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Austin’s Oldest Profession: Texas’ Top Lobby Clients & Those Who Service Them
2002 Edition

II. Lobby Clients

D. Clients By Interest Category
PACs2000
This report categorizes Texas’ 2001 lobby contracts by their underlying interests. Energy & Natural Resources is the leading category, accounting for 17 percent of all the money spent on lobby contracts in Texas. The next largest categories, respectively, are Ideological & Single-Issue clients (13 percent), Communications & Electronics clients (13 percent), Health clients (11 percent) and Miscellaneous Business clients (10 percent).

 
Maximum Lobbying by Interest Category
 
Max. Value
Min. Value
No. of
 
Interest Category
of Contracts
of Contracts
Contracts
Percent
Agriculture
$4,740,001
$2,145,000
145
2%
Communications/Electronics
$26,550,000
$13,335,000
530
13%
Construction
$6,275,001
$3,040,000
148
3%
Energy/Natural Resources
$36,205,002
$17,770,000
811
17%
Financial
$11,425,000
$4,720,000
387
5%
Health
$23,340,030
$9,705,030
768
11%
Ideological/Single Issue
$28,355,000
$12,380,000
801
13%
Insurance
$14,075,000
$3,450,000
850
7%
Labor
$3,115,000
$1,310,000
98
1%
Lawyers/Lobbyists
$10,350,012
$6,420,000
175
5%
Misc. Business
$20,550,000
$9,350,000
562
10%
Other
$4,410,000
$1,990,000
120
2%
Real Estate
$6,725,001
$3,170,000
172
3%
Transportation
$9,435,000
$4,395,000
219
5%
Unknown
$5,255,000
$1,910,000
221
3%
TOTAL 
 $210,805,047
 $95,090,030
6,007
100%


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