Attorney General Ken Paxton raised $2.9 million over the first 12 weeks of his bid for U.S. Senate, his campaign announced Friday. Paxton revealed the haul ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for federal candidates to disclose their spending and fundraising activities from the start of April through the end of June.

Ken Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate against longtime incumbent John Cornyn, asked for prayers and privacy as the pair “start a new chapter in our lives.”