Chip Roy Lands $2.75 Million Donation, Shaking Up Texas AG Runoff

2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 19

$2.75 million from Amarillo businessman Alex Fairly gave Chip Roy a late cash jolt that could reshape the final week of Texas's Republican attorney general runoff.
The money, disclosed in filings released late Monday, was the biggest piece of a broader recent fundraising influx as Roy tries to blunt attacks from self-funded rival Mayes Middleton.
Roy has been on the ropes despite his profile as a hard-line congressman, and he said the donation would help "equalize the playing field" against a wealthy opponent.
Early voting is already underway ahead of the May 26 election, raising the stakes for a race that conservatives view as influential well beyond Texas.

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