Texas' Top Political Donors - 2010 Election Cycle

The following tables list the top 25 individual and top 25 institutional donors to Texas state candidates and political committees in the 2010 election cycle (1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010). Contribution totals are based on reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

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Individual Donors

Amount Name Employer Rank
$8,303,139 Bob & Doylene Perry Perry Homes 1
$2,277,850 Harold C. Simmons Contran Corp. 2
$2,090,138 John Steven & Amber Anderson Mostyn Mostyn Law Firm 3
$1,868,366 Lisa Blue Baron Baron & Blue 4
$1,550,000 David & Martha Alameel Jefferson Dental Clinics PC 5
$1,200,000 John Herschel McCall Armstrong McCall Beauty Supply 6
$1,172,500 Trevor D. Rees-Jones Chief Oil & Gas LLC 7
$1,002,766 Charles C. Butt HEB Grocery Co. 8
$951,171 Aimee Boone Brooks Group TX Democratic Party 9
$892,500 Robert C. McNair Jr. Cogen Technologies Houston Texans 10
$881,831 George Brint & Amanda Ryan Ryan & Co. P 11
$858,743 Garrett & Cecilia Boone Container Store 12
$844,590 Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt Holt Companies San Antonio Spurs 13
$807,484 John L. & Barbara E. Nau III Silver Eagle Distributors L 14
$735,000 Kenny & Lisa Troutt Mt. Vernon Investments LLC 15
$724,003 Thomas Dan Friedkin Friedkin Companies Inc. 16
$705,734 Robert & Terry Rowling TRT Holdings, Inc. 17
$705,438 Lee & Amy Fikes Bonanza Oil Inc. 18
$698,718 Richard W. Weekley Weekley Properties Texans for Lawsuit Reform 19
$680,507 Naomi D. Aberly HBK Investments 20
$676,500 Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell O'Donnell Foundation 21
$662,786 Joe R. Straus II State of Texas Watson Mazur Bennett and Straus 22
$659,208 Harlan R. & Katherine Crow Crow Holdings 23
$616,000 H. Ross Perot Jr. Hillwood Development Group Dell Perot 24
$608,420 James Doug Pitcock Jr. Williams Brothers Construction 25

Institutional Donors

Amount Name Rank
$7,625,679 Mostyn Law Firm 1
$5,984,382 Texans for Lawsuit Reform 2
$5,441,447 Texas Association of Realtors 3
$3,237,106 Bill White for Texas 4
$2,668,769 Texas Democratic Trust 5
$2,638,896 Texans for Insurance Reform 6
$2,459,660 Texans for Joe Straus 7
$2,267,854 Associated Republicans of Texas 8
$2,102,941 Energy Future Holdings 9
$2,039,659 House Democratic Campaign Comm. 10
$2,029,788 Democratic Governors Assoc. 11
$1,688,326 AT&T 12
$1,642,890 Texas Medical Association 13
$1,556,250 Border Health 14
$1,200,000 American Crossroads 15
$1,172,478 HillCo 16
$1,117,432 Fulbright & Jaworski 17
$1,104,953 TXU Energy PAC 18
$1,066,635 Republican State Leadership Comm. 19
$1,043,567 Williams Kherkher Hart & Boundas 20
$1,041,400 Andrews Kurth 21
$974,168 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable 22
$954,621 American Electric Power 23
$936,120 American Fed. of State County & Mun. Employees 24
$932,825 Assoc. General Contractors of Texas 25