Texas Rep. James Talarico, a former San Antonio school teacher running to replace GOP incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, raised $6.2 million in the first three weeks of his campaign, blowing past other Democratic hopefuls.
Campaign officials released the numbers Wednesday, which show Talarico pulled in roughly $2 million more than Democratic primary rival Colin Allred, a former congressman, raised over the past three months.
Talarico’s campaign also said the haul is the most a Senate candidate from either party has raised in the campaign’s first quarter in Texas history.
“We’re underdogs in this fight against billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians, but more than 100,000 people have answered the call to build a new kind of politics,” Talarico’s campaign said in a statement. “This is truly a campaign of, by, and for the people.”
Indeed, 98% of the more than 125,000 individual donations to Talarico’s campaign since Sept. 9 — which originated from 230 Texas counties and all 50 states — were for $100 or less, campaign officials said. What’s more, teachers made up the largest share.
Meanwhile, Allred — who lost by nine points to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz during the previous election cycle — garnered more than 100,000 donations averaging $32 each. Allred reported no PAC donations.
Retired astronaut Terry Virts, who’s also running in the Democratic primary, hasn’t yet publicly disclosed how much money he’s raised.
All federal candidates are required to disclose their campaign fundraising with the Federal Election Commission from July through September by Oct. 15.
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