October 28, 2014      5:32 PM
The homestretch for political cash in Texas House races
Fundraising remains competitive in a few House races on the Quorum Report Radar
The time-honored tradition
of combing through the 8 day campaign finance reports is underway at Buzz
Central on this beautiful Tuesday afternoon. It’s of course the last
chance before the election to pull back the curtain on the money involved in
the Texas
House races that we’ve been telling you are competitive, so let’s do
this.
One of the most closely
watched races is on the coast. In Galveston, former State District Judge Susan Criss,
a Democrat, is spending heavily, to the tune of about $400,000. She raised $212,000
and has $23,000 on hand. Her Republican opponent Wayne Faircloth raised $577,000 and has $142,000 in the bank. That
race has featured some sharp television attack ads from both sides in the
closing weeks of the campaign.
Another race considered
highly competitive is the battle for Rep. Linda
Harper Brown’s district up in Irving and Grand Prairie. She lost to Rodney Anderson in the GOP
primary. Anderson reported raising $144,000 and has $82,000 on hand. Susan Motley, his Democratic opponent
who’s getting lots of help from Battleground Texas, has $50,000 on
hand after raising $112,000.
Speaking of the mighty Metroplex, it is home to several of these House races we’re
tracking closely.
By Scott Braddock
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