Governor Rick Perry’s $100,000-plus Mega-Donors
As Texas' longest-serving governor, Rick Perry raised $102.8 million from 2001 through December 31, 2010. Perry raised almost $51 million from 204 mega-donors who gave him $100,000 or more. The Republican Governor's Association (RGA) ranks as the governor's No. 1 overall donor, contributing $4 million. However, Houston homebuilder Bob Perry (no relation) supplied the RGA with $11.2 million since 2005 and has given the governor more than $2.5 million directly to technically claim the No. 2 spot. Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who is converting Andrews County into the nation's default nuclear waste dump with Governor Perry’s support, ranks No. 3. Governor Perry's top donors are dominated by corporate PACs, executives and corporate trade associations.
204 Mega-Donors Gave Governor Perry $100,000 or More
| Amount | Contributor | Company | City |
| $4,000,000 | Republican Governors Association PAC | ||
| $2,531,799 | Bob & Doylene Perry | Perry Homes | Houston |
| $1,120,000 | Harold C. Simmons | Contran Corp. | Dallas |
| $750,000 | Republican National State Elections Committee | Washington | |
| $715,308 | Thomas and Dan Friedkin | Friedkin Companies Inc. | Houston |
| $705,000 | Kenny & Lisa Troutt | Mt. Vernon Investments LLC | Dallas |
| $612,000 | Friends of Phil Gramm PAC | Friends of Phil Gramm PAC | Helotes |
| $563,334 | George Brint & Amanda Ryan | Ryan & Co. P.C. | Dallas |
| $537,740 | Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt | Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs | Blanco |
| $506,740 | AT&T, Inc. PAC | AT&T | Austin |
| $496,668 | Lonnie A. 'Bo' Pilgrim | Pilgrim's Pride Poultry | Pittsburg |
| $490,258 | Robert Sr & Michelle 'Mica' Mosbacher Sr. | Mosbacher Energy Co. | Houston |
| $421,000 | James Doug Pitcock Jr. | Williams Brothers Construction | Houston |
| $420,000 | J. Ralph & Joy Ellis Jr. | Belmont Oil & Gas Corp. | Irving |
| $416,546 | Larry Anders | Summit Alliance Companies | Dallas |
| $410,000 | Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) | Texas Association of Realtors | Austin |
| $408,758 | Paul L. Foster | Western Refining Co. | El Paso |
| $400,500 | Gary R. Petersen | EnCap Investments LP | Houston |
| $398,625 | B.J. 'Red' & Charline McCombs | Red McCombs Automotive Group | San Antonio |
| $395,070 | Charles W. & Judy Tate | Capital Royalty LLC | Sugarland |
| $390,111 | L. E. Simmons | SCF Partners | Houston |
| $382,889 | Jeff Davis Sandefer | Sandefer Capital Partners LP | Austin |
| $378,967 | Charles Wood Jr. | Dallas Fire Insurance Co. | Dallas |
| $377,500 | T. Boone Pickens | BP Capital | Dallas |
| $372,500 | S. Reed Morian | DX Holding Company Inc. | Houston |
| $369,144 | Woody L. & Gayle G. Hunt | Hunt Corp. | El Paso |
| $365,002 | R. Steven & Donna Hicks | Capstar Partners LLC | Austin |
| $361,533 | Robert & Terry Rowling | TRT Holdings, Inc. | Irving |
| $355,000 | North Cypress Medical Center | North Cypress Medical Center | Houston |
| $337,027 | Lee Bass | Bass Brothers Enterprises | Fort Worth |
| $336,000 | Alice L. Walton | Wal-Mart | Mineral Wells |
| $331,000 | Stevan Hammond | Marketing Investors Corp. | Dallas |
| $330,578 | Charles Berndon Lawrence | Kirby Corp. | Houston |
| $330,000 | Robert C. McNair Jr. | Cogen Technologies/Houston Texans | Houston |
| $327,910 | Tilman J. Fertitta | Landry's Restaurants Inc. | Houston |
| $327,500 | James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum | Dannenbaum Engineering | Houston |
| $320,136 | Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC | Texas Association of Builders | Lubbock |
| $317,179 | Richard Scott | Trans-Global Solutions (TGS), Inc | Houston |
| $310,000 | Robert Waltrip | Service Corporation International | Houston |
| $305,000 | Gulf States Toyota Inc. PAC | Gulf States Toyota | Houston |
| $301,000 | Clifton L. Thomas Jr. | Speedy Stop Convenience Stores/Thomas Petroleum | Victoria |
| $300,000 | Moshe Azoulay | Skyrise Properties, LLC | Dallas |
| $290,000 | Forrest E. Hoglund | SeaOne Maritime Corp. | Dallas |
| $289,593 | Phil D Adams | Phil Adams Company | Bryan |
| $287,750 | H. Ross Perot Jr. | Hillwood Development Group/Dell Perot | Plano |
| $286,400 | Lowry & Peggy Mays | Clear Channel Entertainment | San Antonio |
| $285,000 | Jeffery D. Hildebrand | Hilcorp Energy Company | Houston |
| $283,919 | John L. & Barbara E. Nau III | Silver Eagle Distributors L.P. | Houston |
| $283,888 | Dan L. Duncan | Enterprise Products Partners | Houston |
| $281,127 | Robert T. Brockman | Universal Computer Systems | Houston |
| $279,000 | Dian Owen Graves Stai | Owen Healthcare Inc. | Abilene |
| $275,000 | J. Dan Brown | Brown Distributing Co. Ltd. | Austin |
| $275,000 | Richard & Jill Salwen | Dell Inc | Austin |
| $272,653 | Larry Martin | USA Waste | Houston |
| $269,000 | Richard Wallrath | Champion Window, Inc.; Champion Ranch | Centerville |
| $268,500 | Stanley K. Harper | Lenders & Members Service Group Inc. | Arlington |
| $268,000 | Louis A. & Julie Beecherl III | Beecherl Companies | Dallas |
| $267,902 | J. Robert & Sherry Brown n/a | Desert Eagle Distributing Co. | El Paso |
| $266,290 | L. Frederick Francis | Bank of the West | El Paso |
| $265,000 | Ray L. Hunt | Hunt Consolidated, Inc. | Dallas |
| $262,000 | Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable | Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable | Houston |
| $261,652 | Ned S. Holmes | Parkway Investments/Texas Inc. | Houston |
| $258,000 | Erle A. & Alice Nye | TXU Energy Corp. | Dallas |
| $257,126 | Drayton McLane Jr. | McLane Company Inc. | Temple |
| $255,000 | BG Distribution Partners PAC | BG Distribution Partners, Ltd. | Houston |
| $253,837 | HillCo PAC | Hillco Partners | Austin |
| $250,000 | Charles C. Butt | HEB Grocery Co. | San Antonio |
| $250,000 | National Republican Senatorial Committee | Washington | |
| $248,333 | Johnny Baker | Baker Managers LLC | Houston |
| $247,401 | John McStay | McStay & Associates | Dallas |
| $245,000 | Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell Jr. | O'Donnell Foundation | Dallas |
| $239,233 | James R. & Cecelia Leininger | Kinetic Concepts Inc. | San Antonio |
| $238,635 | Lee Roy Mitchell | Cinemark USA Inc. | Plano |
| $235,000 | James C. Flores | Plains Exploration & Production Co. | Houston |
| $233,500 | Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) | Texas Dental Association | Austin |
| $231,500 | Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Huddleston | Hyperion Resources Inc. | Dallas |
| $231,000 | George C. 'Tim' & Karen Hixon | Hixon Properties | San Antonio |
| $229,422 | Gerald Rubin | Helen of Troy | El Paso |
| $225,000 | Border Health PAC (BHPAC) | Border Health PAC | McAllen |
| $221,500 | William A. & Wendy J. Boothe MD | Boothe Eye Care | Dallas |
| $221,295 | Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) | Texans For Lawsuit Reform | Austin |
| $221,000 | Brad & Stephanie Tucker | Mustang Tractor & Equipment Co. | Houston |
| $218,115 | Bobby and Phyllis Ray | Hovnanian Ent. | Plano |
| $215,000 | Texas Apartment Association PAC | Texas Apartment Association | San Antonio |
| $215,000 | Sam Wyly | Ranger Capital | Dallas |
| $209,094 | Vance & Geraldine 'Tincy' Miller | Henry S. Miller Companies | Dallas |
| $207,000 | Morton L. Topfer | Castletop Capital Management | Austin |
| $206,000 | Donald J. Carter Jr. | Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc. | Addison |
| $205,000 | Hushang Ansary | Stewart & Stevenson | Houston |
| $203,375 | Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson | Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson | Austin |
| $202,500 | TXU Energy PAC | TXU Energy Corp. | Dallas |
| $201,879 | James L. Huffines Jr. | Huffines Auto Dealerships | Dallas |
| $201,463 | James Dondero | Highland Capital Management LP | Dallas |
| $200,000 | James Schneider | Dell Inc | Austin |
| $193,682 | Fulbright & Jaworski LLP | Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. | Houston |
| $190,402 | James Lee | Ascendant Advisors, LLC | Houston |
| $190,000 | Vinson & Elkins Texas | Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | Houston |
| $188,900 | Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) | Associated General Contractors | Austin |
| $187,000 | Joe R. & Teresa Long | First State Bank Central Texas | Austin |
| $185,500 | William P. Clements Jr. | SEDCO | Dallas |
| $185,000 | United Services Automobile Association Group (USAA) | United Services Automobile ASN | San Antonio |
| $184,946 | Frank & Mary Yturria | Yturria Ranch | Brownsville |
| $182,720 | Bobby D. and Leona Cox | Bobby Cox Companies Inc. | Ft. Worth |
| $178,419 | Danny Janecka | J&B Foods | Flatonia |
| $177,300 | James P. Wilson | Rice Sangalis Toole & Wilson (RSTW Partners) | Sugar Land |
| $174,926 | Texas Medical Association TEXPAC | Texas Medical Association | Austin |
| $173,300 | Robert D. Gillikin | Cummins Southern Plains Inc. | Dallas |
| $167,500 | Bank of America PAC | Bank of America Corp. | Austin |
| $166,918 | SBC Corp. | SBC | Austin |
| $165,291 | Harold & Beth A. Hahn | Rocky Mortgage Company | El Paso |
| $165,211 | Clayton W. & Modesta Williams Jr. | Clayton Williams Energy Inc. | Midland |
| $165,000 | Mickey & Renee Long | Westex Well Services | Midland |
| $165,000 | Joe Sanderson Jr. | Sanderson Farms | Laurel |
| $165,000 | H. B. 'Bartell' Jr. & Mollie Zachry Jr. | Zachry Construction Corp. | San Antonio |
| $163,946 | Richard W. Weekley | Weekley Properties/Texans for Lawsuit Reform | Houston |
| $161,500 | W. Marvin & Barbara Rush | Rush Enterprise Inc. | San Antonio |
| $159,336 | Texas Optometric PAC | Texas Optometric PAC | Austin |
| $156,000 | Gerald Stool | Greenway Investment Co. | Dallas |
| $155,000 | Ronald Steve Letbetter | Reliant Energy Inc. | Houston |
| $155,000 | Union Pacific Fund | Union Pacific Railroad | Washington |
| $152,500 | Bennett Joe Glazer | Glazer's Family of Companies | Dallas |
| $151,000 | Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) | Independent Insurance Agents of Texas | Austin |
| $150,000 | Gallagher Law Firm (Gallagher Serafin Kim & Lewis) | Gallagher Law Firm | Houston |
| $150,000 | Kent R. Hance | Texas Tech University System | Lubbock |
| $150,000 | John Herschel McCall | Armstrong McCall Beauty Supply | Spicewood |
| $150,000 | Curtis W. Mewbourne | Mewbourne Oil Company | Tyler |
| $150,000 | James R. Moffett | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | New Orleans |
| $150,000 | Trevor D. Rees-Jones | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Dallas |
| $150,000 | Michael Stevens | Michael Stevens Interests Inc. | Houston |
| $148,500 | Morris Foster | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Houston |
| $148,000 | Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | Houston |
| $147,925 | Jerry and Glenda Kane | Sam Kane Beef Processors Inc. | Corpus Christi |
| $147,500 | Chickasaw Nation | Chickasaw Nation | Ada |
| $145,150 | Clayton Reaser | Texas Teachers, LLC | Dallas |
| $143,500 | Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) | Texas Consumer Finance Association | Austin |
| $142,115 | David & Teresa Disiere | Deep South Holding L.P. | Southlake |
| $140,578 | Valero PAC | Valero Energy Corp | San Antonio |
| $140,284 | Republican Party of Texas | Republican Party of Texas | Austin |
| $140,000 | Texas Oil & Gas PAC (TXOGA) | Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) | Austin |
| $137,067 | Anne W. Marion | Burnett Oil Co. | Fort Worth |
| $136,616 | R. Michael Ward | Double Diamond Companies | Dallas |
| $135,953 | Nathan E. Crain | Crain Information Systems | Dallas |
| $135,000 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. | Fort Worth |
| $133,333 | J. Frank Miller III | JPI Companies | Irving |
| $130,230 | Harlan R. & Katherine Crow | Crow Holdings | Dallas |
| $128,090 | H. Gary and Diane Heavin | Curves International, Inc. | Gatesville |
| $128,000 | J. O. Stewart Jr. | Community Capital Corp. | El Paso |
| $127,549 | Independent Bankers Association | Independent Bankers Association | Austin |
| $127,500 | Allan Polunsky | Polunsky & Beitel LLP | San Antonio |
| $126,000 | William A. & Nancy F. McMinn | Sterling Group | Houston |
| $125,000 | Gene Phillips | Prime Income Asset Mgt | Dallas |
| $125,000 | Polunsky & Beitel LLP | Polunsky & Beitel LLP | San Antonio |
| $125,000 | Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) | Texas Automobile Dealers Association | Austin |
| $125,000 | Michael Vollman | Vignette Corp. | Austin |
| $125,000 | Charles J. Wyly Jr. | Ranger Capital | Dallas |
| $124,000 | Chaz Glace | Chasco Contracting Co. | Round Rock |
| $123,700 | Eugene H. Dawson Jr. | Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. | San Antonio |
| $122,500 | Vernon & Emily Reaser III | Texas Teachers, LLC | Houston |
| $120,000 | Robert Stillwell | BP Capital | Houston |
| $120,000 | Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACPAC) | Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association | Austin |
| $119,500 | Richard Sheldon | Rick Sheldon Real Estate | Waco |
| $116,500 | W Jonas | Holland & Knight | San Antonio |
| $115,502 | Gordon T. Graves | Graves Management, Inc. | Austin |
| $115,000 | Richard Fant | New Process Steel | Houston |
| $115,000 | Farmers Employee & Agent PAC | Farmers Insurance Co | Austin |
| $115,000 | Julia Jones Matthews | Dodge Jones Foundation | Abilene |
| $112,500 | Baker Botts Amicus Fund | Baker Botts LLP | Houston |
| $112,500 | Christopher (Kit) Goldsbury Jr. | Silver Ventures Inc. | San Antonio |
| $112,300 | Weldon R. Denman | Denman & Company | Austin |
| $112,228 | Republican Party of Texas Victory 2002 | Austin | |
| $112,000 | Mike G. Rutherford Sr. | Rutherford Oil Co. | Houston |
| $110,848 | Thomas O. Hicks | Hicks Muse Tate & Furst | Dallas |
| $110,250 | Toby and Melissa Neugebauer | Quantum Energy Partners | Lubbock |
| $110,000 | Teamsters DRIVE Committee (IBT) | International Brotherhood of Teamsters DRIVE Committee | Washington |
| $109,500 | David and Jennifer Spencer | Mandelbrot Ventures Inc (prev On Board Software Inc.) | San Antonio |
| $108,700 | John Victor Lattimore Jr. | Lattimore Materials | McKinney |
| $107,688 | Leslie Doggett | WL Doggett LLC | Houston |
| $107,500 | Gary & Susan Farmer | Heritage Title Company of Austin Inc. | Austin |
| $107,083 | Winstead P.C. | Winstead PC | Dallas |
| $106,250 | S. Wil Vanloh Jr. | Quantum Energy | Houston |
| $106,000 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Austin |
| $105,000 | Texas Society of Architects Committee | Texas Society of Architects | Austin |
| $104,225 | Texas Hospital Association HOSPAC | Texas Hospital Association | Austin |
| $104,000 | Jack A. Cardwell | Petro Stopping Centers | El Paso |
| $103,587 | William F. Scott | Trans-Global Solutions (TGS), Inc | Nederland |
| $102,500 | Texas Bankers Association (TBA) BankPac | Texas Bankers Association | Austin |
| $102,000 | Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) | Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants | Dallas |
| $101,000 | J. Kyle Bass | Hayman Advisors, LP | Dallas |
| $101,000 | Ray Davis | Energy Transfer Partners | Dallas |
| $101,000 | Grande Communications PAC | Grande Communications | San Marcos |
| $100,000 | ACC Capital Holdings - PAC | ACC Capital Holdings | Austin |
| $100,000 | Sid Bass | Bass Brothers Enterprises | Fort Worth |
| $100,000 | Glenn Collins | NeoDyme Technologies | College Station |
| $100,000 | Darwin Deason | Affiliated Computers Services, Inc. (ACS) | Dallas |
| $100,000 | Dlloyd Investments LTD | Houston | |
| $100,000 | Mark W. Eidman | Scott Douglas & McConnico LLP | Austin |
| $100,000 | Foster Friess | Brandywine Financial | Jackson |
| $100,000 | Marcus Hiles | Western Rim Investments | Coppell |
| $100,000 | KOCH PAC | Koch Industries | Washington |
| $100,000 | Scott Kubitz | EP Fitness | El Paso |
| $100,000 | John McHale | Tipping Point Co. | Austin |
| $100,000 | Charles & Beth Miller | Meridian Advisors | Houston |
| $100,000 | Ira Rennert | Renco Group | New York |
| $100,000 | Texas Health Care Association PAC (THCA) | Texas Health Care Association | Austin |