Democratic Texas gubernatorial hopeful Beto O’Rourke raised more than $2 million in his first 24 hours as a candidate this week, breaking records, his campaign said.
The former El Paso congressman raised over $80 million for his U.S. Senate race three years ago — and, through his failed presidential bid and recent leadership of voter-registration drives, amassed an enviable donor list.
Critics note that O’Rourke raised more than $6 million online in the first 24 hours after announcing his presidential campaign in 2019.
Abbott spokesman Mark Miner called O’Rourke’s rollout unimpressive, despite the fundraising.
“It was an extremely lackluster campaign announcement,” Miner said. “He’s already trying to reinvent himself and run from his open-border and defund-the-police policies.”
Abbott’s also a relentless, highly successful fundraiser. On Thursday, his campaign announced that he had raised nearly $5 million in the latest reporting period from Sept. 7 to Oct. 19.
The $5 million would put Abbott over the $60 million mark for a campaign war chest.
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