Houston Chronicle: Abbott up 3-to-1 in $$$$ fundraising

[TX Conservative Dem]

Houston Chronicle has reported earlier today TX State AG Greg Abbott (R) has raised almost $50 million in his campaign for the Texas Governor's Mansion against his Democratic opponent, State Senator Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth), who only raised $27 million with the Battleground Texas group.

Plus, Abbott is already running statewide TV Ads, several of them on Spanish language TV news stations.

http://www.gregabbott.com/
http://www.wendydavis.com/

[badgate]

*www.wendydavistexas.com

[TX Conservative Dem]

Sorry about that on Davis' website link.

Thanks though for the heads up

[Indy Texas]

No big surprise there.

There's more action downticket than there is at the top. Leticia Van de Putte (Lt Gov) outraised Dan Patrick and Mike Collier (Comptroller) has been raising a decent amount of money.

I'd be curious to see how Sam Houston (AG) performs and how much of it is due to his convenient name.

[Flake]

*coughs* There's a Texas megathread

[GaussLaw]

Glad the abortion barbie is getting thrashed.

Wendy Davis is a pathetic, pandering politician and I am happy Abbott is crushing her.

[Adam Griffin]

The title is a bit misleading. Abbott has a 3-to-1 cash-on-hand advantage; he isn't outraising her 3-to-1.

Abbott started this campaign out with $27 million in the bank, and has $23 million more on hand right now than Davis. He's raised $2 million more than she has overall; he's spent $19 million and she's spent $13 million.

Q3 & Q4 2013:

Wendy Davis: $12,200,000
Greg Abbott: $11,500,000

Q1 & Q2 2014:

Greg Abbott: $16,600,000
Wendy Davis: $14,100,000

Total Raised:

Greg Abbott: $28,100,000
Wendy Davis: $26,300,000

[TX Conservative Dem]

Haven't seen any major polling firms on this race yet.