Lawyers and overpaid university employees give Beto big bucks against Cruz

Washington Times:
Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke may have “hit a wall” in terms of support, according to pollsters this week, but that hasn’t put a damper on his fundraising.

Mr. O’Rourke’s bid to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz reported a bumper crop of dollars Friday, setting a record for the largest fundraising quarter ever in a U.S. senate race, his campaign said.

All told, Mr. O’Rourke brought in $38.1 million, according to the campaign.
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However, while Mr. O’Rourke’s campaign trumpets the fact it doesn’t take PAC money, its war chest is flush with money from various groups that have an agenda, according to the Center for Responsive Politics database. It shows Mr. O’Rourke’s top sectors for fundraising to be lawyers and their firms or groups OpenSecrets categorizes as “Democratic/liberal.” Those two sectors have accounted for more than $2.5 million in the 2018 cycle.

Of the 10 biggest contributors to Mr. O’Rourke in 2018, half of them are the employees of universities — the University of Texas, Rice, Stanford, the University of California and Harvard, according to OpenSecrets.

It’s that kind of haul, which has brought a quarter of a million dollars, that leads Mr. Cruz to attack Mr. O’Rourke as the darling of the fashionable left-wing and coastal liberals. In an appearance in Plano last week, Mr. Cruz predicted a third quarter take of at least $30 million for his opponent.
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Judging by the latest polls, Texas is not buying what they are selling. 

It also suggests that Cruz has traditional anti-conservative political enemies. 

Universities have been getting rich by pushing predatory loans to students as they continue to raise fees well above the inflation rate so the administration and staff can live like the one percent. 

I suspect that most of the lawyers contributing are trial lawyers who are still upset about tort reform which has made it easier for Texas to attract good doctors and lower the cost of malpractice insurance.

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