July 15, 2019      12:00 PM
Legislative campaign finance reports show some surprise numbers, lots of familiar faces
But some of those surprise numbers are being posted by those who are new to the game
The first
campaign finance reports ahead of what is expected to be a competitive campaign
season are starting to trickle out of the Texas Ethics Commission.
With potentially vulnerable Democrats and Republicans alike on the ballot in
the Legislature, Texas has perhaps not seen so many competitive
seats in at least a decade.
The
numbers this early on are not entirely illuminating –– the parties still haven’t
lined up challengers in some competitive seats, but we now have access to the
fundraising numbers for some of the high-stakes races.
By James Russell
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