By Joseph Morton
Reprinted – by Texas Metro News
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, announced Tuesday that he raised $30.3 million in the third quarter of his campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Cruz said his campaign and related organizations collected $21 million for the quarter.
The numbers put Allred and Cruz on track to set new spending records for a U.S. Senate race in Texas.
The Allred campaign said it has raised $68.7 million so far this cycle, putting it ahead of the pace set by Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who shattered fundraising records in his 2018 run against Cruz before falling short on Election Day by 2.6 percentage points. O’Rourke had raised $61 million total at a similar point in his race.
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Allred has been on the air early and often with ads attacking Cruz, and the robust fundraising will allow him to keep up the pressure. His campaign said the latest fundraising figures are evidence it has momentum in the final weeks before the Nov. 5 election.
“From the $5 grassroots donors to the families knocking doors together each weekend, this campaign is about bringing Texans together and holding Ted Cruz accountable for only caring about himself,” Paige Hutchinson, Allred campaign manager, said in a news release. “This November, Colin Allred will send Ted Cruz packing for good.”
The national parties and third-party groups also are expected to continue to pour money into the race as polling shows Allred has significantly narrowed the gap on Cruz.
While some polls have shown Allred in the margin of error, others have indicated a modest advantage for Cruz. The Cruz campaign said Texans know what is at stake in the election.
“The future of our state and nation is on the line and supporters are geared up and ready to re-elect Senator Cruz and Keep Texas, Texas,” Cruz spokesperson Nick Maddux said in a news release.
“Senator Cruz will crisscross the state meeting and rallying with supporters to turn out the vote and ensure victory in November.”
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
