Rep. Colin Allred Raises More Than $2 Million In The First 36 Hours Of His Senate Campaign Against Ted Cruz

Rep. Colin Allred announced that his Senate campaign to defeat Senator Ted Cruz has raised more than $2 million in a day and a half.

Allred tweeted:

I’ve been part of some great teams in my life, but after announcing a campaign that represented all Texans, I was able to raise over $2 million in just 36 hours.

Together, we set a record for this cycle of raising the most money on the first day of the Senate election.

— Colin Allred (@ColinAllredTX) May 5, 2023

To add some context, Allred has raised as much money in less than two days as Beto O’Rourke raised in the entire first quarter of his Senate campaign against Cruz.

This is roughly on par with the first quarter of Beto O’Rourke’s funding in 2017. https://t.co/ykT0H4Bky1

— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) May 5, 2023

Beto O’Rourke rose to national prominence when he narrowly lost to Cruz, one of the nation’s reddest states, by 2.6 points or 219,000 votes in the 2018 Senate election.

there are clear signs of trouble Cruz’s favorability Texas voters are split between 45% and 44% in approval ratings for incumbent Republican senators.

Senator Cruz (Republican) has sided with the former president for years after he ran into Donald Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

But Trump has consistently fought Texas voters.according to April 2023 Texas Ballot Project Ballot, Trump’s approval ratings are low among all Texas voters (42%-48%), but he is very popular among strong Republican supporters (86% approval rating).

Cruz could be in the next narrow reelection campaign, and a long-running statewide victory for the Democratic Party in Texas could come in 2024 if Allred continues to raise money.