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Article: Garza outspending de los Santos in city race.
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- The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX)
- Article date:
- May 5, 2007
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Byline: Emma Perez-Trevino
May 5--The candidates for the two-year unexpired term on the City Commission's At-Large B seat are running a tight race, as measured by their statements of campaign contributions and expenditures.
Roy de los Santos Jr. has raised $3,188 and has spent $3,121 while Leonel 'Leo' T. Garza has raised $2,000 in contributions, spent $4,409 and injected $2,409 of his funds into his campaign.
Both agree that it's not easy raising money.
"As a non-officeholder and non-incumbent, it is very difficult," de los Santos said.
"It normally starts out with family and close friends and as people get to know us and ...