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 $1,738,338
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $1,100,311
General Result 61% Cash on Hand $1,061,050

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Houston $342,700
Austin $258,100
Dallas $166,900
San Antonio $93,735
Waco $71,000

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $250,000 Perry Homes
Texas Farm Bureau AgFund Waco $65,000 TEXAS FARM BUREAU AgFund
Jim Prewitt Flower Mound $50,000 Landmark Nurseries
James I. & Margaret Perkins Jr. Rusk $40,681 Citizens First Bank
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $40,000 Texas Association of Realtors
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $25,000 AT&T
Harold C. Simmons Dallas $25,000 Contran
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fort Worth $25,000 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Jerry and Glenda Kane Corpus Christi $20,500 Sam Kane Beef Processors
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $20,000 Ryan & Company
Erle A. & Alice Nye Dallas $19,500 TXU Energy
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $15,000 HEB Grocery
Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt Blanco $14,000 Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs
Dan Allen Hughes Jr. Beeville $12,950 Dan A. Hughes Company
Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA) PAC Austin $11,000 Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA)
Tom S Stacy Austin $10,300 T Stacy & Associates
Othal Brand Sr. Mcallen $10,000 Not provided
Harlan R. & Katherine Crow Dallas $10,000 Crow Holdings
Al G. Hill Jr. Dallas $10,000 Hill Holdings
KOCH PAC Washington $10,000 Koch Industries
Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell Jr. Dallas $10,000 O'Donnell Foundation
Trevor D. Rees-Jones Dallas $10,000 Chief Oil & Gas
Texas Dairymen PAC (Texas Association of Dairymen) Austin $10,000 Texas Association of Dairymen
Texas Oil & Gas PAC (TXOGA) Austin $10,000 Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)
Temple Inland, Inc. Austin $8,500 Temple-Inland
Independent Bankers Association Austin $7,500 Independent Bankers Association
David Jacobson Houston $7,500 Entrust
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Houston $7,500 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives Austin $7,500 Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives
Valero PAC San Antonio $7,500 Valero Energy Corp
H. B. 'Bartell' Jr. & Mollie Zachry Jr. San Antonio $7,500 Zachry Construction
Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC Lubbock $7,000 Texas Association of Builders
Lynn C. Vincent Carthage $7,000 First State Bank Central Texas
Texas Agricultural Aviation Association (TAAA) Austin $6,875 Texas Agricultural Aviation Association
Ruben Martin III Kilgore $6,590 Martin Gas Sales Incorporated
Steve Ledwell Texarkana $6,250 Ledwell & Sons Trucking Sales
Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Austin $6,000 Texas Restaurant Association
H. B. Zachry Company PAC (ZACOPAC) San Antonio $5,500 H. B. Zachry Company PAC (ZACOPAC)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Fort Worth $5,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Dan L. Duncan Houston $5,000 Enterprise Products Partners
Thomas Dan Friedkin Houston $5,000 Friedkin Companies
Hance Scarborough Wright Woodward & Weisbart LLP Austin $5,000 Hance Scarborough Wright Woodward & Weisbart
William S. Harte San Antonio $5,000 Self
International Paper PAC (IP PAC) Washington $5,000 International Paper pac
Patrick J. Kennedy Jr. San Antonio $5,000 Kennedy & Baris
Kip Averitt Campaign Waco $5,000 Kip Averitt Campaign
Charles Berndon Lawrence Houston $5,000 Kirby
Andrea B. & Dean McWILLIAMS Austin $5,000 McWilliams & Associates
Larry Meyers Washington $5,000
Iris and Ardon Moore Fort Worth $5,000 Bass Companies
Robert Duncan Campaign Lubbock $5,000
David Saperstein Houston $5,000 FSC
Hillevi Saperstein Houston $5,000 FIVE S. CAPITAL
Texans for Kay Bailey Hutchison Austin $5,000 Texans for Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) Austin $5,000 Texans For Lawsuit Reform
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $5,000 Texas Consumer Finance Association
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $5,000 Texas Dental Association
Texas Energy Associations PAC (TEN-PAC) Austin $5,000 Texas Energy Associations PAC
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $5,000 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association Austin $5,000 Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Union Pacific Fund Washington $5,000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Alice L. Walton Mineral Wells $5,000 Wal-Mart
J.G. Jr. Wilkerson Jr. Lubbock $5,000 Wilkerson Storage
David S. ZACHRY San Antonio $5,000 Zachry Construction
JOE & SHERRYLL Crutcher Palestine $4,800 East Texas National Bank