Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Representative Patricia Harless (R)
District 126

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 $209,818
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $113,292
General Result 68% Cash on Hand $200,033

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Houston $86,691
Austin $59,805
Dallas $10,350
Spring $9,710
Washington D.C. $5,350

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $15,000 Perry Homes
Texas House Leadership Fund Austin $6,606
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $6,000 Associated General Contractors
Barbara Buxton Boerne $5,000 Buxton Interest/ Self Employed
Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association Austin $5,000 Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association
Union Pacific Fund Washington $4,000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Friends of the University of Houston Houston $3,500 Friends of the University of Houston
TXU Energy PAC Dallas $3,500 TXU Energy
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $3,129 AT&T
HillCo PAC Austin $2,580 Hillco Partners
CenterPoint Energy Inc. Houston $2,500 CenterPoint Energy
James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum Houston $2,500 Dannenbaum Engineering
Lawrence & Susan Kellner Houston $2,500 Continental Airlines
W. Mark or Becky S. Lanier Houston $2,500 Lanier Law Firm P.C.
Texans for Joe Straus San Antonio $2,500 Texans for Joe Straus
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $2,500 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $2,250 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Karen Abramski Houston $2,000 Karen Abramski CPA
Allen Boone Humphries LLP Houston $2,000 Allen Boone Humphries
Atmos Energy Dallas $2,000 Atmos Energy
Comcast Corp. PAC Philadelphia $2,000 Comcast
Deloitte and Touche Texas PAC Austin $2,000 Deloitte and Touche
Exelon PAC Chicago $2,000 Exelon
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) Austin $2,000 Texans For Lawsuit Reform
Charles Young Redondo Beach $2,000 Tutors with Computers¿
John L. & Barbara E. Nau III Houston $1,739 Silver Eagle Distributors
American Electric Power Co. (AEP) Columbus $1,500 American Electric Power
Andrews Kurth LLP Houston $1,500 Andrews & Kurth
BG Distribution Partners PAC Houston $1,500 BG Distribution Partners,
Houston Police Retired Officers Association PAC Houston $1,500 Houston Police Retired Officers Association PAC
Independent Bankers Association Austin $1,500 Independent Bankers Association
NUStar PAC San Antonio $1,500 NuStar Energy
Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives Austin $1,500 Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives
Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC Lubbock $1,500 Texas Association of Builders
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $1,500 Texas Association of Realtors
Richard W. Weekley Houston $1,500 Weekley Properties/Texans for Lawsuit Reform
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. The Woodlands $1,000 ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Associated Builders & Constractors PAC (ABC) San Antonio $1,000 Associated Builders and Contractors of Southeast Texas
AstraZeneca AZPAC Wilmington $1,000 AstraZeneca
Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Austin $1,000 Beer Alliance of Texas
BP NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEE PAC Warrenville $1,000 BP America
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP The Woodlands $1,000 Chevron Phillips Chemical Co
Chickasaw Nation Ada $1,000 Chickasaw Nation
Continental Airelines Inc Employee PAC Houston $1,000 Continental Airlines
Energy Future Holdings Dallas $1,000 Energy Future Holdings
Tilman J. Fertitta Houston $1,000 Landry's Restaurants
Florida Power & Light Company Employees' PAC Juno Beach $1,000 Florida Power & Light
Friends of Baylor Medical PAC Houston $1,000 Friends of Baylor Medicine
Graydon Group LLC Austin $1,000 Graydon Group
Peggy Hamric Houston $1,000 The Schlueter Group
Hewlett-Packard Company PAC Palo Alto $1,000 Hewlett Packard
Houston Fire Fighters PAC Houston $1,000 Houston Fire Fighters PAC
Houston Police Officers Union PAC Houston $1,000 Houston Police Officers Union PAC
Licensed Beverage Distributors PAC Austin $1,000 Licensed Beverage Distributors
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $1,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY Washington $1,000 Lyondell Chemical Company
MAXXAM Inc.PAC Houston $1,000 MAXXAM
MEDCO HEALTH PAC Mill Valley $1,000 Medco Health PAC
Mischer Investments L.P. Houston $1,000 Mischer Investments
NRG Energy Political Action Committee Princeton $1,000 PAC
Occidental Petroleum OXYPAC Los Angeles $1,000 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP
Harold C. Simmons Dallas $1,000 Contran
Jennie & Richard Taraborelli Spring $1,000 Pate Transportation Partners
Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC) Austin $1,000 Texans for Economic Development PAC
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fort Worth $1,000 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $1,000 Texas Apartment Association
Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) Austin $1,000 Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Construction Association PAC Austin $1,000 Texas Construction Association
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $1,000 Texas Consumer Finance Association
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $1,000 Texas Dental Association
Texas Economic Development Council PAC Austin $1,000 Texas Economic Development Council
Texas Gaming Association (TGA) Austin $1,000 Texas Gaming Assoc. PAC
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $1,000 Texas Medical Association
Texas Optometric PAC Austin $1,000 Texas Optometric PAC
Texas Tea Party Republican Women PAC Houston $1,000 Texas Tea Party PAC
TXU Employees PAC Fort Worth $1,000 TXU Energy
Valero PAC San Antonio $1,000 Valero Energy Corp
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $1,000 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas