Associated Press AUSTIN -- Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick has poured more than $200,000 into the effort to keep his Republican majority, but resurgent Democrats have been fighting back hard in hotly contested races across the state, an Associated Press analysis shows. Craddick, who's fighting to keep his speakership, remains the money leader in the Legislature, sitting on a hefty $3 million. Meanwhile, Democrats who have struggled for years to reclaim real power in the state were raking in respectable sums in a handful of key races and giving Craddick a run for his money. "Any Republican who thinks their Democratic opponent won't be well-funded in a hotly contested race needs to rethink their strategy," said Republican consultant Eric Bearse, whose clients include Craddick. Craddick's longshot opponent, Democrat Bill...
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