Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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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 $863,307
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $1,102,974
General Result 62% Cash on Hand $215,538

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Houston $210,943
Austin $163,897
Dallas $92,560
Arlington $75,275
El Paso $58,250

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $85,000 Perry Homes
Grass Roots Institute of Texas (GRIT) Arlington $75,000 Grass Roots Institute of Texas (GRIT)
State of Texas Austin $25,114 State of Texas
Albert D. [Mr/Mrs.] Huddleston Dallas $25,000 Hyperion Resources
Jobe Concrete Products Inc. El Paso $25,000 Jobe Concrete Products
Provost & Umphrey Law Firm L.L.P. Beaumont $25,000 Provost & Umphrey Law Firm
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $20,000 Texas Association of Realtors
George Thompson Lubbock $17,200 Thompson and Kerby
J. Ralph & Joy Ellis Jr. Irving $10,000 Belmont Oil & Gas
Tilman J. Fertitta Houston $10,000 Landry's Restaurants
Harold C. Simmons Dallas $10,000 Contran
Texas Oil & Gas PAC (TXOGA) Austin $10,000 Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)
Jerry Patterson Austin $9,000 State of TX
Welcome W. Wilson Sr. Houston $8,500 GSL Industrial
Houston Pilots Political Action Committee Houston $7,500 Houston Pilots
Allen Boone Humphries LLP Houston $6,000 Allen Boone Humphries
Good Government Fund [Ft Worth] Fort Worth $6,000 Good Government Fund
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Houston $6,000 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
PSEL PAC Fort Worth $6,000 PSEL PAC
HillCo PAC Austin $5,500 Hillco Partners
Andrew Beal Plano $5,000 Beal Bank
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Fort Worth $5,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
William H. Clark III Dallas $5,000 Hopkins Sutter & Clark
Albert W. Dugan Houston $5,000 Nortex Corporation
Dan L. Duncan Houston $5,000 Enterprise Products Partners
Robert F. Foster El Paso $5,000 Schwartz-Foster
Kirby Corporation PAC Houston $5,000 Kirby Corporation
Joe V. LaMantia Jr. Mcallen $5,000 L&F Distributors
Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell Jr. Dallas $5,000 O'Donnell Foundation
H. Ross Perot Jr. Plano $5,000 Hillwood Development Group/Dell Perot
T. Boone Pickens Dallas $5,000 BP Capital
Trevor D. Rees-Jones Dallas $5,000 Chief Oil & Gas
Cary Rossel Dallas $5,000 Glazer's Distributors
Scott M. Schwartz El Paso $5,000 International City Developers
Douglas A. Schwartz El Paso $5,000 Southwest Land Development
Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP Austin $5,000 Scott Douglas & McConnico
Terry Jackson Family Trust Coral Springs $5,000 Trust
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) Austin $5,000 Texans For Lawsuit Reform
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fort Worth $5,000 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $4,500 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Hajrulla Halili San Leon $4,000 Prestige Oyster
Republican Party of Texas Austin $4,000 Republican Party of Texas
William F. Warnick Lubbock $4,000 GLO
Paul D. & Caroline Davy Altheide Corpus Christi $3,500 Ed Rachah Foundation
Atmos Energy Dallas $3,500 Atmos Energy
James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum Houston $3,500 Dannenbaum Engineering
Ron Henriksen Houston $3,500 Logix Communications
Patrick J. or Sandi K. Studdert Houston $3,500 Buffalo Marine Fueling Service
A. L. Ballard Houston $3,000 Ballard Exploration Company
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $3,000 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Winstead Consulting Group $3,000 Winstead Consulting Group