Money In PoliTex:

A Guide to Money in the 2010
Texas Elections

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Senator Kirk Watson (D)
District 14

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 $1,295,858
Primary Result 100% Total Spent $1,029,852
General Result 61% Cash on Hand $1,666,866

Identified Contributions by Economic Interest
Contributions by Check Size

Top Source Cities
City Total
Austin $726,548
Houston $143,736
Dallas $124,442
Mcallen $36,000
San Antonio $33,975

Top Donors
Name City Total Employer
Brown McCarroll LLP (BMcPAC) Austin $40,295 Brown McCarrol
Christine Mattsson Austin $40,000 TippingPoint Technologies
Williams Kherkher Hart & Boundas LLP Houston $40,000 Williams Kherkher Hart & Boundas
Border Health PAC (BHPAC) Mcallen $25,000 Border Health PAC
Walter and Cheryl Penn Austin $22,500 Penn Investment Group
Texas Democratic Party Austin $19,436 Texas Democratic Party
Naomi D. Aberly Dallas $17,092 HBK Investments
Blackridge Consulting LLP Austin $14,101 Blackridge Consulting
Texas Medical Association TEXPAC Austin $13,000 Texas Medical Association
AT&T, Inc. PAC Austin $12,700 AT&T
Farmers Employee & Agent PAC Austin $12,500 Farmers Insurance Co
Patricia Rapoport Waco $12,500 none
HillCo PAC Austin $11,915 Hillco Partners
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Austin $11,500 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
Baron & Budd P.C. Dallas $10,000 Baron & Budd PC
Fisher Boyd Brown Boudreaux & Huguenar Houston $10,000 Fisher Boyd Brown Boudreaux & Huguenard
Cynthia & Gregory Kozmetsky Austin $10,000 KMS Ventures
Mostyn Law Firm Houston $10,000 Mostyn Law Firm
Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P. Daingerfield $10,000 Nix Patterson & Roach
Michael & Pamela Reese Austin $10,000 Hill Country Alliance
Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC) Austin $10,000 Texans for Economic Development PAC
Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) Austin $10,000 Texas Association of Realtors
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) Austin $10,000 Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) Austin $9,500 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Washington $8,500 American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees
Gary & Susan Farmer Austin $8,220 Heritage Title Company of Austin
J. Dan Brown Austin $8,000 Brown Distributing
Paul And Tracy Bury Austin $8,000 Bury & Partners
Armbrust & Brown L.L.P. Austin $7,500 Armbrust & Brown
Allen Boone Humphries LLP Houston $7,309 Allen Boone Humphries
United Parcel Service UPSPAC Atlanta $6,500 United Parcel Service UPSPAC
Harold C. Simmons Dallas $6,000 Contran
Trevor Ahlberg Irving $5,000 Cottonwood Financial
Ben & Melanie Barnes Austin $5,000 Entrecorp
Fred & Lisa Blue Baron Dallas $5,000 Baron & Blue
Garrett & Cecilia Boone Dallas $5,000 Container Store
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Fort Worth $5,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Charles C. Butt San Antonio $5,000 HEB Grocery
Capitol Anethesiology Association Austin $5,000 Capitol Anesthesiology Association
Chickasaw Nation Ada $5,000 Chickasaw Nation
David A. and Jean M. Dean Dallas $5,000 Dean International
Paul L. Foster El Paso $5,000 Western Refining
Frank L. Branson P.C. Dallas $5,000 Frank L. Branson P.C.
Sandy Gottesman Austin $5,000 Live Oak Gottesman
William Fred Hagans Houston $5,000 Hagans Bobb & Burdine P.C.
Harden Healthcare Texas LP Austin $5,000 Harden Healthcare Texas
Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt Blanco $5,000 Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs
Jackson Walker L.L.P. Dallas $5,000 Jackson Walker
Robert E. & Gordon R. Johnson Austin $5,000 Johnson & Johnson Law Firm
Neal T. 'Buddy' Jones Austin $5,000 HillCo Partners
Bob Jones Austin $5,000 JD Consulting
Michael Klein Midland $5,000 Smith Robertson Elliott Glen Klein & Bell
Gerald Kucera Austin $5,000 The Kucera
Greg LaMantia Mcallen $5,000 L&F Distributors
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Austin $5,000 Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson
John and Debbie Montford San Antonio $5,000 AT&T
North Cypress Medical Center Houston $5,000 North Cypress Medical Center
Brian D. Pardo Waco $5,000 Life Partners Holdings
Bob & Doylene Perry Houston $5,000 Perry Homes
Q PAC Fort Worth $5,000 Q Funding,
Ryan & Co. Texas PAC Dallas $5,000 Ryan & Company
George C. Shipley Austin $5,000 Shipley & Associates
Vicky Spradling Ph.D. Austin $5,000 State of Texas/DSHS/Austin State Hospital
Jennie & Richard Taraborelli Spring $5,000 Pate Transportation Partners
Texas Association for Home Care (TAHC) Defense Fund Austin $5,000 Texas Association for Home Care
Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable Houston $5,000 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC Austin $5,000 Texas Mortgage Bankers Association FEDPAC
Texas Optometric PAC Austin $5,000 Texas Optometric PAC
Clifton L. Thomas Jr. Victoria $5,000 Speedy Stop Convenience Stores/Thomas Petroleum
Walter Umphrey Beaumont $5,000 Provost & Umphrey Law Firm
Union Pacific Fund Washington $5,000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
United Services Automobile Association Group (USAA) San Antonio $5,000 United Services Automobile ASN