful the archetypal 24 hours of launching his campaign,

O’Rourke’s fundraising haul is simply a grounds for a Democratic campaigner successful Texas.

“I’m grateful to everyone who helped america rise much than $7.2 cardinal successful the archetypal weeks of our campaign,” O’Rourke said successful a statement. “While Abbott is taking million-dollar checks from the CEOs who profited disconnected of the grid collapse, we’re receiving enactment from radical each implicit Texas who privation to guarantee that our authorities yet leads successful large jobs, satellite people schools and the quality to spot a doctor.”

The announcement comes a week aft O’Rourke held a run lawsuit successful his hometown of El Paso, during which helium criticized Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, for his grounds connected nationalist wellness and his cognition toward borderline communities arsenic good arsenic the Texas electrical grid, which infamously went down during a heavy frost past twelvemonth that claimed the lives of much than 200 Texas residents.

“We person a politician who does not spot Texas. He doesn’t spot borderline communities,” O’Rourke said. “We are a metropolis of underdogs.”

“We person different underdog squad close here, close now… With your help, with this team, we are going to triumph the contention for politician of the authorities of Texas,” helium added, further accusing Abbott of treating communities similar El Paso “as a prop to stoke anxiety, fearfulness oregon adjacent hatred.”

Meanwhile, Abbott’s run announced that it has much than $65 cardinal connected hand. The run raised $19 cardinal betwixt July 1 and December 31.