Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Senator Rodney Ellis (D)
District 13

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 $487,209
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $330,793
General Result 78% Cash on Hand $1,851,213

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Houston $229,309
Austin $108,200
Dallas $31,750
Washington D.C. $10,250
Sugarland $8,100

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $25,000 Perry Homes
Friends of the University of Houston Houston $11,000 Friends of the University of Houston
Ramsay Gillman Houston $10,000 Gillman Companies
Joseph Dahr Jamail Jr. Houston $10,000 Jamail & Kolius
Plumbers Local Union No. 68 PAC Houston $10,000 Plumbers Local Union No. 68
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $10,000 Texas Association of Realtors
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) Austin $10,000 Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $8,000 Associated General Contractors
James Doug Pitcock Jr. Houston $7,500 Williams Brothers Construction
Allen Boone Humphries LLP Houston $6,000 Allen Boone Humphries
John & Lindy Rydman Houston $6,000 Spec's Liquor Warehouse
Dorothy Smith Houston $5,500
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $5,000 AT&T
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $5,000 HEB Grocery
Chickasaw Nation Ada $5,000 Chickasaw Nation
Charles W. and Anne Duncan Jr. Houston $5,000 Duncan Interests
Gallagher Law Firm (Gallagher Serafin Kim & Lewis) Houston $5,000 Gallagher Law Firm
Robert E. & Gordon R. Johnson Austin $5,000 Johnson & Johnson Law Firm
Kase Lawal Houston $5,000 CAMAC International
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $5,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
MAXXAM Inc.PAC Houston $5,000 MAXXAM
Brian D. Pardo Waco $5,000 Life Partners Holdings
Gerry E. Pate Houston $5,000 Pate Engineers
Jack E. Pratt Sr. Dallas $5,000 Pratt Development
Farouk Shami The Woodlands $5,000 Farouk Systems
Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC) Austin $5,000 Texans for Economic Development PAC
Texas Gaming Association (TGA) Austin $5,000 Texas Gaming Assoc. PAC
Vinson & Elkins Texas Houston $5,000 Vinson & Elkins
Webster Surgical Specialty Hospital Webster $5,000
David Edward Gochman Katy $4,500 Academy Sports & Outdoors
Atmos Energy Dallas $4,000 Atmos Energy
Bank of America PAC Austin $4,000 Bank of America
Texas Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $4,000 Texas Apartment Association
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $4,000 Texas Dental Association
Geoffrey Walker Houston $4,000 Andrews & Kurth
William Hobby Houston $3,500 Hobby Communications
John L. & Barbara E. Nau III Houston $3,500 Silver Eagle Distributors
NRG Energy Political Action Committee Princeton $3,500 PAC
Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Austin $3,000 Beer Alliance of Texas
James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum Houston $3,000 Dannenbaum Engineering
C. Mike Garver Houston $3,000 BRH-Garver
James H. Greer Houston $3,000 Greer Capital
Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) PAC Austin $3,000 Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA)
Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) Austin $3,000 Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA)
Ellis Tudzin Houston $3,000 Self
Tilman J. Fertitta Houston $2,500 Landry's Restaurants
Harden Healthcare Texas LP Austin $2,500 Harden Healthcare Texas
HeartPlace PAC Dallas $2,500 HeartPlace
HillCo PAC Austin $2,500 Hillco Partners
Houston Fire Fighters PAC Houston $2,500 Houston Fire Fighters PAC
Q PAC Fort Worth $2,500 Q Funding,
Regina J. Rogers Houston $2,500 Rogers Investments
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $2,500 Ryan & Company
Texas Construction Association PAC Austin $2,500 Texas Construction Association
Texas Optometric PAC Austin $2,500 Texas Optometric PAC
Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Austin $2,500 Texas Restaurant Association
ROBERT K. Utley III Dallas $2,500 Texorder.com