ActBlue donors alone sent $25 million to Beto O'Rourke in costliest Senate race of 2018
WASHINGTON - Rep. Beto O'Rourke's torrid fund-raising is already the stuff of legend for Texas Democrats eager to oust Sen. Ted Cruz and break the GOP's long grip on the state.
When the next round of campaign finance reports hits later month, he's sure to raise even more eyebrows.
O'Rourke pulled in more than $11 million in July and August alone, just through ActBlue, the Democratic fund-raising platform. Last week, the three-term El Paso congressman also set -- and exceeded -- an aggressive one-week $5 million online goal.
That's $16 million that hasn't yet shown up on his campaign finance reports. It doesn't count whatever he pulled in through ActBlue in September, nor all the other donations that came his way since July 1.
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