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Beto O'Rourke sets record outraising Abbott $27.6M to $24.9M from late February through June 2022! [1]

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Date: 2022-07-15

In talking with new Democratic voters in elections from 2014 through today, though, one dynamic that has become apparent is that they, like me initially, struggle to learn more about our candidates, in large part because there are so many races on every Texas ballot in even-numbered years. Looking up candidates for races here can be a time-consuming task, and an increasing number of Texans I know began contacting me to ask about where to find reliable information about more Democratic candidates.

In 2018, I began keeping a spreadsheet that enables me to quickly send links to those who ask or seem interested in learning about various downballot races and candidates. Now, I’m sharing part of my spreadsheet here in hopes of helping other Texas Democrats share information regarding our fantastic candidates for statewide office in 2022.

Texas Statewide Democratic Candidates 2022 Office Candidate twitter website donate Governor Beto O’Rourke @BetoORourke BetoForTexas.com secure.actblue.com/... Lt. Governor Mike Collier @CollierForTexas CollierForTexas.com secure.actblue.com/... Atty. General Rochelle Garza @RochelleMGarza RochelleGarzaForTexas.com secure.actblue.com/... Comptroller Janet Dudding @Janet4Texas JanetDudding4Texas.com secure.actblue.com/... Land Commissioner Jay Kleberg @Jay4TXLand Jay4TX.com secure.actblue.com/... AgRiculture Comm. Susan Hays @Hays4Ag Hays4Ag.com secure.actblue.com/... Railroad Comm. Luke Warford @LukeWarfordTX LukeWarford.com secure.actblue.com/...

(As always, please bring any errors in the table to my attention.)

Just imagine how much we can help if each of us follows and regularly amplifies messaging for some or all 7 of these candidates, not just for Beto!

Beyond that, though, fundraising now is important for all of our candidates. As Beto and his wife Amy explained in a fundraising appeal at the end of June (my emphasis),

We raised a ton of money in the Senate race. And we’re grateful — many of you gave us your hard-earned 25-50 bucks to make sure that we could compete and very nearly beat Ted Cruz in 2018. The challenge was half of the money that we raised came in in the last 6 weeks of that race. It was very hard to turn that money around and spend it effectively and thoughtfully and intelligently and get to the voters that we needed to reach. Donating now means that we reach voters right now.

Donating even small amounts now or monthly means that our candidates can pay for venues, gas, and campaign literature in addition to all of the regular monthly expenses of a campaign.

Many of these candidates have been pooling their money to reserve venues and appear at events together in addition to appearing at Beto’s events whenever possible.

x Come join @LukeWarfordTX, @RochelleMGarza, @Janet4Texas and I after the action on Friday night @ the Dallas Omni! Location TBA Friday. See y'all then! pic.twitter.com/N1eUtErqsl — Susan Hays (@hays4ag) July 13, 2022

Getting to hear from candidates in addition to Beto matters because it has a multiplying effect. The video excerpt below is talking about the June 26th rally for reproductive rights in Austin where Beto, Mike Collier, Rochelle Garza, and so many other Democratic candidates spoke after the Dobbs decision.

As Beto pointed out, “When she saw Rochelle Garza on that stage, she said ‘You know what? I use to think that I didn’t care about politics, that I didn’t want to be involved, that this wasn’t for me.’ On the spot she signed up to host a (block walking) canvas.”

x “When she saw Rochelle Garza on that stage, she said ‘You know what? I use to think that I didn’t care about politics, that I didn’t want to be involved, that this wasn’t for me.’ On the spot she signed up to host a (block walking) canvas”#BetoForTexas

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Rochelle>>> pic.twitter.com/gpo9egSNFO — BetoMedia (@BetoMedia) July 15, 2022

Thanks to everyone who has been pitching in to help elect Beto O’Rourke and as many other Texas Democrats as we possibly can!

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