2002
Rank
|
2000
Rank
|
1998
Rank
|
1996
Rank
|
Political
Action Committee
|
2000
PAC Spending
|
Interest
Category
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Texas
Democratic Party |
$5,989,560
|
Ideological |
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Republican
Party Of Texas |
$2,743,375
|
Ideological |
|
8
|
3
|
|
|
Texas
2000 |
$2,022,734
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
Texas
Assn. Of Realtors PAC |
$1,529,044
|
Real
Estate |
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
Texans
For Lawsuit Reform PAC |
$1,420,737
|
Ideological |
|
26
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
Associated
Republicans Of Texas Campaign Fund |
$1,255,423
|
Ideological |
|
9
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
Vinson
& Elkins Texas PAC |
$910,397
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
7
|
8
|
12
|
16
|
Texas
Medical Assn. PAC |
$836,775
|
Health |
|
3
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
Texas
Trial Lawyers Assn. PAC |
$788,596
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
23
|
10
|
48
|
40
|
Coca-Cola
Enterprises, Inc. Employee Nonpartisan Committee For Good Gov't |
$739,871
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
11
|
11
|
14
|
49
|
Texas
Partnership PAC |
$718,561
|
Ideological |
|
15
|
12
|
11
|
9
|
Texas
SBC Comm. & Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Employee PAC |
$717,865
|
Communications |
|
17
|
13
|
17
|
13
|
United
Services Automobile Assn. Group - State |
$656,350
|
Insurance |
|
10
|
14
|
9
|
26
|
Compass
Bancshares, Inc. PAC |
$618,100
|
Finance |
|
73
|
15
|
19
|
20
|
Enron
Corp. PAC, Inc. |
$613,618
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
16
|
16
|
13
|
12
|
Texas
Automobile Dealers Assn. PAC |
$595,781
|
Transportation |
|
19
|
17
|
15
|
15
|
Reliant
Energy PAC |
$590,829
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
20
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
Texas
Dental Assn. PAC |
$587,072
|
Health |
|
14
|
19
|
10
|
17
|
Fulbright
& Jaworski Texas Committee |
$581,985
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
21
|
20
|
31
|
34
|
Free
Enterprise PAC |
$550,593
|
Ideological |
|
519
|
21
|
120
|
266
|
Hobby
Texas Fund |
$490,178
|
Ideological |
|
417
|
22
|
64
|
57
|
American
General Corporation PAC |
$458,617
|
Insurance |
|
18
|
23
|
30
|
27
|
Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Corp. RAILPAC |
$437,343
|
Transportation |
|
38
|
24
|
20
|
23
|
Good
Government Fund (Fort Worth) |
$404,200
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
27
|
25
|
22
|
28
|
Texas
State Teachers Assn. PAC |
$401,308
|
Labor |
|
6
|
26
|
421
|
257
|
Duke
Energy Corp PAC |
$389,177
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
78
|
27
|
71
|
|
Constitutional
Defense Fund |
$383,748
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
25
|
28
|
24
|
30
|
Farmers
Employee & Agent PAC Of Texas |
$352,971
|
Insurance |
|
24
|
29
|
25
|
18
|
American
Airlines PAC |
$350,394
|
Transportation |
|
29
|
30
|
42
|
41
|
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Texas Civic Action Committee |
$350,270
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
79
|
31
|
21
|
71
|
Texas
Manufactured Housing Assn. Committee For Responsible Government |
$346,425
|
Construction |
|
162
|
32
|
67
|
88
|
GTE
Headquarters Good Government Club |
$340,416
|
Communications |
|
30
|
33
|
35
|
14
|
Texas
Optometric PAC |
$336,500
|
Health |
|
28
|
34
|
28
|
46
|
Bracewell
& Patterson Committee |
$335,848
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
31
|
35
|
29
|
|
Texas
Oil & Gas PAC |
$303,000
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
85
|
36
|
37
|
45
|
Mayor,
Day, Caldwell & Keeton PAC |
$291,218
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
436
|
37
|
136
|
279
|
6th
District Republican Association |
$276,112
|
Ideological |
|
36
|
38
|
16
|
25
|
Texas
Society Of Certified Public Accountants PAC |
$269,441
|
Finance |
|
39
|
|
|
Texans
For Proposition 17 |
$259,669
|
Ideological |
|
47
|
40
|
33
|
72
|
Jenkens
& Gilchrist PAC |
$254,092
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
12
|
41
|
79
|
47
|
Valero
Refining & Marketing PAC |
$246,361
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
34
|
42
|
32
|
38
|
Texas
Farm Bureau Friends Of Agriculture Fund Inc. |
$245,482
|
Agriculture |
|
55
|
43
|
34
|
44
|
Conservative
Republicans Of Harris County PAC |
$245,196
|
Ideological |
|
62
|
44
|
61
|
55
|
Verizon
Communications Inc. Good Government Club - Texas |
$236,225
|
Communications |
|
41
|
45
|
36
|
50
|
Hughes
& Luce Committee For Good Government |
$234,591
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
72
|
46
|
111
|
141
|
Jackson
Walker Services PAC |
$217,547
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
60
|
47
|
56
|
70
|
Beef
PAC |
$215,916
|
Agriculture |
|
82
|
48
|
68
|
113
|
Teamsters
Local #745 Drive |
$212,956
|
Labor |
|
35
|
49
|
123
|
803
|
Houston
Police Officers Union PAC |
$211,009
|
Labor |
|
67
|
50
|
146
|
95
|
Trinity
Industries Employee PAC (TX), Inc. |
$207,050
|
Construction |
|
22
|
51
|
|
|
Texas
Employee Political Action Committee Of Texas Utilities Co. d/b/a TXU Corp. |
$203,950
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
59
|
52
|
38
|
31
|
Texas
Assn. Of Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC |
$200,555
|
Insurance |
|
53
|
53
|
99
|
120
|
HOME
PAC Of Texas |
$200,104
|
Construction |
|
151
|
54
|
47
|
56
|
Bank
Of America Texas PAC |
$199,262
|
Finance |
|
55
|
165
|
|
Democratic
Legislative Campaign Committee |
$197,500
|
Ideological |
|
52
|
56
|
89
|
68
|
PAC
Of The Texas Hospital Assn. |
$194,470
|
Health |
|
110
|
57
|
51
|
79
|
State
COPE Fund |
$187,424
|
Labor |
|
97
|
58
|
66
|
77
|
Brown
Maroney & Oaks Hartline - ELECTO PAC (BM&OH) |
$185,500
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
37
|
59
|
|
|
Haynes
& Boone PAC |
$185,350
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
65
|
60
|
46
|
43
|
Wholesale
Beer Distributors Of Texas PAC |
$184,859
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
88
|
61
|
39
|
65
|
AT
& T PAC Texas |
$183,200
|
Communications |
|
125
|
62
|
59
|
64
|
Customer
Services PAC Of Texas Utilities Co. |
$182,425
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
804
|
63
|
52
|
51
|
Coastal
Employee Action Fund Of Texas |
$182,050
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
568
|
64
|
44
|
86
|
Bank
One, Texas, N. A. Good Government Committee |
$180,200
|
Finance |
|
61
|
65
|
45
|
67
|
Political
Action Committee Of Winstead, Sechrest And Minick, P. C. |
$179,875
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
56
|
66
|
43
|
35
|
Political
Action Committee Of The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas |
$178,542
|
Insurance |
|
187
|
67
|
58
|
74
|
Texas
Utilities Company d/b/a TXU Corp. PAC |
$176,550
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
195
|
68
|
92
|
107
|
Central
Power & Light Co. Texas PAC |
$175,750
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
33
|
69
|
40
|
62
|
Texas
Aggregates & Concrete Assn. PAC |
$171,500
|
Construction |
|
48
|
70
|
62
|
66
|
Independent
Bankers Assn. Of Texas PAC |
$167,002
|
Finance |
|
68
|
71
|
50
|
80
|
Associated
General Contractors Of Texas PAC |
$161,250
|
Construction |
|
40
|
72
|
49
|
58
|
Texas
Apartment Assn. PAC |
$160,360
|
Real
Estate |
|
63
|
73
|
23
|
29
|
Baker
& Botts Amicus Fund |
$158,415
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
83
|
74
|
112
|
118
|
Texas
Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Assn. PAC |
$158,063
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
130
|
75
|
53
|
61
|
San
Antonio Police Officers Assn. PAC |
$152,753
|
Labor |
|
51
|
76
|
60
|
42
|
Texas
Restaurant Assn. PAC |
$147,277
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
98
|
77
|
107
|
83
|
Texas
Credit Union League PAC |
$142,700
|
Finance |
|
66
|
78
|
69
|
90
|
Turner
Collie & Braden PAC |
$139,100
|
Construction |
|
71
|
79
|
63
|
87
|
Chase
Bank Of Texas National Assn. Fund For Good Govt. |
$135,612
|
Finance |
|
261
|
80
|
115
|
98
|
Power
PAC Of Texas Utilities Company |
$134,000
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
276
|
81
|
96
|
206
|
Texaco
Inc. Political Involvement Committee |
$133,900
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
77
|
82
|
81
|
127
|
ACT
For Texas Classroom Teachers Assn. |
$133,500
|
Labor |
|
69
|
83
|
54
|
59
|
Tarrant
County Democratic Party PAC |
$132,622
|
Ideological |
|
84
|
|
|
Texans
For Affordable Vehicle Leasing |
$132,000
|
Transportation |
|
75
|
85
|
70
|
54
|
Texas
& Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn. PAC |
$129,691
|
Agriculture |
|
94
|
86
|
164
|
133
|
Trinity
Industries Employee PAC (SF), Inc. |
$127,050
|
Construction |
|
144
|
87
|
121
|
114
|
Texas
Thoroughbred Breeders' Assn. PAC |
$124,268
|
Agriculture |
|
358
|
88
|
198
|
159
|
Associated
Builders & Contractors Of North Texas, Inc. PAC |
$119,947
|
Construction |
|
91
|
89
|
102
|
122
|
Stratus
Committee For Responsible Government |
$118,900
|
Real
Estate |
|
54
|
90
|
80
|
92
|
Houston
Apartment Assn. Better Government Fund |
$118,159
|
Real
Estate |
|
114
|
91
|
55
|
36
|
EYE
PAC Of The Texas Opthalmological Assn. |
$116,131
|
Health |
|
49
|
92
|
82
|
179
|
Texas
Building Branch Associated General Contractors PAC |
$113,500
|
Construction |
|
95
|
93
|
90
|
375
|
Texas
Society Of Anesthesiologists PAC |
$111,100
|
Health |
|
44
|
94
|
27
|
60
|
PSEL
PAC |
$110,200
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
104
|
95
|
101
|
137
|
Entex
(Noram Energy Corp.) Citizenship Responsibility Group |
$108,336
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
113
|
96
|
87
|
102
|
Friends
Of Baylor Med |
$106,933
|
Health |
|
119
|
97
|
147
|
104
|
Committee
For Good Government Of Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp. |
$102,454
|
Agriculture |
|
57
|
98
|
|
|
Union
Pacific Corp. Fund For Effective Government |
$102,150
|
Transportation |
|
99
|
168
|
138
|
Hollywood
Marine PAC |
$101,000
|
Transportation |
|
197
|
100
|
116
|
82
|
Houston
Contractors Assn. PAC |
$100,829
|
Construction |
|