The front-runners in the Texas governor's race, Democrat Wendy Davis and Republican Greg Abbott, each raised about $12 million in the second half of 2013, signaling that the election will be fiercely contested. While Davis outpaced Abbott in fundraising for that period, Abbott has been in the race longer and has a much larger total war chest of $27 million. The tight race will test whether immigration and other changes are making Texas less solidly Republican.

1. Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor's
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Fundraising signals tough fight ahead in Texas governor's race - chicagotribune.com
By Marice Richter
DALLAS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The front-runners in the Texas
governor's race each raised about $12 million in the second half
of 2013, signaling an election fight that will test whether
immigration and other changes are shifting the staunchly
Republican state to the political center.
Democrat Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she raised $12.2
million from July to December, outpacing Republican front-runner
Greg Abbott during the same period. Davis, a state lawmaker who
captured the national spotlight last summer with a nearly
11-hour filibuster of a law tightening restrictions on abortion,
did not enter the race until October.
Abbott's campaign announced that he raised $11.5 million
during the last six months of the year. But the Texas attorney
general, who has been in the race longer than Davis, has a total
war chest that is vastly larger than his rival's, with $27
million.
"Greg Abbott is humbled and excited by the widespread
support from across the state," his campaign manager, Wayne
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