[ Report Home | Previous Page | Next Page ] Texas PACs 2000 Election Cycle B. Ideological & Single-Issue PACs

The $16.8 million spent by 270 Ideological & Single-Issue PACs accounted for almost one-third of all Texas PAC spending in the 2000 election cycle. This report breaks Ideological and Single-Issue PACs into five categories: Democratic, Republican, Tort Law, Education and Minor Ideological & Single Issue PACs.

All but two of these Ideological and Single-Issue PAC categories spent less in the 2000 election cycle than they did in the previous cycle. Democratic PACs spent $8.2 million in 2000, up 6 percent from 1998. This Democratic PAC spending accounted for half of the entire Ideological & Single-Issue sector. As noted in the Lawyers & Lobbyists section, the Texas Democratic Party benefited from a sharp increase in trial lawyer PAC spending. The 66 PACs in the Minor Ideological & Single-Issue PACs category also increased their aggregate spending 22 percent over 1998 levels.

Ideological Sectors:

Democratic: Republican: Tort Law: Education: Minor Ideological & Single Issue:

$8,085,448  $5,580,699  $3,479,717  $2,993,966  $2,439,442