Beto O'Rourke dominates 2020 Democrats in Texas fundraising

Beto O’Rourke raised more than $2 million from his home state of Texas in the opening weeks of his presidential campaign, easily outpacing his 2020 Democratic rivals.

Another Texan, Julian Castro, placed a distant second in the state’s money race, collecting more than $400,000, according to an analysis of newly filed campaign finance reports.

Texas donors accounted for more than half of the high-dollar donations brought in by O’Rourke, a former El Paso congressman, and Castro, a former San Antonio mayor, during the first fundraising quarter of the election cycle.

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After the home-state favorites, California Sen. Kamala Harris raised the most from Texas donors at $190,000. She was followed by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at $130,000, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar at $108,000 and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at $102,000. No other candidate crossed the $100,000 threshold in the state.

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(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)