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Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor's race - chicagotribune.com
By Marice Richter
DALLAS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The front-runners in the Texas
governor's race each raised about $12 million in the second half
of 2013, signaling an election fight that will test whether
immigration and other changes are shifting the staunchly
Republican state to the political center.
Democrat Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she raised $12.2
million from July to December, outpacing Republican front-runner
Greg Abbott during the same period. Davis, a state lawmaker who
captured the national spotlight last summer with a nearly
11-hour filibuster of a law tightening restrictions on abortion,
did not enter the race until October.
Abbott's campaign announced that he raised $11.5 million
during the last six months of the year. But the Texas attorney
general, who has been in the race longer than Davis, has a total
war chest that is vastly larger than his rival's, with $27
million.
"Greg Abbott is humbled and excited by the widespread
support from across the state," his campaign manager, Wayne

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Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor's race

  • 1. Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor's race Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor's race - chicagotribune.com By Marice Richter DALLAS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The front-runners in the Texas governor's race each raised about $12 million in the second half of 2013, signaling an election fight that will test whether immigration and other changes are shifting the staunchly Republican state to the political center. Democrat Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she raised $12.2 million from July to December, outpacing Republican front-runner Greg Abbott during the same period. Davis, a state lawmaker who captured the national spotlight last summer with a nearly 11-hour filibuster of a law tightening restrictions on abortion, did not enter the race until October. Abbott's campaign announced that he raised $11.5 million during the last six months of the year. But the Texas attorney general, who has been in the race longer than Davis, has a total war chest that is vastly larger than his rival's, with $27 million. "Greg Abbott is humbled and excited by the widespread support from across the state," his campaign manager, Wayne http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-texasgovernor-20140114,0,3458421.story