Gohmert responds to fundraising update

EAST TEXAS — Congressman Louie Gohmert has responded after it was learned he didn’t raise anywhere near the million bucks he said he would before entering the race for Attorney General. The Tyler Republican said in November he would challenge Ken Paxton for Attorney General if he raised a million dollars in 10 days. He even put out a video saying he reached that goal, but he didn’t. According to his campaign finance report, he raised just $27,000 by the deadline. This week, state candidates were required to file their campaign finance reports covering the last six months of 2021. Gohmert barely raised $1 million in total from July through December. In fact, it was a $100,000 donation on New Year’s Eve that put him over the million dollar mark.

Friday afternoon, Gohmert’s campaign office issued a statement to KTBB that reads, in part, “We spent our first ten days getting both contributions and commitments, and we did reach our goal. Getting all of the money in house took more time, but we got it just as we were promised and just as we promised.” Eva Guzman was the top fundraiser in the race. She raked in $3.7 million. Paxton was second raising $2.8 million. Land Commissioner George P. Bush was third, raising $1.9 million.