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Where are candidates getting money to campaign?
Democrats may hurt just as much because their biggest donors of the last decade - Fred Baron of Dallas and John O'Quinn of Houston, both trial lawyers - passed away in 2008 and last year respectively. In all, Legislature incumbents such as Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, worry Perry and Hutchison are getting most of the large donations, making it tough for statehouse candidates, particularly the high number of Republicans on this year's ballot, to raise the money needed for TV and radio commercials, as well as mailers. If this is indeed the case, most incumbents, challengers and open seat candidates will just have to campaign the old fashion way to reach out to the voters -...
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