Challenger David Covey raised $1.65 million, while Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan collected $3.39 million in contributions from late February to May 18.
Challenger David Covey raised $1.65 million, while Phelan collected $3.39 million, from late February to May 18.gave $100,000 to David Covey’s campaign last month, providing one of the challenger’s largest donations ahead of next week’s Republican primary runoff.
The six-figure donation from Patrick’s campaign committee was one of six donations of at least $100,000 to Covey since he finished 3 percentage pointsIt was Patrick’s second-largest contribution to a candidate this year, according to recent campaign finance reports showing $750,000 to state Senate candidate Brent Hagenbuch. Patrick has blamed Phelan for the failure of several conservative priorities that had passed the Senate but died in the House.
Phelan, who received 43% of the primary vote to Covey’s 46%, doubled Covey’s total in the same period, bringing in $3.39 million as he tries to avoid becoming the first incumbent House speaker to be defeated in a primary since Democrat Rayford Price in 1972.for failing to heed their call for ending the practice of appointing Democrats to lead committees, including nine Democratic chairs in 2023.
Phelan also joined 60 Republicans in voting to impeach Paxton on accusations of corruption, though the Senate voted largely along party lines for acquittal.The House also declined to support allowing some families to use public money to pay for private schools, a priority issue forCovey and Phelan’s campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday on the latest campaign finance reports.
Phelan’s largest contribution was $512,163 – earmarked for advertising – from the newly formed Texas Defense PAC, which had $9.05 million to spend. Miriam Adelson, the new majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was the PACs only contributor., Austin Bureau Correspondent. Aarón is an Austin native who previously covered local government for The Kansas City Star and high school sports for the Knoxville News Sentinel. He is a University of Texas graduate, and Spanish is his first language.
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