McAllen City Commissioner Javier Villalobos collected more than $43,000 for his mayoral campaign last month with a fundraiser that featured former University of Texas quarterback Vince Young.
Thanks in part to that fundraiser, Villalobos amassed more than $100,000 in campaign contributions during the past six months. Villalobos started laying the groundwork for a campaign when he determined Mayor Jim Darling wouldn’t run for a third term.
“We kinda knew Jim was not going to run,” Villalobos said. “So we kinda started gearing up a little bit.”
Villalobos accepted $104,350 from July 1 to Dec. 31, according to the semi-annual campaign finance report he ...