The front-runners in the Texas governor's race, Democrat Wendy Davis and Republican Greg Abbott, each raised about $12 million in the second half of 2013, signaling that the election will be fiercely contested. While Davis outpaced Abbott in fundraising for that period, Abbott has been in the race longer and has a much larger total war chest of $27 million. The tight race will test whether immigration and other changes are making Texas less solidly Republican.