Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, came to Bryan on Thursday night to campaign for Republican Chris Gober, one of two candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot for the open 10th Congressional District seat. KBTX reported that the rally was held at Calvary Court.
Gober faces Democrat Caitlin Rourk for the seat Rep. Michael McCaul is leaving after holding it for about two decades. The district stretches east from Austin across the Brazos Valley toward East Texas.
What the reports show
Pre-election reports the two campaigns submitted to federal regulators this week, as KBTX summarized them, show a wide gap:
- Gober reports receipts topping $3.1 million for the cycle. That total includes $1,725,000 he has loaned the campaign from his own money. His campaign has spent close to $2.94 million, had $165,564 left in the bank and owes $750,000 in debts.
- Rourk reports roughly $576,000 in receipts and no personal loans. Her campaign has spent roughly $491,000, leaving $79,336 in the bank.
That works out to about five dollars raised by Gober for every dollar raised by Rourk.
A busy final stretch
Jordan was one of several out-of-town figures in the area this week. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows was in Bryan on Friday stumping for a Republican legislator, KBTX reported. The station said Democrats Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico, both running statewide, plan stops in the Brazos Valley within the next week.
