Ed Meier's Strong Fundraising Puts Him in Pole Position for Democratic Race to Unseat Pete Sessions

Ed Meier's relentless fundraising has made him a strong contender to make the runoff in the Democratic Congressional District 32 race to replace incumbent Republican Pete Session.Meier's campaign has raised $800,000 for the March 6 primary contest, and he has about $500,000 on hand to spend in the stretch run. None of the other leading contenders in the race has come close to Meier in fundraising, a key barometer of strength of a campaign.Sessions, who is expected to cruise in his primary against Republican Paul Brown, has $1.3 million in his campaign account.  Continue reading...