[ Report Home | Previous Page | Next Page ] Governor Perry’s War Chest: Who Said ‘Yes’ To ‘Governor No’?   VI. Contributions By Interest Category

 

Interest Group	Amount	Percent
Energy & Natural Resources	$5,344,793	17%
Finance	$3,919,624	12%
Miscellaneous Business	$3,799,799	12%
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$2,500,745	8%
Construction	$2,429,830	8%
Health	$1,943,854	6%
Real Estate	$1,867,265	6%
Agriculture	$1,434,092	5%
Communications	$1,120,615	4%
Transportation	$1,065,257	4%
Electronics	$916,377	3%
Insurance	$888,782	3%
Ideological	$818,666	3%
Other	$400,738	1%
Labor	$178,000	1%
Unknown	$2,773,926	9%
TOTAL:	$31,402,362	100%

The accompanying charts reveal that Perry obtained 87 percent of the money studied in this report (more than $27 million) from business interests. The remainder came from Ideological (3 percent), Labor and Other sources (1 percent each), or from sources that were not identified (9 percent). The remainder of this report takes a closer look at the six business sectors that contributed the most money to Perry.