| The Bill White for Senate campaign announced today that the Houston Mayor raised over $1.5 million in the quarter ending September 30th. Campaign spokesperson Katy Bacon stated to BOR that campaign cash on hand now totals $4.18 million. Overall, White has now raised over $6 million total from more than 5000 donors throughout his campaign. The third-quarter report also includes 2000 first-time donors to the campaign. White is running for the as-yet-undeclared special election to fill Sen. Hutchison's seat, should she resign to campaign full-time for Governor. From the official campaign release: As of the second quarter filing period, the Bill White for Texas team had raised more dollars from more people than all other Senate candidates combined. With nearly 2000 first-time contributors, the third quarter filing period attracted significantly more new contributors to the campaign than any other quarter. "With each report, it becomes increasingly clear that Texans across the state trust Bill White to be their voice in the U.S. Senate," said Campaign Finance Chair Scott Atlas. "Bill is the right leader to move our state forward and protect the future of our children and grandchildren."
Until the release of reports from John Sharp and the miasma of Republicans running for the seat, we don't know yet if White has maintained his lead on all announced candidates combined. Reports are due tomorrow. As BOR previously reported, one of those donations came from Warren Buffet, famous investor, philanthropist, and Democratic supporter. Buffet, widely considered to be one of the shrewdest investors in American history, clearly thinks Bill White is a strong bet for Texas and for the US Senate. White also raised approximately $200,000 online in the last weeks of the quarter, spurred on by a dollar-for-dollar match from the Mayor himself. Update by KT Here are some of the numbers for the quarter and to day in table form for easy viewing. | Bill White for TX-SEN | Quarter 3
| Total to Date
| Total Contribtions
| $1,549,941
| $6,042,433
| Total Expenditures
| $731,458 | $1,862,987
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| | | | | Cash on Hand Q2 (2009)
| $3,363,139 | -------------
| | Cash on Hand Q3 (2009) | $4,181,622 | +$818,433 from Q2
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