Texas Democrats break fundraising records at virtual convention
AUSTIN — The Texas Democratic Party raised nearly $2 million during its week-long virtual convention, breaking the party’s digital daily and monthly fundraising record during the event.
About $1.5 million of that money came from grassroots donations, the party said. The remainder came in corporate sponsorships.
The haul has energized Democrats about their chances in the November elections. After COVID-19 forced the party into a virtual convention, some questioned whether a digital event could create the same energy as an in-person convention with thousands of supporters.
Luke Warford, the party’s voter expansion director who led the fundraising efforts, said the record numbers wiped away those concerns.
“Texas Democrats have known for a long time that Texas was the biggest battleground state in the country,” he said. “This was the week that everyone else woke up to that.”
For comparison, Warford said, the party netted only $18,000 off their fundraising efforts at the 2018 state convention. In that cycle — in which the Democrats picked up 12 seats in the Texas House and 2 in the Senate — the party raised $2 million for the entire cycle.
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