Houston Equal Rights Supporters Raise Over $3 Million – Five Times More Than Anti-LGBT Activists
Groups supporting Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance have raised more than $3 million, almost five times as much as opponents, according to the latest campaign finance reports.
The pro-HERO haul includes hundreds of thousands each from the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU of Texas, the Gill Action Fund and the American Unity Fund, underscoring the perceived national significance of the Nov. 3 vote on LGBT protections in the nation's fourth-largest city.
However, the main PAC supporting the ordinance, Houston Unites, reported that more than 85 percent of its 1,500 donors were from Texas, more than two-thirds were from Houston, and that more than $100,000 was raised online from more than 1,000 donors.
By contrast, HERO opponents had raised a total of only about $660,000. One anti-HERO PAC's latest campaign finance report had not yet been posted online, but the estimate is based on a report from The Houston Chronicle.
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