Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Representative Joe Straus (R)
District 121

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 $6,891,871
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $4,301,633
General Result 100% Cash on Hand $3,041,005

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
San Antonio $2,449,667
Austin $1,213,852
Houston $887,848
Dallas $534,100
Fort Worth $284,172

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Texans for Joe Straus San Antonio $1,500,000 Texans for Joe Straus
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $115,000 Perry Homes
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $95,000 AT&T
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $75,000 Texas Association of Realtors
Border Health PAC (BHPAC) Mcallen $50,000 Border Health PAC
James Doug Pitcock Jr. Houston $50,000 Williams Brothers Construction
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $46,779 Texas Medical Association
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $45,000 HEB Grocery
Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) Austin $43,650 Associated General Contractors
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $43,002 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Texas Consumer Lenders PAC Arlington $40,000 Texas Consumer Lenders PAC
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $37,500 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Lawrence & Susan Kellner Houston $35,000 Continental Airlines
Ardon E. Moore III Fort Worth $35,000 Lee M. Bass
John & Anne Weisman Uvalde $35,000 Hunter Industries Ltd
Ray L. Hunt Dallas $34,621 Hunt Consolidated
John L. & Barbara E. Nau III Houston $33,547 Silver Eagle Distributors
Paul L. Foster El Paso $31,094 Western Refining
Barry G. Andrews Dallas $30,000 Andrews Distributing
Bank of America PAC Austin $30,000 Bank of America
BG Distribution Partners PAC Houston $30,000 BG Distribution Partners,
James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum Houston $30,000 Dannenbaum Engineering
Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt Blanco $30,000 Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $30,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
Q PAC Fort Worth $28,260 Q Funding,
Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) Austin $27,500 Texas Dental Association
TXU Energy PAC Dallas $26,000 TXU Energy
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) Austin $25,482 Texans For Lawsuit Reform
Harlan R. & Katherine Crow Dallas $25,000 Crow Holdings
Mike & Lori Glazer Dallas $25,000 Glazer's Wholesale Drug
Bennett Joe Glazer Dallas $25,000 Glazer's Family of Companies
HillCo PAC Austin $25,000 Hillco Partners
Robert C. McNair Jr. Houston $25,000 Cogen Technologies/Houston Texans
Curtis W. Mewbourne Tyler $25,000 Mewbourne Oil Company
H. Ross Perot Jr. Plano $25,000 Hillwood Development Group/Dell Perot
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $25,000 Ryan & Company
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fort Worth $25,000 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas Apartment Association PAC San Antonio $25,000 Texas Apartment Association
Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) Austin $25,000 Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Health Care Association PAC (THCA) Austin $25,000 Texas Health Care Association
United Services Automobile Association Group (USAA) San Antonio $23,500 United Services Automobile ASN
Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC Lubbock $23,000 Texas Association of Builders
William E. Greehey San Antonio $22,500 NUStar Energy
NUStar PAC San Antonio $22,500 NuStar Energy
United Parcel Service UPSPAC Atlanta $22,500 United Parcel Service UPSPAC
Valero PAC San Antonio $22,500 Valero Energy Corp
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Houston $22,000 Fulbright & Jaworski
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) Dallas $22,000 Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Interernational Bank of Commerce (IBC) Committee Laredo $21,715 International Bank of Commerce
Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association Austin $21,000 Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Tilman J. Fertitta Houston $20,650 Landry's Restaurants
Trevor Ahlberg Irving $20,000 Cottonwood Financial
Gulf States Toyota Inc. PAC Houston $20,000 Gulf States Toyota
Woody L. & Gayle G. Hunt El Paso $20,000 Hunt
Jerry and Glenda Kane Corpus Christi $20,000 Sam Kane Beef Processors
Landry's Restaurants PAC Houston $20,000 Landry's Restaurants
MAXXAM Inc.PAC Houston $20,000 MAXXAM
Nancy Mulford Dallas $20,000 Self
Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell Jr. Dallas $20,000 O'Donnell Foundation
George & Laura Pontikes Houston $20,000 Satterfield & Pontikes Construction
PSEL PAC Fort Worth $20,000 PSEL PAC
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AGC-PAC Harlingen $20,000 RIO GRANDE VALLEY AGC-PAC
Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) Austin $20,000 Texas Consumer Finance Association
Texas State Farm Agents PAC Austin $20,000 State Farm Insurance
Union Pacific Fund Washington $20,000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Winstead P.C. Dallas $20,000 Winstead PC