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LetMyPeopleVote

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Fri Jul 15, 2022, 02:24 PM Jul 2022

Beto O'Rourke raises almost $30M in four months in race against Gov. Greg Abbott

WTG Beto



https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Beto-O-Rourke-raises-almost-30M-in-four-months-17307256.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral

Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s campaign announced that they have raised almost $30 million for their campaign against Gov. Greg Abbott since Feb. 20 and are up to almost $41 million since he got into the race in November.

While that’s a massive haul for a Democrat running for governor in Texas, it still falls short of Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, who reported raising more than $24.9 million since Feb. 20 and now has raised $70 million since the start of 2021 for his re-election.

O’Rourke’s campaign emphasized that since February they have received $27.6 million from more than 511,000 contributions, averaging $54 per donation — a sign they say of how their campaign is being supported by small-dollar donors and not big money interests.

“We’re receiving support from people in every part of Texas who want to work together to ensure our state moves beyond Greg Abbott’s extremism and finally leads in great jobs, world class schools, the ability to see a doctor, keeping our kids safe and protecting a woman’s freedom to make her own decisions about her own body, health care and future,” the former El Paso congressman said.
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Beto O'Rourke raises almost $30M in four months in race against Gov. Greg Abbott (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 OP
I hope he wins but something is wrong with doc03 Jul 2022 #1
At least rape will have been eliminated by Abbot when Beto takes office. Right, Greg? keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #2
Beto's report on fundraising is 102,000 pages LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #3

doc03

(36,697 posts)
1. I hope he wins but something is wrong with
Fri Jul 15, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jul 2022

our political system when it takes $27 million to get a $193,000 job. Between the two of them what will they spend $100 million or more. Then once they get in office
the bulk of their time is spent raising more money.

keithbvadu2

(40,097 posts)
2. At least rape will have been eliminated by Abbot when Beto takes office. Right, Greg?
Fri Jul 15, 2022, 05:59 PM
Jul 2022

At least rape will have been eliminated by Abbot when Beto takes office.

Right, Greg?

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