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Governor Greg Abbott isn’t up for reelection for another three years, but that didn’t stop him from posting one of his most impressive fundraising quarters in recent memory: $15.6 million over the course of roughly three weeks from June 20 to July 13, according to his filings with the Texas Ethics Commission. The haul will likely provide a big advantage if someone—say, an upstart on his right flank or a quixotic Democratic challenger—dares to come for him in 2026.Legislators and statewide officeholders can’t solicit or receive campaign cash during a regular legislative session, but the same laws prohibiting this fundraising remain mute about such activity during a special session of the Legislature—and these periods are always a bounty. (The Lege has held two special sessions…

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