Texas Democrats shower cash on 2020 candidates, and not just O'Rourke and Castro

[TexasTowelie]

Democratic presidential hopefuls from outside of Texas are ringing up the Lone Star State for campaign cash, already raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in a state that could prove to be pivotal in the 2020 election.

And if dollars end up equaling delegates in next year’s high-stakes primary, then native sons Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro are on notice.

The former El Paso congressman and the former U.S housing secretary remain the odds-on favorites to carry their home state, particularly after O’Rourke quickly brought in $2.1 million from Texas through the end of March and Castro raised $420,000 there during that time.

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Six non-Texan contenders have so far brought in more than $100,000 from Texas: California Sen. Kamala Harris, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections-2020/2019/04/24/orourke-castro-top-early-2020-fundraising-texas-white-house-hopefuls-make-key-inroads

[Jose Garcia]

1. Holy crap I forgot that Castro was running

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Did he announce yet?

[Jose Garcia]

6. January 12

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/01/12/politics/julian-castro-presidential-announcement/index.html

[True Blue American]

2. Is Cornyn Running next year?

Anyone running against him?

[TexasTowelie]

3. Yes, Cornyn is running.

Among those mentioned as possible rivals are Joaquin Castro and MJ Hegar, who ran an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Representative.

[True Blue American]

5. I thought Beto might run.