Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Representative Burt Solomons (R)
District 65

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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 $505,938
Primary Result 53% Total Spent $449,079
General Result 83% Cash on Hand $1,048,768

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Austin $202,212
Dallas $82,025
Houston $51,850
Fort Worth $15,100
Washington D.C. $7,350

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $25,000 Texas Association of Realtors
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $15,283 AT&T
Texas Credit Union League PAC Dallas $15,000 Texas Credit Union League
CenterPoint Energy Inc. Houston $10,000 CenterPoint Energy
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $10,000 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
ENTERGY ENPAC Austin $7,500 Entergy
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $6,500 Associated General Contractors
Chickasaw Nation Ada $6,500 Chickasaw Nation
Texas Construction Association PAC Austin $6,000 Texas Construction Association
TXU Energy PAC Dallas $6,000 TXU Energy
Verizon Philadelphia $6,000 Verizon Wireless
Trevor Ahlberg Irving $5,000 Cottonwood Financial
Mark A Beyer Friendswood $5,000 ROI Entertainment
CenturyTel Employees' PAC/CenturyLink Raleigh $5,000
HillCo PAC Austin $5,000 Hillco Partners
NRG Energy Political Action Committee Princeton $5,000 PAC
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $5,000 Ryan & Company
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $5,000 Texas Medical Association
Texas Telephone Association PAC Austin $5,000 Texas Telephone Association
Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Austin $4,309 Texas Restaurant Association
American Electric Power Co. (AEP) Columbus $4,000 American Electric Power
Chris & Ruth Avery Fredericksburg $4,000 James Avery Craftsmen
Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives Austin $4,000 Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives
Southwestern Research and Medical PAC (RAMPAC) Dallas $4,000 Southwestern Research and Medical PAC
Florida Power & Light Company Employees' PAC Juno Beach $3,750 Florida Power & Light
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $3,750 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Atmos Energy Dallas $3,500 Atmos Energy
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $3,343 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) Austin $3,056 Texas Automobile Dealers Association
American National Insurance Co. (ANICO) Employee PAC Galveston $3,000 American National Insurance
Barry G. Andrews Dallas $3,000 Andrews Distributing
Beer Alliance of Texas PAC Austin $3,000 Beer Alliance of Texas
CASH AMERICA INC. PAC Fort Worth $3,000 Cash America International
Comcast Corp. PAC Philadelphia $3,000 Comcast
Energy Future Holdings Dallas $3,000 Energy Future Holdings
JPMorgan Chase Bank Houston $3,000 JP Morgan Chase
Southwestern Committee On Political Education (SCOPE) Amarillo $3,000 Southwestern Public Service
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $3,000 Texas Consumer Finance Association
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $3,000 Texas Dental Association
Texas Land Title Association (TLTA) PAC Austin $3,000 TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION
Apartment Association of Greater Dallas-PAC Dallas $2,500 Apartment Association of Greater Dallas
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Durant $2,500 Choctaw Nation
Compass BancPAC Austin $2,500 Compass Bank
Tom Durant Grapevine $2,500 Classic Chevrolet
HeartPlace PAC Dallas $2,500 HeartPlace
Independent Bankers Association Austin $2,500 Independent Bankers Association
Junior and Community College PAC Austin $2,500 Junior and Community College PAC
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $2,500 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
SAM H. Pack Carrollton $2,500 Pack's Five Star Ford
PSEL PAC Fort Worth $2,500 PSEL PAC
Carl Sewell Dallas $2,500 Sewell Automotive Companies
Tenaska Employees Texas PAC Omaha $2,500 PAC
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC Austin $2,500 Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) Austin $2,500 Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Victor & Kristin Vandergriff Arlington $2,500 VAN TUYL GROUP
Winstead P.C. Dallas $2,500 Winstead PC
Charles Young Redondo Beach $2,500 Tutors with Computers¿