Beto O’Rourke gets $2 million, his largest campaign donation yet, from Austin couple

Simone and Tench Coxe, philanthropists and investors, each wrote a $1 million check for the O’Rourke campaign earlier this year. (Credit: Via the Securities and Exchange Commission and Columbia Journalism Review)

An Austin couple gave $2 million to Beto O’Rourke, making up his largest donations yet in his campaign against cash-flush Gov. Greg Abbott.

Simone and Tench Coxe each wrote O’Rourke’s campaign a $1 million check earlier this year, Simone Coxe said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. Both are philanthropists and investors who have long been politically active, with Tench Coxe supporting both parties over the years.