Houston’s next mayoral election is not for another 18 months, but the early contenders already are raising heaps of cash.
Despite the strong fundraising starts from Hollins and Edwards, Whitmire will be the financial heavyweight in the race. The state senator, who has served in the Texas Legislature since 1973, has a war chest of more than $9.7 million in his state account, according to his latest filing.
Finance reports for declared candidates are due Friday and cover the first six months of this year. Williams and Kaplan have not publicly disclosed fundraising numbers yet.Former Houston Council member Amanda Edwards announces run for mayor in 2023 Hollins, who has $941,000 in the bank, pointed out that more than 60 percent of his 2,408 donations were for less than $100. His donors include the rapper Bun B, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Austin Mayor Steve Adler.
The numbers set a new bar for fundraising this early. At this stage in the 2015 race, then-state Rep. Sylvester Turner reported raising $166,600 in donations and had $366,351 in the bank, although he had yet to formally declare his mayoral candidacy. Hollins has raised more money so far this year than Turner reported in all of 2014: $824,000, according to the mayor’s state filings at the time.
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