Good news for Texas Democrats

Bill White, the former Mayor of Houston, is sitting on $5.4 million for the general election.  Roughly twice as much as either Rick Perry or Kay Bailey Hutchinson.  

Kay Bailey Hutchinson

1.1M raised

8M spent

2.3M Cash on Hand

Rick Perry

850K raised

8.8M spent

2.5M CoH

Debra Medina

450K raised

228k spent

291K CoH

Bill White

2.2M raised

2.7M spent

5.4M CoH

Farouk Shami

1.1M raised

5M spent

1M CoH

Thanks to the BurntOrangeReport for the numbers

http://www.burntorangereport.c…

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18 thoughts on “Good news for Texas Democrats”

  1. I hope I’m wrong, but I think a state that’s capable of electing a crazy secessionist who is leading a pretty hard-right U.S. Senator who’s merely sane and is getting primaried by someone even further to the right will not elect a Democrat statewide so soon, regardless of how much he spends.

    But knowing that politics often has as much to do with the way particular candidates’ personalities strike the voters as anything else, I don’t think it’s completely impossible that White could catch fire.

  2. If White wins, he’s going to win it 51-49. There would have to be a huge black turnout for Dallas to go 57% for White. I think 54-55% is doable. I do think the older and outer suburbs hold the persuadable and independent voters who will tip this election. The Dems now at least have a good list of activists who can reach these voters in Collin, Denton, Williamson, Montgomery because of the senate/county conventions in 2008. White will have some problems in east texas due to his stance on guns as Mayor of Houston. White’s name id in metro Houston will be a big boost in the ring of counties around Houston.

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