Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke raised $2 million dollars in the first 24 hours of his bid, his campaign told the Texas Tribune. The former congressman has previously reported impressive fundraising numbers in unsuccessful bids for the Senate and the White House, leaving some asking if this race is any different.

The O’Rourke campaign called the sum a record “for any Democratic gubernatorial candidate for the first 24 hours” of a campaign and the most raised in the “first 24 hours of any campaign in 2021.”

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