Instead of $13.1 million in cash on hand as claimed, the reports Davis and her allies filed show there was actually $12.8 million in the bank at the end of June, a difference of about $300,000. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the $11.2 million Davis claims she raised over the latest period \u2014 an amount she said was larger than the $11.1 million Abbott raised \u2014 contains over half a million dollars in non-cash \u201cin-kind\u201d donations and counts contributions that could benefit other Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest sources of non-cash donations: a $250,000 in-kind contribution from country singing legend Willie Nelson. That\u2019s how much the red-headed stranger told the campaign he would have charged for a free concert he gave at the senator\u2019s Houston fundraiser, the campaign said.<\/p>\n
The lower-than-advertised cash figure and non-traditional accounting methods raise questions about how much money can be accurately attributed to Davis for the latest period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It was the cash-on-hand figure from Battleground Texas that came in lower than advertised. In the press release, the Davis campaign said Battleground would report $1.1 million in the bank. But Battleground told the Ethics Commission it only had $806,000 in the bank.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s a double-dose of good news: The hopeless Davis campaign is sucking up money that might go to competitive races nationwide, and<\/i> the well is running dry on Battleground Texas, which might conceivably be able to swing a few down-ballot races with better funding.<\/p>\n
And the general election is four months away…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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