AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry tapped scores of big-dollar donors – including some who have business before the state or have benefited from taxpayer subsidies – to raise $8 million in the last three months for his re-election race. The fundraising blitz leaves Perry with $10 million in the bank going into the final weeks of the campaign. Democratic challenger Bill White collected $4.7 million in the latest period and has $2.75 million in cash on hand. White got sizable donations from labor unions, trial lawyers and the Democratic Governors Association, which has invested heavily in the race amid party hopes the 10-year incumbent governor might be vulnerable.
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