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4 weeks left until Election day in Texas, new finance figures show that Beto O’Rourke collecting more campaign donations in the latest finance period.
Gov. Greg Abbott fundraised almost $25 million between July 1 and Sept. 29, according to campaign finance details. His campaign collected funds from approximately 45k contributions, with 81% of them in Texas.
“As we move into the home stretch of the campaign, we’re confident we will have the resources we need to ensure all Texans know Governor Abbott’s strong record on job creation, supporting our police, and securing the border,” Texans for Greg Abbott said.
Beto O’Rourke fundraised nearly $25.2 million between July 1 and Sept. 29. According to O’Rourke’s campaign team, this latest fundraising came from nearly 475,000 donations, with an average donation size of $53. It is assumed most of these are from out of state because we are unable to find the data on this unlike Abbott’s numbers.
“We are going to defeat [Abbott] and ensure Texas finally leads in great jobs, world class schools, the ability to see a doctor, keeping our kids safe and restoring a woman’s freedom to make her own decisions about her own body,” O’Rourke’s press team said in a release.
Here is Beto’s Tweet on the matter
Strange that he is hitting Abbott on Higher Taxes considering they are the party of High Taxes! We can only imagine how insane taxes, energy costs and costs of general goods would increase under democrat leadership in Texas.
Some of Gregg Abbott’s Recent Tweets include
Polling from Quinnipiac University show that Abbott has a 7 point lead over O’Rourke. 53% to 46%. Only 3% of all voters say they might change their mind before the election (based on this poll)