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 $560,648
Primary Result 61% Total Spent $551,183
General Result 59% Cash on Hand $65,113

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Midland $179,233
Dallas $85,420
Arlington $75,200
Houston $52,868
Austin $45,109

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Grass Roots Institute of Texas (GRIT) Arlington $75,000 Grass Roots Institute of Texas (GRIT)
J. L. Davis Midland $36,000 West Texas Gas
Harold C. Simmons Dallas $35,000 Contran
Kelcy Warren Dallas $25,000 Energy Transfer Partners
Courtney Cowden Jr. Midland $20,000 self
Mickey & Renee Long Midland $15,000 Westex Well Services
Clayton W. & Modesta Williams Jr. Midland $15,000 Clayton Williams Energy
Linda Cowden Midland $10,975 Self
Devonian Dirt Works LLC Ovalo $10,000
Giebel Petroleum LTD Midland $10,000
Curtis W. Mewbourne Tyler $10,000 Mewbourne Oil Company
Parsley Coffin Renner LLP Austin $10,000
Texas Oil & Gas PAC (TXOGA) Austin $10,000 Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)
Robert B. Holt Midland $6,500 Robert B. Holt Oil Properties
Walter Goldston Mayfield Houston $6,000 Goldston Oil Company
Patrick R. Rutherford Jr. Houston $6,000 Rutherford Oil
Chesapeake Operating Inc. Oklahoma City $5,000 Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Energy Transfer Partners $5,000 Energy Transfer Partner
Frosty and Rhonda Gilliam Jr. Odessa $5,000 Aghorn Energy
Good Government Fund [Ft Worth] Fort Worth $5,000 Good Government Fund
Henry Petroleum LP - JIB Midland $5,000 Henry Petroleum
HS LAW PAC Austin $5,000 HS Law
Richard D. Kinder Houston $5,000 Kinder Morgan
Patrick J. Moran Houston $5,000 Moran Resources
Loyd W. Powell Jr. Dallas $5,000 Cholla Petroleum
PSEL PAC Fort Worth $5,000 PSEL PAC
Spectra Energy Corp. Houston $5,000 Spectra Energy
Autry Stephens Midland $5,000 Endeavor Energy
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fort Worth $5,000 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $4,000 Texas Medical Association
A. L. Ballard Houston $3,500 Ballard Exploration Company
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Houston $3,500 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Texas Alliance of Energy Producers Oil & Gas PAC Wichita Falls $3,500 Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION PAC Oklahoma City $3,000 DEVON ENERGY CORP
S. Javaid Anwar Midland $2,500 Midland Energy
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP The Woodlands $2,500 Chevron Phillips Chemical Co
Craig and Sally Clayton San Antonio $2,500 Clayton & Clayton P.C.
ConocoPhillips Spirit PAC Houston $2,500 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Fasken Management LLC Midland $2,500 Fasken Management
Phil Gamble Austin $2,500 Clark Thomas & Winters
Rosalind Redfern Grover Midland $2,500 Redfern Enterprises
Stanley K. Harper Arlington $2,500 Lenders & Members Service Group
Dick and Amelia Saulsbury Odessa $2,500 Saulsbury Industries
Jay Stewart Austin $2,500 Hance Scarborough Wright Woodward & Weisbart
Air Products Political Alliance Trexlertown $2,000 Air Products Alliance
Baker Botts Amicus Fund Houston $2,000 Baker Botts
Pete Bonds Saginaw $2,000 Pete Bonds Ranch
North American Coal Corp PAC Dallas $2,000 North American Coal Corp PAC
Emil and Clementine Ogden College Station $2,000 Ogden Chapparal
XTO Energy Inc. Fed PAC Fort Worth $2,000 XTO Energy