Here’s how much Texas Governor Greg Abbott raised against Beto in latest filing period

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott raised more than $24.9 million during the most recent reporting period that covers Feb. 20 to June 30, his campaign announced Friday.

That is less than his opponent, Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke, whose campaign said he raised a record-breaking $27.6 million during the roughly four month period, during which Texas experienced a mass shooting in Uvalde and Roe v. Wade was overturned.

O’Rourke’s nearly $30 million in contributions doesn’t come as a surprise to Abbott’s campaign. On Wednesday’s call with reporters, Abbott’s chief strategist and consultant Dave Carney predicted O’Rourke would bring in that much and wasn’t fazed.

Carney pointed out that O’Rourke also raked in big dollars when facing Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate. O’Rourke broke records when he reported $38 million in a single quarter during his 2018 bid, but still lost the race.

O’Rourke previously reported nearly $9 million in contributions for the period ending Dec. 31 after entering the governor’s race on Nov. 15. Abbott reported $18.9 million for the period that started on July 1, 2021.

Abbott outraised O’Rourke between Jan. 1 and Jan. 20 when the governor brought in $1.4 million to O’Rourke’s $1.3 million. Abbott also raised more than O’Rourke between Jan. 21 and Feb. 19, when he received $3.8 million and O’Rourke $3 million.

Abbott’s campaign said the governor has $45.7 million in cash on hand at the end of the reporting period. Nearly 86% of the donations came from within Texas. Abbott received nearly 113,000 contributions, according to a news release. It wasn’t immediately clear how much O’Rourke has on hand. At the end of the filing period that ended on Feb. 19, O’Rourke reported having about $6.8 million.

“Texans continue to show their support for Governor Abbott’s campaign by donating to his campaign,” said Gardner Pate, Texans for Greg Abbott Campaign Chairman, in a statement. “As we move into the heat of the summer campaign, we’re well positioned to fund all our campaign efforts.”

Pate said the campaign has purchased more the $20 million in fall advertising.

O’Rourke’s campaign said it received more than 500,000 contributions during the period.

“We’re receiving support from people in every part of Texas who want to work together to ensure our state moves beyond Greg Abbott’s extremism and finally leads in great jobs, world class schools, the ability to see a doctor, keeping our kids safe and protecting a woman’s freedom to make her own decisions about her own body, health care and future,” O’Rourke said in a statement.