Beto O'Rourke is out-raising Ted Cruz. Other Texas Democrats? Not so much.

What getting elected Senator pays: $174,000/year Campaign contributions raised: Ted Cruz, R: $19,299,735 Beto O'Rourke, D: $13,161,297

opensecrets.org. Current as of July 9, 2018 Source:. Current as of July 9, 2018 Beto O'Rourke, D: $13,161,297 What getting elected Senator pays: $174,000/year Campaign contributions raised: Ted Cruz, R: $19,299,735 Beto O'Rourke, D: $13,161,297

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Texas Congressman and Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke is sitting pretty.

In 2018, the El Paso lawmaker has outraised his opponent Ted Cruz by more than $4 million as of Monday.

While O'Rourke still has some catching up to do since he has less money in the war chest than Cruz— $6.1 million less— it's still an impressive feat by a candidate who isn't relying on political action committees.

Further down the Democratic ballot, however, things aren't so rosy.

In the 2017-2018 election cycle, Republicans have outraised Democrats in Texas by $29.7 million, according to campaign finance site OpenSecrets.

Of the total contributions made to candidates and parties in Texas, Republicans make up 53.3 percent of the share while Democrats make up 31.2 percent, per the same data.

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Simply put, O'Rourke might be raising more money than Cruz (at least in 2018 so far), but Texas Democrats fighting smaller, less publicized races, are not.

In fact, of the $41.9 million raised by Democrats in this election cycle, roughly 30 percent, or $13.16 million is funding for O'Rourke.

That's not entirely bad news for Democrats, who unlike other years, are contesting every Congressional district.

"[Greg] Abbott's team explained the threat U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke poses for all Republicans - not just Sen. Ted Cruz, the Republican he is trying to unseat," wrote Houston Chronicle politics reporter Jeremy Wallace last month. "O'Rourke is not just outraising Cruz, but he's raising a lot of money from small donors. Democrats will likely go back to those small donors later for more money, creating a financial stream Democrats have failed to develop in more than a decade."

In other words, even if O'Rourke turns out to be the only breakout star for Texas Democrats this year, his donor base will be available to use during future election cycles.

See who's outraising who in Texas' congressional races above.

Fernando.ramirez@chron.com

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