Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans held an 83-65 majority heading into the election.

Committee chair fundraising

State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. Some committee chairs raise significantly more money than their non-chair counterparts in the state legislature. The average amount raised by delegates who did not serve as a committee chair was $363,065. The funds raised by each of the House’s 31 committee chairs are shown below.

• Agriculture and Livestock Committee – DeWayne Burns – $120,522
• Appropriations Committee – Greg Bonnen – $737,532
• Business & Industry Committee – Chris Turner – $378,087
• Calendars Committee – Dustin Burrows – $744,841
• Corrections Committee – Andrew Murr – $505,323
• Criminal Jurisprudence Committee – Nicole Collier – $98,754
• Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Committee – Ken King – $589,166
• Defense & Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Richard Raymond – $811,512
• Elections Committee – Briscoe Cain – $254,605
• Energy Resources Committee – Craig Goldman – $495,067
• Environmental Regulation Committee – Brooks Landgraf – $394,200
• General Investigating Committee – Matt Krause – $465,340
• House Administration Committee – Will Metcalf – $407,705
• House Higher Education Committee – Jim Murphy – $48,400
• House Transportation Committee – Terry Canales – $247,255
• Human Services Committee – James Frank – $125,419
• Insurance Committee – Tom Oliverson – $315,510
• International Relations & Economic Development Committee – Angie Chen Button – $1,088,521
• Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee – Jeff Leach – $854,878
• Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee – Victoria Neave – $170,023
• Land & Resource Management Committee – Joe Deshotel – $50,436
• Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee – Senfronia Thompson – $119,082
• Local & Consent Calendars Committee – Charlie Geren – $612,565
• Natural Resources Committee – Tracy King – $166,321
• Pensions, Investments and Financial Services Committee – Rafael Anchia – $213,433
• Public Education Committee – Harold Dutton Jr. – $140,675
• Public Health Committee – Stephanie Klick – $1,745,685
• Redistricting Committee – Todd Hunter – $303,994
• Resolutions Calendars Committee – Ryan Guillen – $1,544,052
• Urban Affairs Committee – Philip Cortez – $228,365
• Ways & Means Committee – Morgan Meyer – $1,554,780

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Texas PACs submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines.

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.