[ Report Home | Previous Page | Next Page ] Texas PACs 2000 Election Cycle III. Comparing Ideological, Business & Labor PACs

“Business” PACs far outspent all other PACs combined, as they did in 1996 and 1998. Some 498 Business PACs spent $34.4 million, accounting for 64 percent of Texas’ total PAC spending. Dominated by political parties, 270 “Ideological and Single-Issue” PACs spent $16.8 million—or 31 percent of the state’s PAC spending. Finally, 82 “Labor” PACs spent $2.7 million, or 5 percent of all Texas PAC money.