(Austin, TX)  —  Beto O’Rourke is providing financial support for the Texas House Democrats who fled to Washington, DC, to block a vote on an election bill.

O’Rourke’s group Powered by People will wire $600,000 to the Texas House Democratic Caucus within the week.

O’Rourke, a failed candidate for both the U.S. Senate and the presidency, says the funds are to cover the costs of lodging, meals and transportation for about 50 runaway Democrats and about two-dozen staff who left Texas to prevent a vote on a controversial election reform bill.

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