GOP group shows its strength
By: Jason Embry...The Associated Republicans of Texas are back with force. Taking a more active role in fundraising than in several of the past election cycles, the group announced Thursday that it has raised nearly $1.5 million for the year and, as of June 30, had more than $1 million on hand. We haven’t yet seen their actual report to the Texas Ethics Commission (due July 15), but somebody is giving these guys a lot of money. Here’s the line that jumped out at me from their release:
“ART is focusing on competitive Texas House campaigns in districts never won by a Republican.”
