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Top Individual Donors

Top Institutional Donors


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Donors of $100,000 or More

Rank

Total
 Contributor  City  Company / Occupation
1
$5,127,750
 Bob & Doylene Perry  Houston  Perry Homes
2
$3,634,905
 Fred & Lisa Blue Baron  Dallas  Baron & Blue
3
$2,160,230
 Charles C. Butt  San Antonio  HEB Grocery Co.
4
$1,550,545
 John M. O'Quinn  Houston  O'Quinn Law Firm
5
$1,261,250
 Harold C. Simmons  Dallas  Contran Corp.
6
$1,072,500
 Robert C. McNair  Houston  Cogen Technologies/Houston Texans
7
$1,062,057
 James R. & Cecelia Leininger  San Antonio  Kinetic Concepts Inc.
8
$921,480
 T. Boone Pickens  Dallas  BP Capital
9
$767,639
 Mikal C. Watts  Corpus Christi  Watts Law Firm LLP
10
$706,180
 Richard W. Weekley  Houston  Weekley Properties/TLR
11
$693,112
 John L. & Barbara E. Nau  Houston  Silver Eagle Distributors L.P.
12
$676,505
 John & Amber Mostyn  Houston  Mostyn Law Firm
13
$655,138
 David Mincberg  Houston  Flagship Properties Corp.
14
$576,110
 Louis A. & Julie Beecherl  Dallas  Beecherl Companies
15
$571,334
 George Brint & Amanda Ryan  Dallas  Ryan & Co. P.C.
16
$551,434
 Robert & Terry Rowling  Irving  TRT Holdings, Inc.
17
$516,250
 John Eddie Williams  Houston  Williams Kherkher
18
$512,521
 Garrett & Cecilia Boone  Dallas  Container Store
19
$507,176
 Dan L. Duncan  Houston  Enterprise Products Partners
20
$484,130
 Thomas Dan Friedkin  Houston  Friedkin Companies Inc.
21
$466,430
 Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt  Blanco  Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs
22
$458,611
 Harlan R. & Katherine Crow  Dallas  Crow Holdings
23
$445,464
 Paul L. Foster  El Paso  Western Refining Co.
24
$432,200
 Lee & Amy Fikes  Dallas  Bonanza Oil Inc.
25
$418,000
 Charles E. Hurwitz  Houston  MAXXAM Inc.
26
$416,550
 A. Anthony Annunziato  Houston  AAA Capital Management
27
$400,000
 Geoffrey Raynor  Fort Worth  Q Funding, LP
28
$398,000
 Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell  Dallas  O'Donnell Foundation
29
$394,800
 James & Shirley Dannenbaum  Houston  Dannenbaum Engineering
30
$393,250
 Kenny & Lisa Troutt  Dallas  Mt. Vernon Investments LLC
31
$366,603
 Naomi D. Aberly  Dallas  HBK Investments
32
$358,859
 Lonnie A. 'Bo' Pilgrim  Pittsburg  Pilgrim's Pride Poultry
33
$358,449
 Richard & Virginia Mithoff  Houston  Mithoff & Jacks LLP
34
$353,060
 Joe V. LaMantia  McAllen  L&F Distributors
35
$340,659
 Robert E. & Gordon R. Johnson  Austin  Johnson & Johnson Law Firm
36
$338,500
 James Doug Pitcock  Houston  Williams Brothers Construction
37
$329,300
 Drayton McLane  Temple  McLane Company Inc.
38
$317,488
 Aimee Boone  Dallas  Brooks Group/TX Democratic Party
39
$315,000
 Alice L. Walton  Mineral Wells  Wal-Mart
40
$313,855
 Woody L. & Gayle G. Hunt  El Paso  Hunt Corp.
41
$312,250
 Timothy M. & Terri L. Dunn  Midland  CrownQuest Operating/ Enerquest
42
$301,500
 Ralph J. & Joy Ellis  Irving  Belmont Oil & Gas Corp.
43
$279,688
 H. Ross Perot  Plano  Hillwood Development Group
44
$275,500
 Ray L. Hunt  Dallas  Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
45
$275,000
 Paul Singer  New York  Elliot Capital Advisors
46
$270,105
 Michael T. Gallagher  Houston  Gallagher Law Firm
47
$267,500
 David & Martha Alameel  Dallas  Jefferson Dental Clinics PC
48
$265,750
 Trammell S. Crow  Dallas  Crow Holdings
49
$263,966
 Barry G. Andrews  Dallas  Andrews Distributing Co.
50
$251,000
 James & Sarah Mansour  Austin  Grande Communications
51
$242,690
 Charles Berndon Lawrence  Houston  Kirby Corp.
52
$239,204
 B.J. 'Red' & Charline McCombs  San Antonio  Red McCombs Automotive Group
53
$230,736
 Tilman J. Fertitta  Houston  Landry's Restaurants Inc.
54
$227,670
 Jeff Davis Sandefer  Austin  Sandefer Capital Partners LP
55
$222,464
 David M. Sibley  Austin  Sibley Group
56
$221,340
 William Fred Hagans  Houston  Hagans Bobb & Burdine P.C.
57
$220,429
 Clayton W. & Modesta Williams  Midland  Clayton Williams Energy Inc.
58
$217,000
 W. Marvin & Barbara Rush  San Antonio  Rush Enterprise Inc.
59
$215,250
 Erle A. & Alice Nye  Dallas  TXU Energy Corp.
60
$213,500
 Stevan Hammond  Dallas  Marketing Investors Corp.
61
$201,629
 Ned S. Holmes  Houston  Parkway Investments/Texas Inc.
62
$201,500
 Charles W. & Judy Tate  Sugar Land  Capital Royalty LLC
63
$199,500
 Dolph Briscoe  Uvalde  Briscoe Ranches
64
$185,000
 David Maltz  Cleveland  Malrite Co./Maltz Family Foundation
65
$184,000
 Trevor Ahlberg  Irving  Cottonwood Financial
66
$181,502
 Gordon T. Graves  Austin  Graves Management, Inc.
67
$176,667
 Edward P. Bass  Fort Worth  Bass Brothers Enterprises
68
$170,650
 Jennifer & Anthony LaMantia  Corpus Christi  L&F Distributors
69
$170,320
 Walter Umphrey  Beaumont  Provost & Umphrey Law Firm LLP
70
$170,000
 William A. & Nancy F. McMinn  Houston  Sterling Group
71
$166,144
 Lawrence & Susan Kellner  Houston  Continental Airlines Inc.
72
$164,575
 Michael Stevens  Houston  Michael Stevens Interests Inc.
73
$163,949
 Robert & Michelle Mosbacher  Houston  Mosbacher Energy Co.
74
$163,800
 Anne W. Marion  Fort Worth  Burnett Oil Co.
75
$161,794
 Neal T. 'Buddy' Jones  Austin  HillCo Partners
76
$161,000
 Gary R. Petersen  Houston  EnCap Investments LP
77
$157,999
 Jack E. Pratt  Dallas  Pratt Development Co.
78
$156,667
 Larry Anders  Dallas  Summit Alliance Companies
79
$155,250
 David M. Weekley  Houston  David Weekley Homes
80
$155,200
 H. Gary and Diane Heavin  Gatesville  Curves International, Inc.
81
$148,280
 H. B. Jr. & Mollie Zachry  San Antonio  Zachry Construction Corp.
82
$147,750
 Joe R. & Teresa Long  Austin  First State Bank Central Texas
83
$147,000
 Maconda B. O'Connor  Houston  Brown Foundation, Inc.
84
$146,688
 Paul Bryant  Tuscaloosa  Greene Group Inc
85
$139,640
 W. Mark or Becky S. Lanier  Houston  Lanier Law Firm P.C.
86
$137,000
 William & Lucy Reagan  Austin  Reagan Outdoor Advertising
87
$136,520
 John J. &  Helen E. Carona  Dallas  State of Texas/Associa
88
$133,000
 Lyndon & Kathleen Olson  Waco  Citigroup
89
$132,003
 Ben & Melanie Barnes  Austin  Entrecorp
90
$129,335
 Verna Peisen  McAllen  L&F Distributors
91
$128,294
 George C. Shipley  Austin  Shipley & Associates
92
$125,829
 John Victor Lattimore  McKinney  Lattimore Materials
93
$123,605
 Garnet F. Coleman  Houston  State of Texas
94
$123,277
 Vance & Geraldine Miller  Dallas  Henry S. Miller Companies
95
$122,308
 Aubrey Kerr McClendon  Oklahoma City  Chesapeake Energy
96
$121,620
 Marc & Wendy Stanley  Dallas  Stanley Mandel & Iola LLP
97
$119,100
 Dian Owen Stai  Abilene  Owen Healthcare Inc.
98
$117,750
 Carl F. Raba  San Antonio  Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc.
99
$117,300
 Marc G. Rosenthal  Austin  Rosenthal & Watson
100
$117,000
 R. Steven & Donna Hicks  Austin  Capstar Partners LLC
101
$114,000
 Serena Simmons  Farmers Branch  Contran Corp.
102
$113,120
 Howard L. Nations  Houston  Law Offices of Howard Nations
103
$112,598
 J. Dan Brown  Austin  Brown Distributing Co. Ltd.
104
$111,992
 Greg LaMantia  McAllen  L&F Distributors
105
$111,000
 Rahul Nath  Houston  Texas Nerve and Paralysis Institute
106
$110,493
 J. Robert & Sherry Brown  El Paso  Desert Eagle Distributing Co.
107
$110,041
 L. Frederick Francis  El Paso  Bank of the West
108
$110,000
 John Herschel McCall  Spicewood  Armstrong McCall Beauty Supply
109
$109,500
 Sara Morgan  Houston  Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
110
$107,500
 Richard N. Laminack  Houston  Laminack Pirtle & Martines LLP
111
$107,416
 Jim Prewitt  Flower Mound  Landmark Nurseries Inc.
112
$106,964
 Lowell H. Lebermann  Austin  Centex Beverage
113
$106,400
 Joan C. Covici  Dallas  Retired teacher
114
$106,000
 Felix & Candice Chen  Dallas  PAJ Inc.
114
$106,000
 John McStay  Dallas  McStay & Associates
116
$105,100
 Alan K. & Patti Harper  Arlington  Lenders & Members Service Group Inc
117
$104,500
 Forrest E. Hoglund  Dallas  SeaOne Maritime Corp.
118
$104,250
 Lowry & Peggy Mays  San Antonio  Clear Channel Entertainment
119
$104,100
 Patrick R. Rutherford  Houston  Rutherford Oil Co.
120
$103,000
 John D. Thornton  Austin  Austin Ventures/Texas Tribune
121
$101,500
 Julia Jones Matthews  Abilene  Dodge Jones Foundation
121
$101,500
 Herbert Graham  Odessa  Graham Central Station
123
$100,970
 Peter Andrew Kraus  Dallas  Waters & Kraus LLP
124
$100,600
 Jennie & Richard Taraborelli  Spring  Pate Transportation Partners
125
$100,364
 James L. Huffines  Dallas  Huffines Auto Dealerships
126
$100,000
 Ira Rennert  New York  Renco Group
$45,465,215
TOTAL    


 

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Donors of $150,000 or More

Rank
Total
Contributor
City
Interest Group
1
$8,682,460
 Texas Assn. of Realtors (TREPAC)  Austin  Real Estate
2
$7,962,096
 Kay Bailey Hutchison for Senate*  Austin  Other
3
$4,170,072
 Texas Democratic Trust  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
4
$3,928,268
 Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR)  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
5
$2,804,667
 Republican Party of Texas  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
6
$2,389,828
 Texans for Insurance Reform  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
7
$2,007,357
 Tom Craddick Campaign  Midland  Other
8
$1,757,872
 AT&T  Austin  Communications
9
$1,536,025
 Texas Medical Association (TEXPAC)  Austin  Health
10
$1,326,493
 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable  Houston  Communications
11
$1,232,000
 Stars Over Texas PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
12
$1,107,457
 House Democratic Campaign Committee (HDCC)  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
13
$1,091,259
 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
14
$996,823
 Andrews Kurth LLP  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
15
$969,601
 Texas Parent PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
16
$920,926
 HillCo PAC  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
17
$920,167
 American Electric Power Co. (AEP)  Columbus  Energy
18
$886,331
 Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
19
$880,000
 Blue Texas PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
20
$861,827
 Texas Association of Builders (HOMEPAC)  Lubbock  Construction
21
$853,500
 Williams Kherkher Hart & Boundas LLP  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
22
$851,160
 Watts Law Firm  San Antonio  Lawyers & Lobbyists
23
$843,214
 Texans for Economic Development (TED PAC)  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
24
$746,966
 TXU Energy PAC  Dallas  Energy
25
$737,000
 Provost & Umphrey Law Firm L.L.P.  Beaumont  Lawyers & Lobbyists
26
$712,003
 Texas Credit Union League PAC  Dallas  Finance
27
$697,000
 Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P.  Daingerfield  Lawyers & Lobbyists
28
$685,748
 Texas Democratic Party  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
29
$679,253
 United Services Automobile Association Group  San Antonio  Insurance
30
$676,780
 Bracewell & Giuliani  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
31
$673,268
 Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC)  Austin  Construction
32
$671,775
 Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA)  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
33
$640,734
 Border Health PAC (BHPAC)  McAllen  Health
34
$632,185
 Vinson & Elkins Texas  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
35
$629,600
 Haynes & Boone LLP  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
36
$617,704
 Harris County Republican Party  Houston  Ideological/Single Issue
37
$617,000
 Compass BancPAC  Austin  Finance
38
$609,323
 Valero PAC  San Antonio  Energy
39
$601,819
 Empower Texans PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
40
$596,251
 Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
41
$572,253
 Annie's List PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
42
$572,163
 Jackson Walker L.L.P.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
43
$572,027
 Texas Optometric PAC  Austin  Health
44
$568,223
 Texas Dental Association (DENPAC)  AUSTIN  Health
45
$555,375
 Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA)  Austin  Labor
46
$496,979
 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT)  AUSTIN  Insurance
47
$489,333
 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
48
$486,097
 Vote Texas PAC  San Antonio  Ideological/Single Issue
49
$461,763
 Texas Oil & Gas PAC  Austin  Energy
50
$457,844
 Locke Liddell & Sapp L.L.P.  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
51
$450,328
 Trinity Industries Employee PAC  Dallas  Construction
52
$446,002
 Dan Branch for Texas*  Dallas  Other
53
$443,375
 Ryan & Co. Texas PAC  Dallas  Finance
54
$431,935
 Texas Apartment Association PAC  San Antonio  Real Estate
55
$430,756
 Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA)  Austin  Transportation
56
$423,410
 MAXXAM Inc.PAC  Houston  Finance
57
$414,832
 Plumbers Local Union No. 68 PAC  Houston  Labor
58
$401,500
 Union Pacific Fund  Washington  Transportation
59
$397,721
 Farmers Employee & Agent PAC  Austin  Insurance
60
$395,134
 Brown McCarroll LLP (BMcPAC)  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
61
$384,167
 Hughes & Luce PAC  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
62
$370,422
 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates LLP (K&LG)  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
63
$369,638
 CenterPoint Energy Inc.  Houston  Energy
64
$368,462
 Texas Restaurant Association (TRA)  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
65
$368,000
 Reaud Law Firm  Beaumont  Lawyers & Lobbyists
66
$358,835
 Friends of Kyle Janek  Houston  Other
67
$339,886
 Waters & Kraus  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
68
$333,000
 Thompson & Knight LLP  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
69
$325,500
 Associated Republicans of Texas  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
70
$324,714
 Baker Botts Amicus Fund  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
71
$323,024
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.  Fort Worth  Transportation
72
$322,250
 BG Distribution Partners PAC  Houston  Miscellaneous Business
73
$322,000
 Tx. Builds Jobs & Opportunity. for a Secure Future  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
74
$320,020
 Texas 20/20 PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
75
$318,645
 Allen Boone Humphries LLP  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
76
$311,939
 Independent Bankers Association  Austin  Finance
77
$311,500
 Twenty One PAC  Woodlands  Ideological/Single Issue
78
$310,032
 Bank of America PAC  Austin  Finance
79
$308,276
 Blackridge Consulting LLP  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
80
$307,273
 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
81
$302,043
 Reliant Energy PAC  Houston  Energy
82
$299,081
 Association of Texas Prof. Educators (ATPE)  Austin  Labor
83
$296,040
 Lance Amstrong Foundation  Austin  Other
84
$296,039
 Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA)  Austin  Finance
85
$285,927
 Mostyn Law Firm  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
86
$284,124
 Texas Farm Bureau AgFund  Waco  Agriculture
87
$282,133
 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association  Fort Worth  Agriculture
88
$280,257
 Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA)  Austin  Labor
89
$275,745
 Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives  Austin  Energy
90
$266,000
 Chickasaw Nation  Ada  Ideological/Single Issue
91
$260,500
 Wal-Mart (WALPAC)  Bentonville  Miscellaneous Business
92
$259,834
 Baron & Budd P.C.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
93
$256,534
 Atmos Energy  Dallas  Energy
94
$247,243
 American Cancer Society  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
95
$239,047
 United Parcel Service UPSPAC  Atlanta  Transportation
96
$237,000
 Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA)  Austin  Health
97
$236,471
 Texas Health Care Association (TCHA)  Austin  Health
98
$233,550
 Texas Society of Cert. Public Accountants (TSCPA)  Dallas  Finance
99
$233,500
 Texas Agg. & Concrete Association (TACPAC)  Austin  Construction
100
$232,250
 Chevron Texas Employees PAC  Austin  Energy
101
$229,085
 Licensed Beverage Distributors PAC  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
102
$225,731
 Texas Bankers Association (TBA) BankPac  Austin  Finance
103
$225,000
 Frank L. Branson P.C.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
104
$223,500
 Medical Defense PAC  Austin  Health
105
$220,690
 Gulf States Toyota Inc. PAC  Houston  Transportation
106
$220,239
 Q PAC  Fort Worth  Finance
107
$218,008
 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma  Durant  Ideological/Single Issue
108
$215,250
 HeartPlace PAC  Dallas  Health
109
$215,023
 Texas Hospital Association HOSPAC  Austin  Health
110
$214,315
 Comcast Corp. PAC  Philadelphia  Communications
111
$213,050
 Am. Fed. of State, County & Municipal Employees  Washington  Labor
112
$212,500
 Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants  Dallas  Health
113
$207,827
 Temple Inland, Inc.  Austin  Agriculture
114
$207,500
 Gulf Greyhound Partners & Employees PAC  La Marque  Miscellaneous Business
115
$205,471
 Texas Association for Home Care (TAHC)  Austin  Health
116
$204,958
 Verizon  Philadelphia  Communications
117
$200,577
 Graydon Group LLC  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
118
$197,000
 Beirne Maynard & Parsons LLP  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
119
$196,500
 A&M PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
120
$193,000
 Texas Society of Architects Committee  Austin  Construction
121
$192,000
 Best for Texas PAC  Houston  Ideological/Single Issue
122
$191,924
 KOCH PAC  Washington  Energy
123
$187,969
 Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
124
$186,716
 Texas Manufactured Housing Association  Austin  Construction
125
$182,592
 Friends of the University PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
126
$177,100
 Pfizer PAC  New York  Health
127
$172,871
 Beer Alliance of Texas PAC  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
128
$171,606
 TXU Employees PAC  Fort Worth  Energy
129
$171,250
 Eli Lilly & Co. PAC  Indianapolis  Health
130
$170,093
 San Antonio Police Officers Association  San Antonio  Labor
131
$169,681
 Johnson & Johnson Attorneys  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
132
$166,241
 Texas AFL-CIO  Austin  Labor
133
$165,751
 Texas Deer Association PAC  San Antonio  Ideological/Single Issue
134
$164,478
 Dan Patrick for Senate Campaign  Houston  Other
135
$164,331
 McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore LLP  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
136
$163,510
 Texas Lobby Group LLP  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
137
$159,793
 Texas Petroleum Marketers & Conv. Store Assn.  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
138
$156,792
 Teamsters DRIVE Committee  Washington  Labor
139
$152,500
 Texas Land Title Association (TLTA)  Austin  Real Estate
140
$152,000
 Texas Ophthalmological Asssociation (EYE PAC)  Austin  Health
141
$151,400
 Texans for Rick Perry  Austin  Other
142
$151,088
 Real Estate Council of Austin PAC  Austin  Real Estate
143
$150,000
 AtlanGroup LLC  Dallas  Miscellaneous Business
$89,788,673
TOTAL    

  *This candidate flipped money between two of his or her own candidate committees. These committees were not  significant donors to other state candidates or committees.