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This report categorizes Texas’ 2001 lobby contracts by their underlying interests. Energy & Natural Resources is the leading category, accounting for 17 percent of all the money spent on lobby contracts in Texas. The next largest categories, respectively, are Ideological & Single-Issue clients (13 percent), Communications & Electronics clients (13 percent), Health clients (11 percent) and Miscellaneous Business clients (10 percent).

Maximum Lobbying by Interest Category

Max. Value Min. Value No. of   Interest Category of Contracts of Contracts Contracts Percent Agriculture $4,740,001 $2,145,000 145 2% Communications/Electronics $26,550,000 $13,335,000 530 13% Construction $6,275,001 $3,040,000 148 3% Energy/Natural Resources $36,205,002 $17,770,000 811 17% Financial $11,425,000 $4,720,000 387 5% Health $23,340,030 $9,705,030 768 11% Ideological/Single Issue $28,355,000 $12,380,000 801 13% Insurance $14,075,000 $3,450,000 850 7% Labor $3,115,000 $1,310,000 98 1% Lawyers/Lobbyists $10,350,012 $6,420,000 175 5% Misc. Business $20,550,000 $9,350,000 562 10% Other $4,410,000 $1,990,000 120 2% Real Estate $6,725,001 $3,170,000 172 3% Transportation $9,435,000 $4,395,000 219 5% Unknown $5,255,000 $1,910,000 221 3% TOTAL   $210,805,047  $95,090,030 6,007 100%