Updated Top Donor Lists:

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Friedman

Perry

Strayhorn

Update: 30 Days Before the Election

   Strayhorn's Top Donors (Jan. 2003 - Sept. 2006)

Amount	Contributor	Employer	City
$708,500	Ryan & Co.	Ryan & Co.	Dallas
$588,782	George & Amanda Ryan	Ryan & Co. partner	Dallas
$512,358	John Eddie Williams, Jr.	Williams Bailey Law Firm partner	Houston
$511,029	Walter Umphrey	Provost & Umphrey Law Firm partner	Beaumont
$425,000	David & Martha Alameel	Jefferson Dental Clinics owner	Dallas
$315,000	Gerald Ridgely, Jr.	Ryan & Co. partner	Dallas
$285,503	Kenneth Banks	International Muffler Co. owner	Schulenburg
$205,000	James Trester	Ryan & Co. partner	Plano
$192,730	Greg LaMantia	L&F Distributors (beer) partner & gambling	McAllen
$166,618	Harlan R. Crow	Crow Holdings investing	Dallas
$165,000	Richard Thompson	Ryan & Co. partner	Lucas
$160,800	Patrick J. Moran	Moran Resources (oil) owner	Houston
$150,000	Q PAC	Q Funding (investing)	Fort Worth
$127,663	Fayez Sarofim	Fayez Sarofim & Co. (investing)	Houston
$125,000	Meredith J. Long	Meredith Long & Co. (art gallery) owner	Houston
$125,000	Joseph F. Phillips	Convenience stores owner	Mission
$117,944	Bill Orr	Orr Holdings (oil)	Austin
$113,751	Ben & Melanie Barnes	Entrecorp (lobbyist)	Austin
$100,180	Steve W. Sterquell	American [low-income] Housing Foundation	Amarillo
$100,000	AtlanGroup LLC	Gambling	Dallas
$100,000	Coastal Development	Gambling	New York
$100,000	Robert B. Girling, III	Girling Health [nursing] Care owner	Austin
$100,000	Joseph Jamail	Jamail & Kolius law firm partner	Houston
$97,500	Randall Donald	Ryan & Co. partner	Highland Village
$86,950	J.L. Davis	energy engineer	Midland
$86,455	Lance Lubel	Heard Robins Cloud … law firm partner	Houston
$84,807	Ramsay Gillman	Gillman Co's (auto dealer) president	Houston
$81,450	John Needham	Riverside Resources Property developer	Austin
$75,500	Wayne Reaud	Reaud Morgan & Quinn law firm partner	Beaumont
$75,000	Clearwater Partner's, Ltd.	Owned by Ryan & Co.’s James Trester	Plano
$74,239	Minton Burton Foster…	Law firm	Austin
$70,127	Terry Paul Gilmore	T.P. Gilmore Co’s (real estate & oil)	San Marcos
$65,000	Stanley K. Harper	Lenders & Members Service (auto loans)	Arlington
$65,000	Thomas N. Tourtellote	Hance Scarborough Wright…attorney	Driftwood
$56,040	W.A. Moncrief, Jr.	Moncrief Oil CEO	Fort Worth
$55,000	Joyce Covington	MCC Farms owner	Brenham
$55,000	W. Mark & Becky Lanier	Lanier Law Firm attorney	Houston
$54,500	MML Ventures Ltd.	MML Ventures Ltd. (oil)	Kilgore
$50,000	Charles C.Butt	H.E.B. Grocery CEO	San Antonio
$50,000	Michael Gallagher	Gallagher Lewis Downey & Kim attorney	Houston
$50,000	Robert D. McLane, Jr.	McLane Co. (grocery supply)	Temple
$50,000	Glen Wayne Morgan	Reaud Morgan & Quinn attorney	Beaumont
$50,000	Robert Moses	Oilfield services	Houston
$50,000	Lonnie A. 'Bo' Pilgrim	Pilgrim's Pride Poultry chair	Pittsburg
$50,000	Donald Sloan	Self-employed economic development	Chicago
$50,000	TX Auto Dealers Assoc.	Texas Automobile Dealers Association	Austin

 

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