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|
‘06
Rank |
‘04
Rank |
‘02
Rank |
‘00
Rank |
‘98
Rank |
‘96
Rank |
PAC Name |
2006
Spending |
Interest Category |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
Texans For Lawsuit Reform |
$4,224,428 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
TX Assn. of Realtors |
$3,334,075 |
Real Estate |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
TX Repub. Legis. Camp. Com. |
$2,726,907 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Republican Party of TX |
$2,604,523 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
5 |
9 |
12 |
41 |
79 |
47 |
Valero Refining & Marketing |
$2,347,879 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
TX Democratic Trust |
$2,256,378 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
7 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
Texans for Insurance Reform |
$2,015,611 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
8 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
TX Medical Assn. |
$1,896,648 |
Health |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
TX Democratic Party |
$1,553,206 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
10 |
7 |
26 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
Associated Republicans of TX |
$1,472,061 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Harris Co. Republican Party |
$1,397,049 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
12 |
10 |
15 |
12 |
11 |
9 |
SBC TX Employee PAC |
$1,253,856 |
Communications |
13 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
Annie’s List |
$1,098,083 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
14 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Stars Over TX |
$1,085,121 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
15 |
36 |
|
|
|
|
House Democratic Camp. Com. |
$1,051,894 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
16 |
92 |
|
|
|
|
BG Distribution Partners |
$1,024,000 |
Miscellaneous Business |
17 |
49 |
142 |
623 |
|
|
Ryan & Co. |
$1,015,088 |
Finance |
18 |
15 |
32 |
102 |
|
|
HillCo |
$1,010,227 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
19 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
Good Government PAC |
$931,233 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
20 |
115 |
196 |
|
|
|
TX Assn. Realtors-Issues PAC |
$929,601 |
Real Estate |
21 |
11 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
Vinson & Elkins |
$918,700 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
22 |
8 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
TX Trial Lawyers Assn. |
$883,547 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
23 |
17 |
141 |
129 |
|
|
TX Assn. of Mortgage Attorneys |
$794,263 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
24 |
13 |
14 |
19 |
10 |
17 |
Fulbright & Jaworski |
$718,666 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
Border Health PAC |
$667,788 |
Health |
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
Future of TX Alliance |
$655,655 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dallas Co. Democratic PAC |
$641,775 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dallas Co. Republican Party |
$616,554 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
29 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
42 |
41 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
$587,827 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
30 |
41 |
87 |
256 |
|
|
TX Friends of Time Warner Cable |
$587,680 |
Communications |
31 |
20 |
57 |
98 |
|
|
Union Pacific Corp. |
$586,762 |
Transportation |
32 |
18 |
30 |
33 |
35 |
14 |
TX Optometric PAC |
$576,722 |
Health |
33 |
48 |
34 |
42 |
32 |
38 |
TX Farm Bureau |
$563,966 |
Agriculture |
34 |
32 |
27 |
25 |
22 |
28 |
TX State Teachers Assn. |
$547,839 |
Labor |
35 |
22 |
85 |
36 |
37 |
45 |
Andrews & Kurth |
$528,250 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
36 |
40 |
|
|
|
|
TX Federation of Repub. Women |
$523,562 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
37 |
27 |
25 |
28 |
24 |
30 |
Farmers Employee & Agent PAC |
$514,111 |
Insurance |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
TX Parent PAC |
$492,799 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
39 |
23 |
234 |
|
|
|
Friends of Phil Gramm |
$473,039 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
40 |
31 |
63 |
73 |
23 |
29 |
Baker Botts |
$471,772 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
41 |
|
|
|
|
|
TX Values in Action Coalition |
$467,473 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
42 |
33 |
46 |
|
|
|
Q PAC |
$466,894 |
Finance |
43 |
47 |
61 |
65 |
45 |
67 |
Winstead, Sechrest & Minick |
$458,133 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
44 |
25 |
28 |
34 |
28 |
46 |
Bracewell & Patterson |
$425,796 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
45 |
24 |
104 |
95 |
101 |
137 |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. |
$402,694 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
46 |
35 |
16 |
16 |
13 |
12 |
TX Automobile Dealers Assn. |
$400,663 |
Transportation |
47 |
45 |
41 |
45 |
36 |
50 |
Hughes & Luce |
$396,643 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
48 |
|
|
|
|
|
TX Opportunity PAC |
$395,419 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
Republican Party Fort Bend Co. |
$393,306 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
50 |
44 |
53 |
53 |
99 |
120 |
Home PAC |
$390,639 |
Construction |
51 |
29 |
247 |
284 |
172 |
217 |
Fort Worth Firefighters |
$387,785 |
Labor |
52 |
43 |
40 |
72 |
49 |
58 |
TX Apartment Assn. |
$382,733 |
Real Estate |
53 |
98 |
58 |
536 |
336 |
32 |
Travis Co. Democratic Party |
$375,270 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
54 |
19 |
20 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
TX Dental Assn. |
$367,010 |
Health |
55 |
67 |
56 |
66 |
43 |
35 |
Independent Insurance Agents |
$356,623 |
Insurance |
56 |
38 |
19 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
Reliant Energy, Inc. |
$356,111 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
57 |
57 |
48 |
70 |
62 |
66 |
Independent Bankers Assn. |
$354,962 |
Finance |
58 |
46 |
31 |
35 |
29 |
|
TX Oil & Gas PAC |
$354,000 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
59 |
55 |
17 |
13 |
17 |
13 |
United Services Auto. Assn. |
$353,780 |
Insurance |
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
ACC Capital Holdings |
$345,750 |
Finance |
61 |
21 |
23 |
10 |
48 |
40 |
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. |
$340,935 |
Miscellaneous Business |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
TX Progress Council |
$340,138 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
63 |
61 |
65 |
60 |
46 |
43 |
Wholesale Beer Distributors |
$338,740 |
Miscellaneous Business |
64 |
172 |
|
|
|
|
TX 2020 |
$337,892 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
65 |
63 |
37 |
59 |
|
|
Haynes & Boone |
$330,045 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
66 |
58 |
103 |
|
|
|
Landry's Seafood Restaurants |
$328,608 |
Miscellaneous Business |
67 |
42 |
102 |
126 |
75 |
73 |
Friends of the University |
$326,921 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
68 |
34 |
35 |
49 |
123 |
803 |
Houston Police Officers Union |
$320,129 |
Labor |
69 |
147 |
188 |
117 |
98 |
84 |
Licensed Beverage Distributors |
$312,850 |
Miscellaneous Business |
70 |
88 |
129 |
223 |
104 |
116 |
TX Architects Committee |
$311,011 |
Construction |
71 |
39 |
22 |
51 |
|
|
TX Employee PAC of TXU Corp. |
$296,385 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
72 |
129 |
|
|
|
|
American Electric Power |
$286,619 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
73 |
60 |
72 |
46 |
111 |
141 |
Jackson Walker |
$280,781 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
74 |
215 |
116 |
146 |
508 |
338 |
Lyondell Petrochemical Co. |
$275,918 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
75 |
64 |
33 |
69 |
40 |
62 |
TX Aggregates & Concrete Assn. |
$274,704 |
Construction |
76 |
52 |
59 |
52 |
38 |
31 |
TX Assn. Insurance & Fin’l Advisors |
$273,079 |
Insurance |
77 |
102 |
79 |
31 |
21 |
71 |
TX Manufactured Housing Assn. |
$262,970 |
Construction |
78 |
51 |
551 |
|
|
|
MAXXAM, Inc. |
$261,007 |
Finance |
79 |
94 |
68 |
71 |
50 |
80 |
Assoc. General Contractors of TX |
$256,316 |
Construction |
80 |
14 |
18 |
23 |
30 |
27 |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. |
$255,465 |
Transportation |
81 |
74 |
98 |
77 |
107 |
83 |
TX Credit Union League |
$255,331 |
Finance |
82 |
83 |
112 |
175 |
144 |
136 |
Greater Houston Builders Assn. |
$254,400 |
Construction |
83 |
59 |
76 |
155 |
117 |
145 |
Plumbers Local No. 68 |
$249,097 |
Labor |
84 |
56 |
45 |
103 |
85 |
117 |
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP |
$248,375 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
85 |
66 |
77 |
82 |
81 |
127 |
TX Classroom Teachers Assn. |
$246,508 |
Labor |
86 |
69 |
210 |
421 |
|
|
Grande Communications |
$242,000 |
Computers |
87 |
119 |
152 |
151 |
192 |
165 |
TX Consumer Finance Assn. |
$240,329 |
Finance |
88 |
54 |
54 |
90 |
80 |
92 |
Houston Apartment Assn. |
$230,660 |
Real Estate |
89 |
87 |
93 |
224 |
265 |
185 |
Kirby Corp. |
$229,239 |
Transportation |
90 |
117 |
105 |
131 |
159 |
248 |
Thompson & Knight |
$228,500 |
Lawyers/Lobbyists |
91 |
189 |
96 |
136 |
124 |
93 |
TX Bankers Assn. |
$227,002 |
Finance |
92 |
91 |
60 |
47 |
56 |
70 |
Beef PAC |
$221,974 |
Agriculture |
93 |
206 |
|
|
|
|
ConocoPhillips |
$220,580 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
94 |
70 |
125 |
62 |
59 |
64 |
Electric Delivery PAC of TXU |
$217,103 |
Energy/Nat’l Resources |
95 |
104 |
|
506 |
272 |
|
Citizens For A Better Fort Worth |
$216,719 |
Miscellaneous Business |
96 |
80 |
95 |
93 |
90 |
375 |
TX Society of Anesthesiologists |
$216,284 |
Health |
97 |
85 |
114 |
91 |
55 |
36 |
TX Opthalmological Assn. |
$212,070 |
Health |
98 |
|
|
|
|
|
Texans for School Choice |
$211,757 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
99 |
|
|
|
|
|
Houston PAC |
$207,212 |
Ideological/Single Issue |
100 |
62 |
52 |
56 |
89 |
68 |
TX Hospital Assn. |
$206,734 |
Health |
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