Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Representative Jose Menendez (D)
District 124

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(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 $246,957
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $187,732
General Result 79% Cash on Hand $198,531

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Austin $93,174
San Antonio $57,575
Dallas $18,850
Houston $16,175
Mcallen $5,500

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers PAC Austin $6,615
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $5,000 AT&T
Border Health PAC (BHPAC) Mcallen $5,000 Border Health PAC
Jack E. Pratt Sr. Dallas $5,000 Pratt Development
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $5,000 Texas Association of Realtors
Texas Gaming Association (TGA) Austin $5,000 Texas Gaming Assoc. PAC
Licensed Beverage Distributors PAC Austin $4,000 Licensed Beverage Distributors
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $3,539 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Austin $3,500 Beer Alliance of Texas
United Parcel Service UPSPAC Atlanta $3,500 United Parcel Service UPSPAC
William E. Greehey San Antonio $3,000 NUStar Energy
Barry Kahn Houston $3,000 Hettig/Kahn Management
NUStar PAC San Antonio $3,000 NuStar Energy
TXU Energy PAC Dallas $3,000 TXU Energy
Valero PAC San Antonio $3,000 Valero Energy Corp
United Services Automobile Association Group (USAA) San Antonio $2,539 United Services Automobile ASN
American Electric Power Co. (AEP) Columbus $2,500 American Electric Power
Atmos Energy Dallas $2,500 Atmos Energy
Robert L. Bowling IV El Paso $2,500 Tropicana Homes
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $2,500 HEB Grocery
Chickasaw Nation Ada $2,500 Chickasaw Nation
Combine Law Enforcement Association of Texas CLEAT PAC Austin $2,500 Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
H. B. Zachry Company PAC (ZACOPAC) San Antonio $2,500 H. B. Zachry Company PAC (ZACOPAC)
San Antonio Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $2,500 San Antonio Apartment Association
San Antonio Police Officers Association San Antonio $2,500 San Antonio Police Officers Association
Baker Botts Amicus Fund Houston $2,000 Baker Botts
John K. Gillis San Antonio $2,000 GLI Distributing
Gordon Hartman San Antonio $2,000 Gordon Hartman Homes
JPMorgan Chase Bank Houston $2,000 JP Morgan Chase
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $2,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
G. GRANGER MACDONALD Kerrville $2,000 MAC COMPANIES / G.G. MacDonald
Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC Lubbock $2,000 Texas Association of Builders
Texas Consumer Lenders PAC Arlington $2,000 Texas Consumer Lenders PAC
Texas Health Care Association PAC (THCA) Austin $2,000 Texas Health Care Association
Texas Land Title Association (TLTA) PAC Austin $2,000 TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) Austin $2,000 Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American National Insurance Co. (ANICO) Employee PAC Galveston $1,500 American National Insurance
Brown and Ortiz PC San Antonio $1,500
Exelon PAC Chicago $1,500 Exelon
HillCo PAC Austin $1,500 Hillco Partners
Independent Bankers Association Austin $1,500 Independent Bankers Association
Texas Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $1,500 Texas Apartment Association
Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA) Austin $1,500 Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $1,500 Texas Consumer Finance Association
United Transportation Union PAC (UTU PAC) Cleveland $1,500 Transportation PAC
John L. & Barbara E. Nau III Houston $1,250 Silver Eagle Distributors
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $1,039 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
ACE Cash Express PAC Irving $1,000 ACE Cash Express
Trevor Ahlberg Irving $1,000 Cottonwood Financial
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Livingston $1,000 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
ALTRIA Group Inc. Texas PAC Austin $1,000 ALTRIA Group
Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. St. Louis $1,000 Anheuser-Busch Cos.
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $1,000 Associated General Contractors
Boeing Company PAC Arlington $1,000 Boeing Company
Energy Future Holdings Dallas $1,000 Energy Future Holdings
PABLO ESCAMILLA Weatherford $1,000 Escamilla & Poneck
Friends of Baylor Medical PAC Houston $1,000 Friends of Baylor Medicine
Johnny Gabriel San Antonio $1,000 Gabriel's
Graydon Group LLC Austin $1,000 Graydon Group
Jeffery D. Hildebrand Houston $1,000 Hilcorp Energy Company
George C. 'Tim' & Karen Hixon San Antonio $1,000 Hixon Properties
Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt Blanco $1,000 Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates LLP (K & L Gates) Dallas $1,000 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Marc A. Rodriguez Austin $1,000 Offices of Marc A. Rodriguez
Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives Austin $1,000 Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives
Service Employees International Union COPE (SEIU) Washington $1,000 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL
Jeff Smithers San Antonio $1,000 Smithers Merchant Builders
Tenaska Employees Texas PAC Omaha $1,000 PAC
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 Academy of Family Physicians PAC Austin $1,000 Texas Academy of Family Physicians
Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) Austin $1,000 Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Construction Association PAC Austin $1,000 Texas Construction Association
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $1,000 Texas Dental Association
Texas Library (TL) PAC Houston $1,000 Texas Library (TL) PAC
Texas Manufactured Housing Association Austin $1,000 Texas Manufactured Housing Association
Texas Optometric PAC Austin $1,000 Texas Optometric PAC
Texas Package Stores Association Beverage Alliance Austin $1,000 Texas Package Stores Association
Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Austin $1,000 Texas Restaurant Association
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) Dallas $1,000 Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Texas State Association of Fire Fighters Action Committee Austin $1,000 Texas State Association of Fire Fighters
Michael Toomey Austin $1,000 Texas Lobby Group
Trey J. Blocker PLLC Austin $1,000
Wal-Mart (WALPAC) Bentonville $1,000 Wal-Mart
H. B. 'Bartell' Jr. & Mollie Zachry Jr. San Antonio $1,000 Zachry Construction