Beto O'Rourke says he raised staggering $6.7M in first quarter of 2018

[brooklynite]

Source: Texas Tribune

U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, raised over $6.7 million for his U.S. Senate bid in the first quarter of 2018, according to his campaign, a staggering number that poses a new category of threat to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.

The haul is easily O'Rourke's biggest fundraising quarter yet, more than double his next-closest total for a three-month period. It also is more than any Democratic Senate candidate nationwide took in last quarter, O'Rourke's campaign said.

Cruz has not released his first-quarter fundraising numbers yet, but O'Rourke's $6.7 million total is on a different level than his previous hauls, which ranged from $1.7 million to $2.4 million. Those alone were good enough to outraise Cruz for three of the last four reporting periods.

Furthermore, the $6.7 million total came from more than 141,000 contributions — another record-busting number for O'Rourke.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/03/orourke-says-he-raised-staggering-67m-first-quarter-2018/

[flying_wahini]

1. Glad to see that!

I've been worried. You rarely see Cruz out campaigning and he has stacks of $$$.

[duforsure]

2. Know a lot of people

That hate Cruz so much they're giving like never before to help Beto beat him. Cruz is such a liar, and a phony.

[Stuart G]

12. Cruz reflects Trump in a way few do. Is it more important to have a "liar" & phony Republican,

or an honest, decent Democrat. If Texans decide the later, we need one more to take back the Senate. Is that correct?

[aggiesal]

3. An average of about ...

$47.52 per contribution.
I'm sure people are just giving $50.

Also, he won't accept PAC money. A positive in my book.
Only individual donations are excepted.

Time to give.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. some are giving much less than $50

Like me. I gave him $25 last year, and sent $15 not too long ago; ordered bumper stickers $10 per pack of 2 and so far that's it.

Some of our local Democratic clubs have had fundraisers with Silent Auctions, and I try to put something on those auction tables. Most of the clubs will have some sort of donation to Beto, Kim Olson, Mike Collier, our eventual candidate for governor, local Congressional Candidates and Legislative Candidates.

Usually it is a big rich pound cake packaged to go home that night and a second auction item of a gift certificate for the cake of choice for the winner, at a date to be determined. I have done this for years at various Silent Auctions, and it's good for anywhere from $35 to $50 per cake depending on the group, the cause and how many have eaten my cakes. It started when I was too poor to spend much at these events, and it's now a "thing". So easy and so profitable. My signature chocolate pound cake costs about $5 to bake, since I keep the supplies on hand at all times.

[duhneece]

9. You are my new hero (Sheero?)

You have a creative and generous soul

[aggiesal]

10. Great to hear what you're doing, ...

I just meant that the average of $47.52 per donor amounts
to people giving $50.

[Initech]

4. Come on, Trump. Head to Texas and campaign for Teddy! You know you want to!

[Stuart G]

5. Beto's Website - more info on Beto, & contributions accepted.

https://betofortexas.com/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. thanks!

[DBoon]

6. About time we had a punker in the Senate

- DBoon

[Julian Englis]

8. Nobody likes Ted Cruz

[SunSeeker]

11. K & R