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*Texas statewide officeholders are barred from raising money during regular legislative sessions. For this reason, Strayhorn raised no money during the first five months of 2003 and 2005.

Top Strayhorn Donors
(January 2003 through June 2006)

Amount	Contributor	Business	City
$558,500	Ryan & Co.	Ryan & Co. (tax consulting)	Dallas
$512,358	John Eddie Williams	Williams Bailey Law Firm	Houston
$500,000	Walter Umphrey	Provost Umphrey Law Firm	Beaumont
$438,782	George & Amanda Ryan	Ryan & Co. (tax consulting)	Dallas
$425,000	David & Martha Alameel	Jefferson Dental Clinics	Dallas
$285,503	Kenneth P. Banks	International Muffler Co.	Schulenburg
$240,000	Gerald Ridgely, Jr.	Ryan & Co. (tax consulting)	Dallas
$205,000	James Trester	Ryan & Co. (tax consulting)	Plano
$166,690	Greg LaMantia	L & F Distributors (beer)	McAllen
$166,618	Harlan R. Crow	Crow Holdings (real estate)	Dallas
$160,800	Patrick J. Moran	Moran Resources (oil)	Houston
$140,000	Richard Thompson	Ryan & Co. (tax consulting)	Lucas
$127,663	Fayez Sarofim	Fayez Sarofim & Co. (investing)	Houston
$125,000	Meredith J. Long	Meredith Long & Co. (art gallery)	Houston
$125,000	Joseph F. Phillips	Convenience store chain owner	Mission
$125,000	Q PAC	Q Funding, LP (investing)	Fort Worth
$117,944	Bill Orr	Orr Holdings, Ltd. (oil)	Austin
$107,500	Ben & Melanie Barnes	EntreCorp (lobbying)	Austin
$100,000	AtlanGroup LLC	Tied to consultant Mark Harkrider	Dallas
$100,000	Coastal Development LLC	Land & casino developer	New York
$100,000	Robert Girling III	Girling Health (nursing care)	Austin
$100,000	Joseph D. Jamail	Jamail & Kolius law firm	Houston
$94,081	Steve W. Sterquell III	American Housing Foundation	Amarillo
$86,950	J.L. Davis	Energy consultant	Midland
$76,455	Lance Lubel	Heard Robins Cloud Lubel law firm	Houston
$75,000	Ramsay Gillman	Gillman Co’s auto dealers	Houston
$72,500	Randall Donald	Ryan & Co. (tax consulting)	Highland Village
$70,127	Terry Paul Gilmore	T.P. Gilmore Co’s (developer)	San Marcos
$65,000	Stanley K. Harper	Lenders & Members Service (auto loans)	Arlington
$65,000	Thomas N. Tourtellote	Hance Scarborough Wright tax lawyer	Driftwood
$61,650	John Needham	Riverside Resources (developer)	Austin
$56,040	W.A. Moncrief, Jr.	Moncrief Oil	Fort Worth
$55,000	W. Mark Lanier	Lanier Law Firm	Houston
$54,500	MML Ventures, Ltd.	Oil & gas	Kilgore
$50,000	Charles C. Butt	HEB. Grocery	San Antonio
$50,000	Michael Timothy Gallagher	Gallagher Law Firm	Houston
$50,000	Robert D. McLane, Jr.	McLane Co. (grocery distributor)	Temple
$50,000	Robert Moses	Oilfield services	Houston
$50,000	Lonnie 'Bo' Pilgrim	Pilgrim's Pride Poultry	Pittsburg
$50,000	Donald Sloan	Self-employed Economic Development	Chicago
$50,000	TX Auto Dealers Assoc.	Trade group	Austin

 

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