Roy Raises $8 Million in Final Week as Texas AG Republican Race Turns Bitter
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Updated · The New York Times · May 26
Roy Raises $8 Million in Final Week as Texas AG Republican Race Turns Bitter
10 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 26
$8 million poured into Chip Roy’s campaign in the final week, letting the congressman match Mayes Middleton’s long-running spending edge with TV ads and mailers before the Texas Republican attorney general contest ends.
$4.75 million of Roy’s late haul came from West Texas businessman Alex Fairly, an emerging Republican megadonor who said he backed Roy for his courtroom experience and past work in the attorney general’s office.
Middleton, who has largely self-funded his bid, also added late money — including $100,000 each from Gary Heavin and Kelcy Warren — and put in another $300,000 of his own a week before the election.
Alex Bruesewitz, a senior Trump adviser, traveled to Texas to campaign for Middleton and cast Roy as anti-Trump, reinforcing Middleton’s “MAGA Mayes” pitch even without a formal endorsement from Trump.
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