TX-SEN: Talarico raises $27 million for Texas Senate campaign in first quarter
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) brought in $27 million in the first quarter of the year, a massive haul as he prepares for a November contest against whichever Republican emerges from next month’s messy GOP primary runoff.
Talarico’s campaign announced Wednesday that he raised more than $10 million since last month’s Democratic primary, when he defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) for the party’s nod.
The Presbyterian seminarian and former middle school teacher now represents Democrats’ best hope of winning in red Texas, where the party hasn’t flipped a Senate seat in three decades, in the party’s quest to net enough seats in November to win control of the Senate.
“Winning in Texas will require unprecedented resources. This grassroots fundraising haul puts our movement in a strong position to spread our message in some of the most expensive media markets in the country,” Talarico campaign manager Seth Krasne said in a statement, adding that “we can’t take our foot off the gas.”
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