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Pete Gallego (left) was ousted by Republican Will Hurd, right, in the 2014 CD-23 contest." class="lightbox"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150715201613im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/15/GallegoHurd-CD23_jpg_312x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (left) was ousted by Republican Will Hurd, right, in the 2014 CD-23 contest."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/15/GallegoHurd-CD23_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (left) was ousted by Republican Will Hurd, right, in the 2014 CD-23 contest." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego (left) was ousted by Republican Will Hurd, right, in the 2014 CD-23 contest.</div> </div> <p>WASHINGTON — Making a comeback bid for Congress, ex-U.S. Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/pete-gallego/">Pete Gallego</a> raised $224,000 in his first three months as a 2016 House candidate, according to his campaign. The sum is about half of what his Republican rival, U.S. Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/will-hurd/">Will Hurd</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/08/will-hurd-raises-458000-second-quarter/">raised in the same time period</a>.</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">The two men are expected to square off in Texas' only competitive U.S. House seat, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/https://www.texastribune.org/directory/districts/us-house/23/" target="_blank">23rd Congressional District</a>, in the fall of 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/05/gallego-out-while-cornyn-cruises-victory/" target="_blank">Hurd ousted Gallego by two percentage points</a> in 2014.</span><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <p>Gallego, an Alpine Democrat, is set to report $174,000 in cash on hand, in comparison with Hurd's $685,000 cash-on-hand sum. Hurd, a San Antonio Republican, raised another $500,000 in the first quarter, before Gallego entered the race. Gallego <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/pette-gallego-will-run-against-will-hurd-again/" target="_blank">announced his challenge</a> in April.</p> <p><span>Gallego's haul was on par with his own 2014 fundraising. But during that election, Hurd was a weaker fundraiser as a largely unknown challenger. </span>Since taking office in January, Hurd has turned up the fundraising with the benefits of being an incumbent. </p> <p>T<span style="line-height: 1.35;">here are distinct benefits for incumbents when it comes to fundraising.</span></p> <p>Trade associations and company political action committees in Washington, D.C., often have a policy of only donating to incumbents. Additionally, the House campaign committees are known to keep close tabs on endangered incumbents' schedules and organize "call time" at party headquarters, where incumbents spend part of their day making phone calls to donors. </p> <p>Despite all of that, <span>Hurd still heads into the second half of this year with a $500,000 cash-on-hand advantage over Gallego. </span></p> <p><span>This money will go toward television advertising in 2016.  Super PACS and the national parties are expected to spend in this race, but candidate fundraising is crucial to House races: By law, candidates secure lower television ad rates than outside groups. </span></p><div class="ad_container ad_container--adify"> <div class="ad adunit mobile tablet standard" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_StoryPage_InsideStory_468x60"> </div> </div> </div> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/11/hurd-outraises-gallego-fundraising/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li class="republish"> <a href="/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/content/republish/88943/"> <i class="icon-share"></i> <span>Republish</span> </a> </li> <li class="email"> <a href="/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fbc4888e99919e988fc6af939edec9cbaf9e839a88dec9cbaf8992998e959ec1dec9cbb38e899fdec9cbb394979f88dec9cba88f8994959cdec9cbb79e9a9fdec9cbXOver%20Gallego%20in%20Fundraising&body=I%20read an article%20that%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20at%20The%20Texas%20Tribune:%20Hurd%20Holds%20Strong%20Lead%20Over%20Gallego%20in%20Fundraising%2C%20by%20Abby Livingston.%20http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/11/hurd-outraises-gallego-fundraising/%0DFormer%20U.S.%20Rep.%20Pete%20Gallego%20raised%20%24224%2C000%20in%20his%20first%20three%20months%20as%20a%202016%20House%20candidate%2C%20according%20to%20his%20campaign.%26nbsp%3BHe%27s%20well%20behind%20U.S.%20Rep.%20Will%20Hurd%2C%20who%26nbsp%3Braised%26nbsp%3B%24458%2C000%20in%20the%20same%20period.%26nbsp%3B" title="" class="email"> <i class="icon-envelope"></i> <span>Email</span> </a> </li> <li class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://twitter.com/share?text=Hurd Holds Strong Lead Over Gallego in Fundraising&url=http://trib.it/1KXM56X&via=TexasTribune&related=TexasTribune,TribData"> <i class="icon-twitter"></i> <span>Tweet</span> </a> </li> <li class="facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150715201613/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/11/hurd-outraises-gallego-fundraising/"> <i class="icon-facebook"></i> <span>Recommend</span> </a> </li> </ul> </aside> <footer> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-6"> <aside class="sidebar_block related content_list"> <header> <h2>Related Content</h2> </header> <dl> <dt> <a href="/web/20150715201613/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/08/will-hurd-raises-458000-second-quarter/">U.S. Rep. 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