Texas’ wealthiest Republicans are still giving, but not to Donald Trump
WASHINGTON -- Texas is a big kahuna in the Republican fundraising world, where wealthy oilmen and investors can vault a conservative politician to national prominence with one well-attended party in the suburbs of Dallas or Houston.
But big-money Texas Republicans are choosing to sit out the presidential election in its final weeks and contribute to Republicans in Congress instead.
Donald Trump has raised just under $10 million from Texans during the 2016 cycle so far, significantly less than Mitt Romney’s $36 million haul in 2012. Trump still trails Republican also-ran Ted Cruz in the Texas money race despite Cruz abandoning his presidential bid back in May.
Houston and Dallas are two of Trump’s three biggest donor metro areas across the country, with $2.2 million and $1.7 million raised, but Romney pulled in nearly $12 million from Houston alone four years ago, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research center that tracks money in politics.
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