Perry-Backed Candidates in 2006 Cycle
Amount
From Perry
In ’06 Cycle
 Candidate
Party
Office-District
Incumbency
Status
’06 Election
Outcome
$380,000
 Rick Perry
R
Governor
Incumbent
Won
$320,265
 Greg Abbott
R
Attorney General
Incumbent
Won
$285,000
 David Dewhurst
R
Lt. Governor
Incumbent
Won
$262,500
 Joe Nixon
R
Senate-7
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$250,000
 Susan Combs
R
Comptroller
Open Seat
Won
$110,000
 Michael Williams
R
Railroad Com
Incumbent
NA
$100,000
 Elizabeth Ames Jones
R
Railroad Com
Incumbent
Won
$100,000
 Jim Landtroop
R
House-85
Open Seat
Lost
$100,000
 Michael Schofield
R
House-133
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$95,000
 Talmadge Heflin
R
House-149
Challenger
Lost
$85,000
 George Antuna
R
House-118
Open Seat
Lost
$70,000
 Ben Bentzin
R
House-48
Challenger
Lost
$70,000
 Gene Seaman
R
House-32
Incumbent
Lost
$65,000
 Bill Welch
R
House-47
Open Seat
Lost
$62,500
 Chris Hatley
R
House-99
Challenger
Lost Primary
$59,500
 Martha Wong
R
House-134
Incumbent
Lost
$55,000
 Dan Patrick
R
Senate-7
Open Seat
Won
$55,000
 Alex Castano
R
House-47
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$50,000
 Donald Margo
R
Senate-29
Challenger
Lost
$50,000
 Jim Murphy
R
House-133
Open Seat
Won
$55,000
 Jerry Patterson
R
Land Com
Incumbent
Won
$50,000
 Sylvester Turner
D
House-139
Incumbent
Won
$47,500
 Kirk England
R
House-106
Incumbent
Won
$45,000
 Glenn Hegar
R
Senate-18
Open Seat
Won
$45,000
 John Whitmire
D
Senate-15
Incumbent
Won
$42,500
 Betty Brown
R
House-4
Incumbent
Won
$42,000
 Tony Goolsby
R
House-102
Incumbent
Won
$40,000
 Lorraine O'Donnell
R
House-78
Challenger
Lost Primary
$37,500
 Van Wilson
R
House-83
Challenger
Lost Primary
$36,000
 Kent Grusendorf
R
House-94
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$35,000
 Bob Deuell
R
Senate-2
Incumbent
Won
$35,000
 Todd Staples
R
Agriculture Com
Open Seat
Won
$32,000
 Larry Phillips
R
House-62
Incumbent
Won
$30,000
 Tina J. Benkiser
R
Party Chair
Incumbent
Won
$27,000
 Elvira Reyna
R
House-101
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$25,000
 Nelson Balido
R
House-125
Challenger
Lost
$25,000
 Toby Goodman
R
House-93
Incumbent
Lost
$25,000
 Eddie Lucio III
D
House-38
Open Seat
Won
$25,000
 Mike Hamilton
R
House-19
Incumbent
Won
$22,500
 Ana Hernandex
D
House-143
Incumbent
Won
$21,000
 Mario Gallegos
D
Senate-6
Incumbent
NA
$20,000
 Norma Chavez
D
House-76
Incumbent
Won
$20,000
 Dale Hopkins
R
House-54
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$20,000
 Susan King
R
House-71
Open Seat
Won
$20,000
 Jim Pitts
R
House-10
Incumbent
Won
$17,500
 Rodney Ellis
D
Senate-13
Incumbent
Won
$17,000
 Allan Ritter
D
House-21
Incumbent
Won
$15,000
 John Davis
R
House-129
Incumbent
Won
$15,000
 Kyle Janek
R
Senate-17
Incumbent
Won
$15,000
 Phil King
R
House-61
Incumbent
Won
$15,000
 Nathaniel Parker
R
House-63
Open Seat
Won
$15,000
 Patrick Rose
D
House-45
Incumbent
Won
$15,000
 Sylvia Spivey
R
House-137
Challenger
Lost
$15,000
 Mark Williams
R
House-7
Challenger
Lost Primary
$15,000
 John Zerwas
R
House-28
Open Seat
Won
$13,500
 Scott Campbell
R
House-72
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$12,500
 James 'Rob' Beckham
R
House-71
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$12,500
 Joe Crabb
R
House-127
Incumbent
Won
$12,000
 David Swinford
R
House-87
Incumbent
Won
$11,000
 Ismael Flores
D
House-36
Incumbent
Won
$11,000
 Fred Hill
R
House-112
Incumbent
Won
$11,000
 Anna Mowery
R
House-97
Incumbent
Won
$10,000
 Tom Craddick
R
House-82
Incumbent
Won
$10,000
 Kevin Christian
R
House-71
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$10,000
 Byron Cook
R
House-71
Incumbent
Won
$10,000
 Cynthia Dunbar
R
Education Board-10
Open Seat
Won
$10,000
 Michael Esparaza
R
House-35
Challenger
Lost
$10,000
 Troy Fraser
R
Senate-24
Incumbent
NA
$10,000
 Helen Giddings
D
House-109
Incumbent
Won
$10,000
 Patricia Harless
R
House-126
Open Seat
Won
$10,000
 James 'Mike' Jackson
R
Senate-11
Incumbent
NA
$10,000
 Terry Keel
R
Court Crim. Appeals
Challenger
Lost Primary
$10,000
 Bill Keffer
R
House-107
Incumbent
Lost
$10,000
 Eddie Lucio Jr.
D
Senate-27
Incumbent
NA
$10,000
 Nathan Macias
R
House-73
Challenger
Won
$10,000
 Sid Miller
R
House-59
Incumbent
Won
$10,000
 Robert Nichols
R
Senate-3
Open Seat
Won
$10,000
 Steve Ogden
R
Senate-5
Incumbent
Won
$10,000
 'Tommy' Williams
R
Senate-4
Incumbent
NA
$10,000
 Jared Woodfill
R
Party Chair (Co.)
Incumbent
Won
$8,000
 Alma Allen
D
House-131
Incumbent
Won
$8,000
 Dan Flynn
R
House-2
Incumbent
Won
$7,500
 Kip Averitt
R
Senate-22
Incumbent
Won
$7,500
 Brandon Creighton
R
House-16
Open Seat
Won
$7,500
 Jane Nelson
R
Senate-12
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 James Keffer
R
House-60
Incumbent
Won
$7,000
 John Otto
R
House-18
Incumbent
Won
$7,000
 Beverley Woolley
R
House-136
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 John Anderson
R
Appeals Court-14
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Joseph 'Jody' Anderson
R
House-12
Challenger
Lost
$5,000
 John Carona
R
Senate-16
Incumbent
NA
$5,000
 Wayne Christian
R
House-9
Challenger
Won
$5,000
 Joe Deshotel
D
House-22
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Dawnna Dukes
D
House-46
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Kevin P. Eltife
R
Senate-1
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Dawn Estes
R
District Judge-192
Open Seat
Lost
$5,000
 Nathan Hecht
R
Supreme Court
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Phil Johnson
R
Supreme Court
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Tim Kleinschmidt
R
House-17
Challenger
Lost
$5,000
Trey Martinez Fischer
D
House-116
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Ruth McCledon
D
House-120
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 David M. Medina
R
Supreme Court
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Ken Mercer
R
Education Board-5
Challenger
Won
$5,000
 Lee Parsley
R
Appeals Court-3
Open Seat
Lost Primary
$5,000
 David Puryear
R
Appeals Court-3
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Mauricio Rendon
R
District Judge-234
Open Seat
Won
$5,000
 Charles Seymore
R
Appeals Court-14
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Vicki Truitt
R
House-98
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Marc Veasey
D
House-95
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Alan Waldrop
R
Appeals Court-3
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Don Willett
R
Supreme Court
Incumbent
Won
$5,000
 Will Wilson
R
Appeals Court-3
Open Seat
Lost
$4,500
 Bob Pemberton
R
Appeals Court-3
Incumbent
Won
$4,000
 Brady G. Elliott
R
District Judge-268
Incumbent
Won
$3,500
 Roy Blake
R
House-9
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$3,500
 Dwayne Bohac
R
House-138
Incumbent
Won
$3,500
 Linda Harper-Brown
R
House-105
Incumbent
Won
$3,000
 Mike Krusee
R
House-52
Incumbent
Won
$2,500
 Kevin Bailey
D
House-140
Incumbent
Won
$2,500
 Drew Darby
R
House-72
Challenger
Won
$2,500
 Glenda Dawson
R
House-29
Incumbent
Won
$2,500
 Juan ‘Chuy’ Hinojosa
D
Senate-20
Incumbent
NA
$2,500
 Frank Madla
D
Senate-19
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$2,500
 Bailey Moseley
R
Appeals Court-6
Open Seat
Won
$2,500
 Ronald Pope
R
District Judge-328
Open Seat
Won
$2,000
 Warren Chisum
R
House-88
Incumbent
Won
$2,000
 Dianne Delisi
R
House-55
Incumbent
Won
$2,000
 Al Edwards
D
House-146
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$2,000
 Vilma Luna
D
House-33
Incumbent
Resigned
$1,000
 Leo Berman
R
House-6
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Joe Driver
R
House-113
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Harold Dutton
D
House-142
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Rob Eissler
R
House-15
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Rick Hardcastle
R
House-68
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Bryan Hughes
R
House-5
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Jesse Jones
D
House-110
Incumbent
Lost Primary
$1,000
 Lois Kolkhorst
R
House-13
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Jodie Laubenberg
R
House-89
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Armando Martinez
D
House-39
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Jose Menendez
D
House-124
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Richard 'Rick' Norriega
D
House-145
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Ken Paxton
R
House-70
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Debbie Riddle
R
House-150
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Corbin Van Arsdale
R
House-130
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Mike Villarreal
D
House-123
Incumbent
Won
$1,000
 Judith Zaffirini
D
Senate-21
Incumbent
NA
$4,107,765
 TOTAL
Texans for Public Justice. Lobby Watch, "GOP House Builder Bob Perry Lost Bids For Capitol Additions." December 5, 2006.