Dewhurst loans for re-election bid total $5 million

AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s re-election campaign reported Monday that it has outstanding loans totaling more than $5.3 million, indicating that the incumbent lieutenant governor ponied up around $3 million out of pocket since the final week of February to try and beat Dan Patrick.

That comes on top of $2 million that Dewhurst lent his campaign earlier in the cycle.

Candidates in the May 27 runoff are facing a midnight deadline to file campaign finance reports with the Texas Ethics Commission. The full filings won’t be publicly available online until Tuesday morning — and that’s when we’ll know details about who contributed and exactly how much Dewhurst loaned his campaign.

But the Dewhurst’s campaign released a cover sheet late Monday, detailing top-line figures that show how much was raised, spent and the principal amount of all outstanding loans.

More at http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/05/dewhurst-loans-for-re-election-bid-total-5-million/ .