TPJ PoliTex 2008: House

The Texas House

*All money raised between 1/1/07 and 12/31/08 by the 281 major-party candidates seeking 150 available House seats in 2008. Includes $420,966 in unitemized contributions.

For a listing of all 150 sitting House Members (with links to profiles of each member) click HERE.

       Top 5 Texas Sources
            ( 68% of Total )

City

Total

Austin
$27,800,265

Houston
$9,072,472

Dallas
$6,290,709

San Antonio
$3,023,507

Fort Worth
$1,564,265

   Top 5 Non-Texas Sources
            ( 3% of Total )

Non-Texas Sources

Total

District of Columbia
$788,533

Oklahoma
$319,281

Illinois
$305,698

California
$263,467

Florida
$203,348

Note: Except where noted, findings only include itemized contributions.

To see a profile of a Representative, click on his or her name.

Members
Dist.

Party

ICO*

Total
Raised

Total
Spent

Cash
On Hand†
Opponent(s)
Total Raised

Allen, Alma
131

D

I

$50,668

$50,369

$25,840

N/A

Alonzo, Robert
104

D

I

$153,155

$123,077

$71,205

$0

Alvarado, Carol
145

D

O

$312,029

$231,312

$342,178

$7,850

Anchia, Rafael
103

D

I

$280,790

$228,665

$94,682

N/A

Anderson, Charles
56

R

I

$356,491

$346,747

$68,519

$235,593

Aycock, Jimmie
54

R

I

$129,252

$77,408

$69,230

N/A

Berman, Leo
6

R

I

$70,135

$20,992

$47,667

N/A

Bohac, Dwayne
138

R

I

$450,675

$451,167

$17,601

$160,477

Bolton, Valinda
47

D

I

$493,920

$428,039

$27,596

$358,752

Bonnen, Dennis
25

R

I

$243,399

$169,080

$286,694

N/A

Branch, Dan
108

R

I

$1,541,464

$1,289,243

$643,697

$59,805

Brown, Betty
4

R

I

$458,330

$361,132

$29,955

$200,123

Brown, Fred
14

R

I

$90,082

$56,286

$0

N/A

Burnam, Lon
90

D

I

$140,929

$143,976

$44,304

$0

Button, Angie Chen
112

R

O

$506,767

$816,344

$5,347

$297,940

Callegari, Bill
132

R

I

$193,581

$141,946

$256,114

N/A

Castro, Joaquin
125

D

I

$100,536

$51,231

$57,166

N/A

Chavez, Norma
76

D

I

$188,646

$172,330

$43,308

N/A

Chisum, Warren
88

R

I

$385,246

$182,164

$585,011

N/A

Christian, Wayne
9

R

I

$190,461

$167,351

$85,750

$2,550

Cohen, Ellen
134

D

I

$516,017

$358,520

$230,377

$12,221

Coleman, Garnet
147

D

I

$381,361

$374,378

$89,964

$1,820

Cook, Byron
8

R

I

$285,414

$126,206

$317,637

$13,400

Corte, Frank
122

R

I

$287,372

$258,660

$123,985

$48,559

Crabb, Joe
127

R

I

$206,390

$121,448

$196,557

$73,195

Craddick, Tom
82

R

I

$2,571,984

$4,837,573

$2,127,071

$231,979

Creighton, Brandon
16

R

I

$174,496

$87,175

$133,174

N/A

Crownover, Myra
64

R

I

$216,160

$167,631

$202,124

$28,034

Darby, Drew
72

R

I

$209,271

$146,373

$106,858

N/A

Davis, John
129

R

I

$497,775

$571,418

$26,801

$408,081

Davis, Yvonne
111

D

I

$154,118

$140,945

$36,070

$0

Deshotel, Joe
22

D

I

$103,809

$107,057

$44,831

N/A

Driver, Joe
113

R

I

$209,676

$299,208

$76,341

$3,450

Dukes, Dawnna
46

D

I

$432,909

$332,059

$38,521

$152,051

Dunnam, Jim
57

D

I

$241,884

$349,700

$11,759

N/A

Dutton, Harold
142

D

I

$67,670

$63,884

$94,145

N/A

Edwards, Al
146

D

I

$187,621

$145,813

$33,753

$97,510

Eiland, Craig
23

D

I

$227,623

$190,110

$117,244

$5,050

Eissler, Rob
15

R

I

$322,196

$103,395

$338,543

N/A

Elkins, Gary
135

R

I

$296,797

$298,456

$21,886

$5,050

England, Kirk
106

D

I

$351,076

$237,992

$127,075

$348,467

Farabee, David
69

D

I

$118,190

$88,963

$74,948

N/A

Farias, Joe
118

D

I

$177,963

$183,803

$13,205

$17,639

Farrar, Jessica
148

D

I

$217,057

$213,581

$28,822

$40,356

Fletcher, Allen
130

R

C

$272,088

$227,055

$33,765

$490,993

Flores, Kino
36

D

I

$830,412

$943,074

$40,182

$428,392

Flynn, Dan
2

R

I

$237,082

$228,439

$79,563

N/A

Frost, Stephen
1

D

I

$213,320

$183,157

$20,615

$41,272

Gallego, Pete
74

D

I

$455,274

$462,186

$26,311

$5,050

Gattis, Dan
20

R

I

$290,465

$269,653

$127,685

$1,372

Geren, Charlie
99

R

I

$861,101

$901,853

$106,070

$500,177

Giddings, Helen
109

D

I

$177,894

$145,225

$182,361

N/A

Gonzales, Veronica
41

D

I

$526,997

$461,474

$59,526

$66,145

Gonzalez, Yvonne
35

D

I

$108,895

$54,847

$30,382

N/A

Guillen, Ryan
31

D

I

$205,566

$49,913

$430,773

N/A

Gutierrez, Roland
119

D

O

$147,765

$115,489

$92,165

N/A

Hamilton, Mike
19

R

I

$422,945

$346,881

$105,831

$154,224

Hancock, Kelly
91

R

I

$215,720

$175,032

$126,266

$15,717

Hardcastle, Rick
68

R

I

$165,739

$124,529

$101,005

N/A

Harless, Patricia
126

R

I

$195,253

$118,886

$103,893

$1,039

Harper-Brown, Linda
105

R

I

$629,897

$465,982

$74,021

$108,649

Hartnett, Will
114

R

I

$72,175

$87,103

$67,327

N/A

Heflin, Joe
85

D

I

$244,993

$206,551

$42,734

$260,458

Hernandez, Ana
143

D

I

$116,979

$92,455

$62,523

$5,301

Herrero, Abel
34

D

I

$576,502

$457,718

$56,026

$312,948

Hilderban, Harvey
53

R

I

$161,362

$147,425

$323,458

N/A

Hochberg, Scott
137

D

I

$139,201

$115,464

$49,842

N/A

Hodge, Terri
100

D

I

$283,622

$237,399

$7,493

N/A

Homer, Mark
3

D

I

$471,432

$546,811

$30,882

$508,022

Hopson, Chuck
11

D

I

$757,578

$701,214

$80,507

$377,864

Howard, Charlie
26

R

I

$246,111

$160,935

$386,120

$24,901

Howard, Donna
48

D

I

$283,482

$225,022

$112,478

$43,377

Hughes, Bryan
5

R

I

$103,452

$93,563

$54,332

N/A

Hunter, Todd
32

R

C

$969,393

$876,709

$132,788

$1,493,661

Isett, Carl
84

R

I

$401,396

$293,373

$206,295

N/A

Jackson, Jim
115

R

I

$103,239

$91,544

$59,967

N/A

Jones, Delwin
83

R

I

$190,594

$187,129

$37,144

$36,184

Keffer, James
60

R

I

$364,580

$389,611

$335,801

$1,600

Kent, Carol
102

D

C

$529,023

$446,449

$42,281

$537,603

King, Phillip
61

R

I

$1,259,804

$1,494,053

$98,038

$174,516

King, Susan
71

R

I

$202,123

$85,831

$173,290

N/A

King, Tracy
80

D

I

$190,371

$106,964

$188,258

N/A

Kleinschmidt, Tim
17

R

O

$787,689

$545,647

$34,638

$663,678

Kolkhorst, Lois
13

R

I

$251,064

$184,481

$277,379

N/A

Kuempel, Edmund
44

R

I

$204,569

$273,073

$143,750

N/A

Laubenberg, Jodie
89

R

I

$203,457

$106,803

$276,804

N/A

Legler, Ken
144

R

O

$591,850

$477,220

$443

$611,280

Leibowitz, David
117

D

I

$31,500

$56,637

$20,770

$10,877

Lewis, Tryon
81

R

C

$342,161

$319,787

$43,914

$150,524

Lucio III, Eddie
38

D

I

$243,195

$259,498

$50,364

N/A

Madden, Jerry
67

R

I

$422,463

$397,399

$15,213

$129,836

Maldonado, Diana
52

D

O

$857,334

$697,028

$37,150

$1,013,421

Mallory Caraway, Barbara
110

D

I

$51,918

$52,186

$22,573

N/A

Marquez, Marisa
77

D

C

$164,078

$129,733

$38,222

$155,681

Martinez Fischer, Trey
116

D

I

$311,988

$158,864

$347,196

N/A

Martinez, Armando
39

D

I

$130,135

$195,556

$9,112

N/A

McCall, Brian
66

R

I

$307,600

$219,537

$627,132

N/A

McClendon, Ruth
120

D

I

$226,395

$146,006

$102,456

N/A

McReynolds, Jim
12

D

I

$262,843

$190,920

$112,054

$19,187

Menendez, Jose
124

D

I

$182,720

$151,909

$146,497

N/A

Merritt, Tommy
7

R

I

$178,072

$217,619

$19,299

N/A

Miklos, Robert
101

D

C

$369,854

$167,235

$23,993

$716,540

Miller, Doug
73

R

C

$735,734

$476,468

$46,678

$412,421

Miller, Sid
59

R

I

$312,773

$366,148

$125,555

$64,428

Moody, Joseph
78

D

O

$708,548

$500,838

$27,463

$1,559,532

Morrison, Geanie
30

R

I

$174,117

$158,907

$160,280

N/A

Naishtat, Elliot
49

D

I

$132,897

$130,782

$253,484

N/A

Oliveira, Rene
37

D

I

$303,715

$283,050

$50,130

$32,956

Olivo, Dora
27

D

I

$156,740

$136,328

$31,996

$90,014

Orr, Rob
58

R

I

$265,254

$148,099

$203,508

$7,397

Ortiz, Solomon
33

D

I

$299,046

$308,107

$56,417

$46,160

Otto, John
18

R

I

$234,845

$219,831

$112,551

$9,766

Parker, Tan
63

R

O

$194,866

$141,295

$77,116

$2,750

Patrick, Diane
94

R

I

$120,592

$114,487

$42,094

N/A

Paxton, Ken
70

R

I

$320,266

$87,742

$492,441

N/A

Pena, Aaron
40

D

I

$515,762

$386,588

$1,825

$45,885

Phillips, Larry
62

R

I

$107,784

$48,668

$158,469

$0

Pickett, Joe
79

D

I

$89,802

$79,622

$98,727

N/A

Pierson, Paula
93

D

I

$287,766

$304,711

$10,190

$56,017

Pitts, Jim
10

R

I

$325,315

$394,908

$449,598

N/A

Quintanilla, Chente
75

D

I

$105,345

$92,752

$39,673

$2,625

Raymond, Richard
42

D

I

$423,771

$453,804

$75,786

N/A

Riddle, Debbie
150

R

I

$113,610

$117,764

$59,690

$8,650

Rios Ybarra, Tara
43

D

C

$478,073

$605,428

$8,340

$264,354

Ritter, Allan
21

D

I

$149,868

$99,506

$214,198

N/A

Rodriguez, Eddie
51

D

I

$92,178

$71,858

$35,343

N/A

Rose, Patrick
45

D

I

$1,140,270

$955,415

$304,086

$45,130

Sheffield, Ralph
55

R

O

$566,055

$621,439

$18,534

$656,940

Shelton, Mark
97

R

C

$1,010,763

$831,983

$50,129

$1,136,661

Smith, Todd
92

R

I

$126,297

$114,584

$95,522

$5,325

Smith, Wayne
128

R

I

$209,620

$140,687

$214,619

N/A

Smithee, John
86

R

I

$94,788

$27,714

$193,108

$1,800

Solomons, Burt
65

R

I

$331,098

$107,979

$988,978

N/A

Strama, Mark
50

D

I

$248,883

$196,501

$106,400

$18,975

Straus, Joe
121

R

I

$358,555

$248,673

$648,017

N/A

Swinford, David
87

R

I

$246,602

$172,580

$125,188

N/A

Taylor, Larry
24

R

I

$161,168

$145,168

$161,125

N/A

Thibaut, Kristi
133

D

C

$451,242

$301,538

$49,047

$425,293

Thompson, Senfronia
141

D

I

$233,274

$257,159

$142,300

$1,206

Truitt, Vicki
98

R

I

$421,426

$461,011

$151,470

$4,191

Turner, Chris
96

D

C

$863,604

$667,112

$69,629

$1,049,170

Turner, Sylvester
139

D

I

$464,675

$365,714

$274,884

N/A

Vaught, Allen
107

D

I

$615,686

$369,690

$137,290

$579,100

Veasey, Marc
95

D

I

$263,281

$298,200

$53,007

N/A

Villarreal, Mike
123

D

I

$196,224

$166,022

$128,790

N/A

Vo, Hubert
149

D

I

$496,287

$361,689

$91,253

$471,061

Walle, Armando
140

D

C

$244,417

$108,943

$48,305

$363,126

Weber, Randy
29

R

O

$237,028

$254,652

$3,187

$58,345

Woolley, Beverly
136

R

I

$325,990

$370,588

$229,369

N/A

Zerwas, John
28

R

I

$345,899

$342,619

$53,975

$5,531

Note: Candidates reported the totals above to the Texas Ethics Commission.

* I = Incumbent; C = Challenger; O = Open Seat
† Cash On Hand as of 12/31/08