What used to be a novelty has now become commonplace in Texas politics – the $1 million check. In the past 16 months, Gov. Greg Abbott has collected six. In...
AUSTIN — What used to be a novelty has now become commonplace in Texas politics – the $1 million check.His Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, pulled down four $1 million checks in seven months.
“It’s not believable that a donation of that size doesn’t buy you influence,” said Adrian Shelley, Texas director of Public Citizen. “Most people would never believe that. One million dollars is a very large sum of money, and it obviously buys you some amount of influence.”attributes the spike in seven-figure donations to Texas’ growing influence in national affairs.
The other states with no caps on donations in statewide elections are Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia. “The sharks are back in the water,” a narrator intoned, referring to O’Quinn before blasting Bell as too liberal for Texas.Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, Davis received a $1 million check from Austin doctor-lawyer Carolyn J. Oliver
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