2002
Rank
|
2000
Rank
|
1998
Rank
|
1996
Rank
|
Political
Action Committee
|
1998
PAC Spending
|
Interest
Category
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Texas
Democratic Party |
$6,061,413
|
Ideological |
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Republican
Party Of Texas |
$3,346,263
|
Ideological |
|
26
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
Associated
Republicans Of Texas Campaign Fund |
$1,432,945
|
Ideological |
|
9
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
Vinson
& Elkins Texas PAC |
$1,237,225
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
Texans
For Lawsuit Reform PAC |
$1,207,261
|
Ideological |
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
Texas
Assn. Of Realtors PAC |
$1,086,834
|
Real
Estate |
|
3
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
Texas
Trial Lawyers Assn. PAC |
$957,484
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
|
8
|
|
Eight
In Ninty Eight Committee |
$824,433
|
Ideological |
|
10
|
14
|
9
|
26
|
Compass
Bancshares, Inc. PAC |
$821,750
|
Finance |
|
14
|
19
|
10
|
17
|
Fulbright
& Jaworski Texas Committee |
$773,445
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
15
|
12
|
11
|
9
|
Texas
SBC Communications, Inc. & Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Employee
PAC |
$730,437
|
Communications |
|
7
|
8
|
12
|
16
|
Texas
Medical Assn. PAC |
$661,652
|
Health |
|
16
|
16
|
13
|
12
|
Texas
Automobile Dealers Assn. PAC |
$642,236
|
Transportation |
|
11
|
11
|
14
|
49
|
Texas
Partnership PAC |
$568,295
|
Ideological |
|
19
|
17
|
15
|
15
|
Reliant
Energy PAC |
$563,296
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
36
|
38
|
16
|
25
|
Texas
Society Of Certified Public Accountants PAC |
$528,931
|
Finance |
|
17
|
13
|
17
|
13
|
United
Services Automobile Assn. Group - State |
$496,350
|
Insurance |
|
20
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
Texas
Dental Assn. PAC |
$494,286
|
Health |
|
73
|
15
|
19
|
20
|
Enron
Corp. PAC, Inc. |
$466,233
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
38
|
24
|
20
|
23
|
Good
Government Fund (Fort Worth) |
$465,550
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
79
|
31
|
21
|
71
|
Texas
Manufactured Housing Assn. Committee For Responsible Government |
$456,800
|
Construction |
|
27
|
25
|
22
|
28
|
Texas
State Teachers Assn. PAC |
$432,004
|
Labor |
|
63
|
73
|
23
|
29
|
Baker
& Botts Amicus Fund |
$409,120
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
25
|
28
|
24
|
30
|
Farmers
Employee & Agent PAC Of Texas |
$407,696
|
Insurance |
|
24
|
29
|
25
|
18
|
American
Airlines PAC |
$396,405
|
Transportation |
|
89
|
149
|
26
|
48
|
Texas
Civil Justice League PAC |
$356,331
|
Ideological |
|
44
|
94
|
27
|
60
|
PSEL
PAC |
$355,750
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
28
|
34
|
28
|
46
|
Bracewell
& Patterson Committee |
$339,185
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
31
|
35
|
29
|
|
Texas
Oil & Gas PAC |
$335,500
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
18
|
23
|
30
|
27
|
Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Corp. RAILPAC |
$320,491
|
Transportation |
|
21
|
20
|
31
|
34
|
Free
Enterprise PAC |
$316,919
|
Ideological |
|
34
|
42
|
32
|
38
|
Texas
Farm Bureau Friends Of Agriculture Fund Inc. |
$313,730
|
Agriculture |
|
47
|
40
|
33
|
72
|
Jenkens
& Gilchrist PAC |
$305,865
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
55
|
43
|
34
|
44
|
Conservative
Republicans Of Harris County PAC |
$302,537
|
Ideological |
|
30
|
33
|
35
|
14
|
Texas
Optometric PAC |
$280,969
|
Health |
|
41
|
45
|
36
|
50
|
Hughes
& Luce Committee For Good Government |
$275,629
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
85
|
36
|
37
|
45
|
Mayor,
Day, Caldwell & Keeton PAC |
$273,062
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
59
|
52
|
38
|
31
|
Texas
Assn. Of Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC |
$269,139
|
Insurance |
|
88
|
61
|
39
|
65
|
AT
& T PAC Texas |
$266,256
|
Communications |
|
33
|
69
|
40
|
62
|
Texas
Aggregates & Concrete Assn. PAC |
$264,988
|
Construction |
|
157
|
41
|
24
|
Concerned
Associates Employees |
$255,079
|
Finance |
|
29
|
30
|
42
|
41
|
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Texas Civic Action Committee |
$243,780
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
56
|
66
|
43
|
35
|
Political
Action Committee Of The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas |
$230,935
|
Insurance |
|
568
|
64
|
44
|
86
|
Bank
One, Texas, N. A. Good Government Committee |
$227,000
|
Finance |
|
61
|
65
|
45
|
67
|
Political
Action Committee Of Winstead, Sechrest And Minick, P. C. |
$225,541
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
65
|
60
|
46
|
43
|
Wholesale
Beer Distributors Of Texas PAC |
$224,424
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
151
|
54
|
47
|
56
|
Bank
Of America Texas PAC |
$223,354
|
Finance |
|
23
|
10
|
48
|
40
|
Coca-Cola
Enterprises, Inc. Employee Nonpartisan Committee For Good Gov't |
$217,310
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
40
|
72
|
49
|
58
|
Texas
Apartment Assn. PAC |
$205,098
|
Real
Estate |
|
68
|
71
|
50
|
80
|
Associated
General Contractors Of Texas PAC |
$201,300
|
Construction |
|
110
|
57
|
51
|
79
|
State
COPE Fund |
$200,312
|
Labor |
|
804
|
63
|
52
|
51
|
Coastal
Employee Action Fund Of Texas |
$191,755
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
130
|
75
|
53
|
61
|
San
Antonio Police Officers Assn. PAC |
$188,835
|
Labor |
|
69
|
83
|
54
|
59
|
Tarrant
County Democratic Party PAC |
$187,297
|
Ideological |
|
114
|
91
|
55
|
36
|
EYE
PAC Of The Texas Opthalmological Assn. |
$180,744
|
Health |
|
60
|
47
|
56
|
70
|
Beef
PAC |
$175,615
|
Agriculture |
|
814
|
57
|
|
ABC
Group |
$172,006
|
Ideological |
|
187
|
67
|
58
|
74
|
Texas
Utilities Company d/b/a TXU Corp. PAC |
$171,545
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
125
|
62
|
59
|
64
|
Customer
Services PAC Of Texas Utilities Co. |
$170,550
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
51
|
76
|
60
|
42
|
Texas
Restaurant Assn. PAC |
$169,509
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
62
|
44
|
61
|
55
|
Verizon
Communications Inc. Good Government Club - Texas |
$165,800
|
Communications |
|
48
|
70
|
62
|
66
|
Independent
Bankers Assn. Of Texas PAC |
$165,742
|
Finance |
|
71
|
79
|
63
|
87
|
Chase
Bank Of Texas National Assn. Fund For Good Govt. |
$157,870
|
Finance |
|
417
|
22
|
64
|
57
|
American
General Corporation PAC |
$155,272
|
Insurance |
|
773
|
207
|
65
|
21
|
Texas
Senate Democratic Campaign Committee |
$154,686
|
Ideological |
|
97
|
58
|
66
|
77
|
Brown
Maroney & Oaks Hartline - ELECTO PAC (BM&OH) |
$150,375
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
162
|
32
|
67
|
88
|
GTE
Headquarters Good Government Club |
$146,600
|
Communications |
|
82
|
48
|
68
|
113
|
Teamsters
Local #745 Drive |
$143,720
|
Labor |
|
66
|
78
|
69
|
90
|
Turner
Collie & Braden PAC |
$142,100
|
Construction |
|
75
|
85
|
70
|
54
|
Texas
& Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn. PAC |
$141,644
|
Agriculture |
|
78
|
27
|
71
|
|
Constitutional
Defense Fund |
$141,250
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
|
72
|
97
|
Locke,
Purnell, Rain & Harrell State PAC |
$139,150
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
131
|
106
|
73
|
33
|
Texas
Health Care Assn. PAC |
$138,853
|
Health |
|
203
|
159
|
74
|
112
|
Texas
Sport PAC |
$137,088
|
Ideological |
|
102
|
126
|
75
|
73
|
Friends
Of The University PAC |
$136,855
|
Ideological |
|
92
|
215
|
76
|
|
Texas
League Of Conservation Voters |
$134,650
|
Ideological |
|
156
|
152
|
77
|
150
|
S
& B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd. PAC Texas Contribution Account |
$127,200
|
Construction |
|
769
|
78
|
10
|
21st
Century Democrats |
$121,865
|
Ideological |
|
12
|
41
|
79
|
47
|
Valero
Refining & Marketing PAC |
$120,458
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
54
|
90
|
80
|
92
|
Houston
Apartment Assn. Better Government Fund |
$119,977
|
Real
Estate |
|
77
|
82
|
81
|
127
|
ACT
For Texas Classroom Teachers Assn. |
$119,533
|
Labor |
|
49
|
92
|
82
|
179
|
Texas
Building Branch Associated General Contractors PAC |
$118,000
|
Construction |
|
132
|
116
|
83
|
75
|
Constructive
Citizenship Program Of Texas Instruments |
$117,406
|
Electronics |
|
106
|
104
|
84
|
111
|
HCA
Texas Good Government Fund |
$115,900
|
Health |
|
45
|
103
|
85
|
117
|
Gardere
Wynne Sewell LLP Judicial Fund |
$114,611
|
Lawyers
& Lobbyists |
|
545
|
165
|
86
|
130
|
Central
& South West Corp. State PAC |
$113,400
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
113
|
96
|
87
|
102
|
Friends
Of Baylor Med |
$113,100
|
Health |
|
101
|
372
|
88
|
129
|
C
Club |
$112,954
|
Ideological |
|
52
|
56
|
89
|
68
|
PAC
Of The Texas Hospital Assn. |
$111,098
|
Health |
|
95
|
93
|
90
|
375
|
Texas
Society Of Anesthesiologists PAC |
$109,851
|
Health |
|
|
91
|
135
|
BetzDearborn,
Inc. PAC |
$106,272
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
195
|
68
|
92
|
107
|
Central
Power & Light Co. Texas PAC |
$106,000
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
346
|
330
|
93
|
239
|
Texas
Progress Fund |
$104,000
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
42
|
188
|
94
|
94
|
Texas
Assn. Of Business and Commerce PAC |
$103,878
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
189
|
108
|
95
|
89
|
Political
Action Committee For Employees Of The Dow Chemical Co. (PACE) |
$103,640
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
276
|
81
|
96
|
206
|
Texaco
Inc. Political Involvement Committee |
$102,100
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|
172
|
160
|
97
|
106
|
Compaq
Computer Corporation Citizenship Fund |
$101,980
|
Electronics |
|
188
|
117
|
98
|
84
|
Licensed
Beverage Distributors PAC |
$101,000
|
Miscellaneous
Business |
|
53
|
53
|
99
|
120
|
HOME
PAC Of Texas |
$100,679
|
Construction |
|
649
|
156
|
100
|
69
|
Transmission
& Pipeline PAC Of Texas Utilities Co. d/b/a TXU Corp. |
$98,150
|
Energy
& Natural Resources |
|