Big Money Shaping GOP Primaries for Texas Attorney General, Comptroller

Big money shaping GOP primaries for Texas attorney general, comptroller

Texas’ first open GOP primaries for attorney general and comptroller in a decade are on the horizon, and both races are shaping up to be big money battles.

Big money shaping GOP primaries for Texas attorney general, comptroll…

New campaign finance filings provide the first glimpse of the financial and political fault lines emerging in the open primaries for key statewide offices.

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DALLAS – The Dallas Morning News reports that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton collected $2.9 million in his first quarter raising money to fuel his Republican primary challenge to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. Cornyn, the longtime incumbent, reported about $800,000 in receipts for his principal campaign committee and $3.1 million raised through a joint fundraising committee for the quarter. Much of the joint committee money could flow to Cornyn’s pri…