Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) has brought in $27 million in the first quarter of the year, a massive haul as he prepares for a November contest against whichever Republican emerges from next month’s messy GOP primary runoff.
Talarico’s campaign announced on Wednesday that he’s raised over $10 million since last month’s Democratic primary, when he defeated fellow Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) for the party nod.
The Presbyterian seminarian and former middle school teacher now represents Democrats’ best hope of winning in red Texas, where the party hasn’t flipped a statewide seat in decades, in the party’s quest to net enough seats in November to win control of the Senate.
“Winning in Texas will require unprecedented resources. This grassroots fundraising haul puts our movement in a strong position to spread our message in some of the most expensive media markets in the country,” Talarico campaign manager Seth Krasne said in a statement, adding that “we can’t take our foot off the gas.”
The Texas race has already set the record as the most expensive Senate primary in U.S. history, and even more is expected to pour in as Republicans defend a seat long seen as safe.
