Notes
1The largest
PAC expenditures typically are contributions to candidates or other PACs;
PACs also spend money on overhead and other expenses—which also are included
here.
2This error
occurred when the Corpus Christi Firefighters Association reported a presumably
minor expenditure for “political merchandise.” A PAC official appears
to have reentered the purchase date (9/22/2004) in the “amount” field,
thereby erroneously reporting an expenditure of $9,222,004. This amount
is three times more than the state’s largest PAC spent during the 2004
election cycle and twice the total amount spent by all Labor PACs combined.
3A variation
occurred in the 1998 gubernatorial cycle, when Ideological PACs slightly
increased their share of spending at the expense of Business PACs.
4Rep. Ed
Kuempel’s HB 1429
5Such as
the defeated SB 1025.
