Funding Wendy Davis

    This article from the Texas Tribune describes Democratic State Senator, Wendy Davis' fundraising for the latest reporting period.  According to her campaign, Davis was able to raise $933,000 in the last two weeks of the reporting period.  Compared to Gregg Abbott, the current front runner for the 2014 Texas Governor election, who raised $4.8 million in the same two week period, it doesn't seem like much.  However, when one sees that her total contributions for the entire period add up to a total of $1 million, it becomes quite an amazing rally.  93% of contributions to Senator Davis came in the last two weeks of reporting.  Not only that, the article shows out of a total of 15,290 separate donations, most were under $250, and more than 13,000 of them were less than $50.  To me this is an incredible feat.  It shows that instead of garnering the support of the big-name donors' who usually choose our candidates for us, Wendy has reached out to the common, everyday people of this nation.  Most likely due to the enormous popularity she received while filibustering a restrictive abortion bill in pink tennis shoes, it would seem she has effectively communicated her commitment to the citizens of Texas and her passion for the issues affecting them most.  When Senator Davis then admitted, “I didn’t have the opportunity to pick up the phone and make a single fundraising call, which I typically would have spent some pretty intense time doing between the re-opening of that window and the filing deadline.”, her accomplishment seemed that much more inspiring to me.  She was too busy actually representing us to campaign for herself.  Maybe I am naive, but the explosion of support for this politician gives me hope.  I don't consider myself a Republican or a Democrat.  I try to only be swayed by the candidates themselves and I must say that Senator Wendy Davis has earned my support.  Yes, it's partly the issue she was standing for, but the bigger factor for me is her commitment to action rather than campaign and talk.  I wanted to share this article to help gain support for her.  Seeing so many small donations is refreshing and I only hope this publicity might earn her a few more.