The Cost of Trying Something That Failed

The Beto O'Rourke campaign raised $77 million to lose by that much. The gubernatorial race cost in total something like $140 million, which is a huge amount of money for something that fails and doesn't. There's no evidence that Beto's campaign. He's obviously good at fundraising. And there was this belief among a lot of DIMMs who thought he would be good for down-ballot races. But the poor showing of the Democratic Party in Texas in 2022 suggest that that's not the case.