[1]Beto O'Rourke
Hey John, it’s Nick again.
I wanted to check in real quick because Greg Abbott just released his
end-of-year fundraising numbers from the last Texas Ethics Commission
(TEC) deadline. It’s a bit of a good news, bad news situation.
Candidate Raised through 12/31 Time frame
Beto O'Rourke $7.2 million 46 days
Greg Abbott $18.9 million 6 months
1) Good news: We’re raising money faster than Abbott. If we can accelerate
the pace, we can close the gap and have a much better shot at victory.
2) Bad news: Greg Abbott has been in this race a much longer time. With
this new money added, he now has over $65 million on hand to spend.
John, on Thursday
we have our next TEC deadline (yes, already!). Everything we raise through
Jan. 20th will be made public.
Let me be blunt. People
want to know if Beto can win. We need to show we can
fundraise a lot faster than Abbott to give people the confidence. Let’s
show we can pick up the pace right now,
John.
[ [link removed] ]Make a $3 contribution to Beto today. With less than 72
hours to the TEC deadline, we need a big surge these next couple of days
to show we can out-raise Greg Abbott day-by-day and close the gap between
us and him.
[ [link removed] ]Contribute $3
I don’t expect us to match Greg Abbott’s total campaign spending by
November. He obviously started fundraising much earlier than Beto.
And yes, I know we have some advantages.
First off, we didn’t screw up the power grid.
We didn’t botch the COVID response.
And we didn’t pass a brazen and unconstitutional attack on the right to
abortion.
We have a winning message. Plus, we’re launching the biggest organizing
program Texas has ever seen — outdoing even what we built in 2018 when
Beto came just a couple points shy of winning statewide.
But, John, if we’re going to
win, we can’t suffer a blowout on the money side. We’re going to have to
close the gap a good chunk to prevent Greg Abbott from drowning us out on
TV, digital, and radio ads heading into the election.
Our only chance to close the gap is through strong grassroots fundraising.
That’s why I’m emailing you today. [ [link removed] ]Please add a $3
contribution before our Thursday TEC deadline to help us close the gap
between us and Abbott.
Thanks for everything you do,
Nick Rathod
Campaign Manager, Beto for Texas
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