Texans for Public Justice has a great resource for fundraising, spending and cash on hand totals for statewide, Texas House and Texas Senate races in the 2010 elections - both Democrats and Republicans. In contested Primary races, the totals are through the 8-day out reports. Here's the data on the contested D races I'm interested in, with some comments from me:
Governor:
| Office Sought | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Hand |
| G | Aguado, Alma Ludivina | DEM | C | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| G | Alvarado, Felix | DEM | C | $550 | $10,076 | $0 |
| G | Dear, Bill | DEM | C | $100 | $4,915 | $0 |
| G | Glenn, Clement | DEM | C | $7,746 | $14,137 | $1,502 |
| G | Locke, Star | DEM | C | $0 | $3,300 | $0 |
| G | Shami, Farouk | DEM | C | $1,178,308 | $11,777,964 | $1,017,011 |
| G | White, Bill | DEM | C | $9,193,667 | $3,082,696 | $5,446,564
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Comment: White should win without a runoff. I wasn't convinced that would happen, until Shami imploded, with his "day without Mexicans" comment and the recent mass exodus of his campaign staff. Shami self funded nearly all of the $12 million he spent. Must be nice to have that kind of cash to throw away on stroking your own ego.
Lt. Governor:
| Office Sought | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Hand |
Comment: I'm a little surprised to see that LCT has far outraised and spent Earle. I voted for her, but would be pleased to see Earle on the Democratic ticket for November, as well.
Land Commissioner:
| Office Sought | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Han |
Comment: I voted for Uribe. He has the name recognition, and is an accomplished state senator, but you never know what can happen when the Democratic Primary voters crank up the E-Slate.
Agriculture Commissioner:
| Office Sought | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Hand |
Comment: These two are even on fundraising. It's not going to help Kinky. The numbers are just not there for him to get a win on March 2nd. He's not a Democrat. We are not blind to the fact he voted for Bush for President. He's another one stroking his ego, as well as his cigars.
House District 146 (Houston):
| District | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Hand |
Comment: I'm hoping for a Miles win, and also hoping that if and when he wins, we won't have the sort of distracting entertainment (
censoring art,
shooting people, waving guns around) we saw from him when he last served in the Lege. UPDATE:
Here's a follow up post I wrote on cash in this race, with donations after the 8-day out report.
House District 27 (Rosenberg/Fort Bend County):
| District | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Hand |
Comment: Olivo has staunch supporters, so she needs to get her vote out. There has been some press about
Reynolds seven suspensions with the State Bar of Texas, which I think will hurt him.
Reynolds got 49.68% of the vote in a close loss to Olivo in 2008. Can he turn out the African American vote in large enough numbers to beat the incumbent? I'm predicting an Olivo win, but this will be one to watch. UPDATE:
Here's a follow up post I wrote on this race, with donations made after the 8-day out report.
House District 43 (Harlingen area):
| District | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Han |
Comment: I'm rooting for Rios Ybarra (Harlingen/Valley). She's a friend of a friend here in Fort Bend, and we need to keep our women in the House. UPDATE: I've examined the spending and donations in this race more closely,
in this post, which includes donations after the 8-day out report.
House District 76 (El Paso)
| District | Candidate | Party | Status* | Total Raised | Total Spent | Cash On Hand |
| 76 | Chavez, Norma | DEM | I | $217,796 | $113,165 | $37,918 |
| 76 | Gonzalez, Naomi R. | DEM | C | $145,609 | $10,845 | $13,255 |
| 76 | San Roman, Antonio | DEM | C | $1,714 | $1,217 | $0 |
Comment: I haven't been following this race closely, other than to note that Annie's List endorsed Chavez. That caught my attention, since
Chavez was once considered a Craddick D. It seems like she's changed her ways, and Naomi Gonzalez has the Texans for Lawsuit Reform contributions hanging around her neck. UPDATE: I took a look at Chavez' and Gonzalez' donations and spending since the 8-day outs and each got around $45,000 in donations . . . and all of Gonzalez' money came from one special interest. Read about it
here.
Texans for Public Justice doesn't have the totals for the Congressional races (I'm interested in Jackson Lee vs. Johnson) or the State Board of Education races. I'll poke around for that info for a future post. If you have good links for those, please leave them in the comments. Are there Democratic races besides these that you are watching closely?
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