Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) announced Wednesday that he will raise $4.8 million in the fourth quarter for his Senate campaign. Although this is lower than incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), it will expand his cash reserves. Fundraising leader.
Mr. Cruz brought in $5.5 million in the same period. he told Fox News last week. But the campaign says it has only $7.3 million in cash on hand, compared to Allred's $10 million.
However, the funding Mr. Cruz reported includes totals from multiple fundraising committees, making it difficult to directly compare the fourth-quarter numbers.
Mr. Allred outraised Mr. Cruz by nearly twice as much in the first three quarters of 2023, bringing in $13.6 million to Mr. Cruz's $7.7 million, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
The Dallas congressman's campaign said the fundraising numbers were a positive sign for the effort to unseat Cruz.
Both Allred and Cruz will face a March 5 primary election in which they are expected to win.
“Texas is ready to overcome Ted Cruz's culture wars and division, and with less than a year until the election, we have the resources to send Cruz out,” Allred campaign manager Paige Hutchinson said in a statement. I am confident that.”
Allred's campaign received funding from more than 200,000 individual donors, with an average contribution of $31.62 in the fourth quarter. That's more than double the 78,000 donors (average donation of $36.67) that the Cruz campaign collected.
Cruz campaign spokesman Nick Maddux told Fox News that the fourth quarter numbers show an energy that “ensures Texas remains a conservative stronghold in our country.”
With the primary election just around the corner, both Mr. Allred and Mr. Cruz have significantly surpassed their third-quarter marks over the past three months.
Cruz narrowly won re-election in 2018 against former Representative Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) with a margin of about 2.6 percentage points.cook political report We ranked the 2024 races But Democrats are putting pressure on Mr. Cruz as one of the party's few targets to flip the Senate seat.
The Hill has reached out to Cruz's camp for additional comment.
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