AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent $15 million on television ads in a blistering spending spree in the final weeks of the Republican’s campaign against Democratic challenger Bill White.
The governor tapped a handful of reliable big-dollar donors to finance the late-campaign push, including Houston homebuilder Bob Perry (no relation), who gave $600,000 directly and another $3 million through a GOP governors group backing Perry.
The latest report, covering four weeks of fundraising through Oct. 23, means Perry has raised at least $36.6 million to win re-election.
White collected $3.7 million in the latest period, bringing to $25 million the amount he has raised to unseat the 10-year incumbent. He spent $6 million during the period, leaving him with $487,000 in the bank.
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