Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Senator John Carona (R)
District 16

State Website    Contributions

(Contributions & expenditure totals cover from January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010. Cash on hand totals as of December 31, 2010)
Incumbency Status Incumbent Total Raised $1,065,434
Primary Result Off Year Total Spent $1,041,650
General Result Off Year Cash on Hand $420,555

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Austin $369,088
Dallas $284,020
Houston $130,500
Fort Worth $23,350
San Antonio $18,000

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Barry G. Andrews Dallas $25,000 Andrews Distributing
James Doug Pitcock Jr. Houston $25,000 Williams Brothers Construction
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $25,000 Texas Association of Realtors
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $20,000 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $15,555 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $15,000 AT&T
Jack E. Pratt Sr. Dallas $15,000 Pratt Development
Texas Optometric PAC Austin $15,000 Texas Optometric PAC
Texas Credit Union League PAC Dallas $12,500 Texas Credit Union League
HillCo PAC Austin $11,000 Hillco Partners
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $10,100 Associated General Contractors
Coalition for Better Transportation Dallas $10,000 Coalition for Better Transportation
Harlan R. & Katherine Crow Dallas $10,000 Crow Holdings
John Steven & Amber Anderson Mostyn Houston $10,000 Mostyn Law Firm
Mostyn Law Firm Houston $10,000 Mostyn Law Firm
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $10,000 Perry Homes
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $10,000 Texas Medical Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) Austin $10,000 Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $8,500 Texas Consumer Finance Association
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $8,500 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Texas Bankers Association (TBA) BankPac Austin $8,000 Texas Bankers Association
Farmers Employee & Agent PAC Austin $7,500 Farmers Insurance Co
Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC) Austin $7,500 Texans for Economic Development PAC
Bank of America PAC Austin $7,000 Bank of America
TXU Energy PAC Dallas $7,000 TXU Energy
Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) Austin $5,500 ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS
Baron & Budd P.C. Dallas $5,000 Baron & Budd PC
Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Austin $5,000 Beer Alliance of Texas
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $5,000 HEB Grocery
Donald J. Carter Jr. Addison $5,000 Home Interiors & Gifts
Chickasaw Nation Ada $5,000 Chickasaw Nation
James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum Houston $5,000 Dannenbaum Engineering
ENTERGY ENPAC Austin $5,000 Entergy
Al G. Hill Jr. Dallas $5,000 Hill Holdings
W. Mark or Becky S. Lanier Houston $5,000 Lanier Law Firm P.C.
Licensed Beverage Distributors PAC Austin $5,000 Licensed Beverage Distributors
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $5,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
Niemann & Niemann LLP Austin $5,000 Niemann & Niemann
NRG Energy Political Action Committee Princeton $5,000 PAC
Erle A. & Alice Nye Dallas $5,000 TXU Energy
Brian D. Pardo Waco $5,000 Life Partners Holdings
Gerry E. Pate Houston $5,000 Pate Engineers
H. Ross Perot Jr. Plano $5,000 Hillwood Development Group/Dell Perot
PSEL PAC Fort Worth $5,000 PSEL PAC
Q PAC Fort Worth $5,000 Q Funding,
Robert I. Reich Deerfield Beach $5,000 Community Loans of America Inc
Nelson James Roach Daingerfield $5,000 Nix Patterson & Roach
Robert & Terry Rowling Irving $5,000 TRT Holdings
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $5,000 Ryan & Company
Kenneth Schnitzer Jr. Dallas $5,000 Park Place Motorcars Ltd
Harold C. Simmons Dallas $5,000 Contran
Andrew B. Sommerman P.C. Dallas $5,000 SOMMERMAN QUESADA
Southwestern Committee On Political Education (SCOPE) Amarillo $5,000 Southwestern Public Service
Texas Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $5,000 Texas Apartment Association
Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) Austin $5,000 Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Gaming Association (TGA) Austin $5,000 Texas Gaming Assoc. PAC
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC Austin $5,000 Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC
Texas State Farm Agents PAC Austin $5,000 State Farm Insurance
Texas Telephone Association PAC Austin $5,000 Texas Telephone Association
Union Pacific Fund Washington $5,000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Victor & Kristin Vandergriff Arlington $5,000 VAN TUYL GROUP
Waters & Kraus Dallas $5,000 Waters & Kraus
Webster Surgical Specialty Hospital Webster $5,000
John & Anne Weisman Uvalde $5,000 Hunter Industries Ltd
Williams Kherkher Hart & Boundas LLP Houston $5,000 Williams Kherkher Hart & Boundas