Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Senator Florence Shapiro (R)
District 8

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 $404,597
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $697,395
General Result 84% Cash on Hand $545,219

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Austin $192,684
Dallas $51,000
San Antonio $38,250
Houston $24,000
Mcallen $10,000

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $30,000 HEB Grocery
Texas Medical Imaging Industry PAC Austin $20,000
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $12,500 Texas Association of Realtors
Weldon R. Denman Austin $11,500 Denman & Company
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $10,042 Texas Medical Association
Border Health PAC (BHPAC) Mcallen $10,000 Border Health PAC
Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC) Austin $10,000 Texans for Economic Development PAC
Charles Young Redondo Beach $10,000 Tutors with Computers¿
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $7,500 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) Austin $7,250 Texans For Lawsuit Reform
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $6,000 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $5,000 AT&T
Chickasaw Nation Ada $5,000 Chickasaw Nation
Texas Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $5,000 Texas Apartment Association
Texas Tech Alumni & Friends PAC Georgetown $5,000 Texas Tech Alumni & Friends PAC
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $4,000 Associated General Contractors
Delisi Communications Austin $4,000 Delisi Communications
Southwestern Research and Medical PAC (RAMPAC) Dallas $4,000 Southwestern Research and Medical PAC
Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC Lubbock $4,000 Texas Association of Builders
Texas Chiropractic Association (TCA PAC) Austin $3,600 Texas Chiropractic Association
Energy Future Holdings Dallas $3,500 Energy Future Holdings
Licensed Beverage Distributors PAC Austin $3,500 Licensed Beverage Distributors
Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Austin $3,000 Beer Alliance of Texas
Dallas Chapter Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA PAC) Dallas $3,000 Dallas Chapter TSCPA PAC
Erle A. & Alice Nye Dallas $3,000 TXU Energy
Jennie & Richard Taraborelli Spring $3,000 Pate Transportation Partners
Winstead P.C. Dallas $3,000 Winstead PC
Trevor Ahlberg Irving $2,500 Cottonwood Financial
Bank of America PAC Austin $2,500 Bank of America
Coalition for Better Transportation Dallas $2,500 Coalition for Better Transportation
Compass BancPAC Austin $2,500 Compass Bank
HeartPlace PAC Dallas $2,500 HeartPlace
Lawrence & Susan Kellner Houston $2,500 Continental Airlines
MAXXAM Inc.PAC Houston $2,500 MAXXAM
Texas Farm Bureau AgFund Waco $2,500 TEXAS FARM BUREAU AgFund
Texas Gaming Association (TGA) Austin $2,500 Texas Gaming Assoc. PAC
Texas Instruments (Constructive Citizenship Program of Texas Instruments) Dallas $2,500 Texas Instruments
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC Austin $2,500 Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC
Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Austin $2,500 Texas Restaurant Association
Union Pacific Fund Washington $2,500 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Valero PAC San Antonio $2,500 Valero Energy Corp
ExxonMobil Corp PAC Irving $2,300 Exxon Mobil Corporation
Abbott Laboratories Employee PAC Abbott Park $2,000 Abbott Laboratories
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Austin $2,000 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen Boone Humphries LLP Houston $2,000 Allen Boone Humphries
Atmos Energy Dallas $2,000 Atmos Energy
Eli Lilly & Co. PAC Indianapolis $2,000 Eli Lilly and
Friends of Baylor Medical PAC Houston $2,000 Friends of Baylor Medicine
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Dallas $2,000 Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs
Harden Healthcare Texas LP Austin $2,000 Harden Healthcare Texas
Independent Bankers Association Austin $2,000 Independent Bankers Association
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates LLP (K & L Gates) Dallas $2,000 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $2,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
Old American Holdings LLC PAC Dallas $2,000
Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants Dallas $2,000 Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants
Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA) Austin $2,000 Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Texas Construction Association PAC Austin $2,000 Texas Construction Association
Texas Economic Development Council PAC Austin $2,000 Texas Economic Development Council
Texas Health Care Association PAC (THCA) Austin $2,000 Texas Health Care Association
Texas Pharmacy Association PHARMPAC Austin $2,000 Texas Pharmacy Association PAC
Texas Radiological Society (TRS) PAC Austin $2,000 Texas Radiological Society (TRS)
TXU Energy PAC Dallas $2,000 TXU Energy