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Ken Paxton: “My opponent had three extra months during prime fundraising…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 02:34

The legislature a few years ago created a three month runoff instead of a four week runoff, which sounded like a good idea to help the military, but it really has hurt anybody that has a runoff. So My opponent had three extra months during prime fundraising season to go out and raise $30 million, mostly from California. Raise or at least a high percentage of it from California, maybe up to half. And that was like 30 million. I was out spending money. (02:34–02:41)

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Asserts that [James Talarico] raised $30 million, largely from California, due to extended runoff period.

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