Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Representative Joe Pickett (D)
District 79

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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 $202,630
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $123,150
General Result 84% Cash on Hand $172,566

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Austin $65,648
El Paso $45,295
Dallas $20,850
Houston $13,053
San Antonio $7,700

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $10,000 Texas Association of Realtors
David A. and Jean M. Dean Dallas $5,000 Dean International
Union Pacific Fund Washington $5,000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Texas Optometric PAC Austin $4,000 Texas Optometric PAC
Chickasaw Nation Ada $3,500 Chickasaw Nation
Joe V. LaMantia Jr. Mcallen $3,000 L&F Distributors
Robert L. Bowling IV El Paso $2,500 Tropicana Homes
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Fort Worth $2,500 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum Houston $2,500 Dannenbaum Engineering
H. B. Zachry Company PAC (ZACOPAC) San Antonio $2,500 H. B. Zachry Company PAC (ZACOPAC)
Harold & Beth A. Hahn El Paso $2,500 Rocky Mortgage Company
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $2,500 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
United Parcel Service UPSPAC Atlanta $2,500 United Parcel Service UPSPAC
United Transportation Union PAC (UTU PAC) Cleveland $2,500 Transportation PAC
HillCo PAC Austin $2,053 Hillco Partners
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR COMPANY PAC Saint Louis $2,000 ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR COMPANY PAC
JPMorgan Chase Bank Houston $2,000 JP Morgan Chase
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates LLP (K & L Gates) Dallas $2,000 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Don and Lynne Wood Odessa $2,000 Permian Enterprises
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $1,750 Texas Dental Association
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $1,639 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Randy & Margo Kuykendall El Paso $1,500 Western Technical Institute
Gerry E. Pate Houston $1,500 Pate Engineers
Raba Kistner Political Action Committee San Antonio $1,500 Raba-Kistner Consultants
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $1,500 Ryan & Company
Bill and April Terrell Anthony $1,500 Western Technical Institute
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fort Worth $1,500 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC Lubbock $1,500 Texas Association of Builders
TruckPac - TMTA Texas Motor Transportation Association's PAC Austin $1,500 TruckPAC
A&M PAC Austin $1,375 PAC
Patricia A. Shipton Austin $1,298 Self-Employed Lobbyist
Blackridge Consulting LLP Austin $1,141 Blackridge Consulting
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $1,087 AT&T
Jon F. Abrams Austin $1,000 J.D. Abrams
Allen Boone Humphries LLP Houston $1,000 Allen Boone Humphries
Andrews Kurth LLP Houston $1,000 Andrews & Kurth
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $1,000 Associated General Contractors
Atmos Energy Dallas $1,000 Atmos Energy
Baker Botts Amicus Fund Houston $1,000 Baker Botts
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Richardson $1,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield TX
Richard A. Castro El Paso $1,000 MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS
Caterpillar Employees PAC Peoria $1,000 Caterpillar
CenterPoint Energy Inc. Houston $1,000 CenterPoint Energy
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Dallas $1,000 Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs
Gulf States Toyota Inc. PAC Houston $1,000 Gulf States Toyota
HECTOR GuTIERREZ Jr. El Paso $1,000 El Paso Electric Company
Independent Bankers Association Austin $1,000 Independent Bankers Association
STANLEY P. JOBE El Paso $1,000 Jobe Concrete Products
TRAVIS C. JOHNSON El Paso $1,000 Travis C. Johnson Attorney at Law
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Houston $1,000 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
John Martin El Paso $1,000 Lone Star Title Company of El Paso
Val & William D. Peisen Mcallen $1,000
Douglas A. Schwartz El Paso $1,000 Southwest Land Development
Service Employees International Union COPE (SEIU) Washington $1,000 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL
Southwest Airlines Co. Freedom Fund a Multicandidate Comm. Dallas $1,000 Southwest Airlines
Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC) Austin $1,000 Texans for Economic Development PAC
Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACPAC) Austin $1,000 Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association
Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) Austin $1,000 Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Cattle Feeders Association - Beef PAC Amarillo $1,000
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $1,000 Texas Consumer Finance Association
Texas Credit Union League PAC Dallas $1,000 Texas Credit Union League
Texas Farm Bureau AgFund Waco $1,000 TEXAS FARM BUREAU AgFund
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $1,000 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Texas Gaming Association (TGA) Austin $1,000 Texas Gaming Assoc. PAC
Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association Austin $1,000 Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association Austin $1,000 Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) Austin $1,000 Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Tigua Indian Reservation Ysleta Del Sur El Paso $1,000 Tigua Indian Reservation Ysleta Del Sur
Trinity Industries Employee PAC Dallas $1,000 Trinity Industries
Valero PAC San Antonio $1,000 Valero Energy Corp
Wal-Mart (WALPAC) Bentonville $1,000 Wal-Mart
Jack Wood Odessa $1,000 Western National Bank