O'Rourke reports $7.2M fundraising result in 2021; Abbott reports $19M

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Robert Francis O'Rourke Photo credit Win McNamee / Staff / GettyImages

With the Governor's race primaries less than six weeks off, both Robert Francis 'Beto' O'Rourke and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are reporting huge fundraising hauls.

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More than $7-million for O'Rourke and more than twice that for Abbott in the final six months of 2021.

As of the end of the year, Abbott had $65 million in his campaign warchest. Four years ago O'Rourke, a former El Paso Congressman, raised $80 million in his unsuccessful bid to unseat Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

O'Rourke also raised millions of campaign dollars in his failed attempt at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

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Featured Image Photo Credit: Win McNamee / Staff / GettyImages