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Kalyn Stralow

Texas Republican candidates have raised $129.8 million more than Democrats

In Texas, state-level candidates have raised $376.3 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Sept. 29, 2022. Democratic candidates have raised $120.9 million and Republican candidates have raised $250.7 million. 

Texas Campaign Finance Snapshot (1/1/2021 – 9/22/2022)

Top 10 Democratic candidates, by donations (1/1/2021 – 9/22/2022)

In the 2022 election cycle, 684 state-level Democrats have filed campaign finance reports with the Texas Ethics Commission. Here are the 10 Democratic candidates who have raised the most.

Rank Democratic Candidate Total Raised
1. Beto O’Rourke $65,702,684.74
2. Michael Collier $4,326,533.72
3. Jay Kleberg $2,837,009.10
4. Rochelle Garza $2,714,367.61
5. Joe S Jaworski $1,472,799.23
6. Lee Merritt $1,038,818.91
7. Morgan LaMantia $836,887.63
8. Luke Warford $802,755.49
9. Judith Zaffirini $729,522.49
10. Richard Pena Raymond $635,695.92

Top 10 Republican candidates, by donations (1/1/2021 – 9/22/2022)

During the same time period, 749 Republicans have filed campaign finance reports with the Texas Ethics Commission. These are the 10 Republican candidates with the highest reported donations for the 2022 election cycle so far.

Rank Republican Candidate Total Raised
1. Greg Abbott $94,297,885.83
2. Dan Patrick $16,422,590.25
3. Donald Huffines $10,602,220.73
4. Ken Paxton $10,262,827.46
5. Eva Guzman $8,927,000.95
6. George P Bush $8,411,014.30
7. Dade Phelan $6,505,603.24
8. Allen B West $3,878,825.16
9. Dawn Buckingham $3,315,583.11
10. Glenn Hegar $2,797,327.19

In some states, officeholders may accept donations to their campaign accounts when they are not up for election. Those donations are included in candidate campaign finance numbers.

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Texas candidate PACs submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

Report Name Report Due Date
2022 Jan Semiannual 1/18/2022
2022 Pre-Primary (30 Days) 1/31/2022
2022 Pre-Primary (8 Days) 2/22/2022
2022 Primary Runoff 5/16/2022
2022 Jul Semiannual 7/15/2022
2022 Pre-General (30 Days) 10/11/2022
2022 Pre-General (8 Days) 10/31/2022
2022 Semiannual Data 1/17/2023

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.

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