The latest campaign finance reports reveal that the Texas Democrats who broke quorum collected $491,000 between their July 12 departure and the end of the first special session. Over 25 percent of that money came from out-of-state donors.
Ana Hernandez
$448,310Cash on Hand
$1,251,122Total Contributions
$832,647Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $50,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $45,000.00 | Border Health PAC |
| $42,653.34 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $41,510.00 | Amir & Sabrina Khan |
| $25,540.23 | The Beer Alliance of Texas Political Action Committee |
| $25,349.93 | Plumbers Local #68 PAC |
| $19,219.02 | Wholesale Beer Distributors Of Texas PAC |
| $17,777.78 | HillCo PAC |
| $17,500.00 | Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp. |
| $16,000.00 | Texas Sands PAC |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $135,673.96 | Campaign Strategies Inc |
| $30,801.44 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $21,137.45 | Crea Management LLC |
| $19,500.00 | Solidarity Strategies LLC |
| $17,480.61 | Strong Strategies LLC |
| $16,950.00 | Maria Delgado |
| $16,056.01 | InFocus Campaigns LLC |
| $15,082.08 | Cadillac Bar |
| $14,840.50 | Lenox 7th |
| $13,461.97 | Gables |
Top Personal Contributions
From reports filed by the recipients of these funds, it appears these transactions originated from personal rather than campaign accounts.
Total Contributions | Candidate | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000.00 | Texas House Democrats Incumbent Fund | |
| $3,000.00 | Kyle Carter | Carter, O. Kyler (The Honorable) |
| $2,000.00 | Harris County Tejano Democrats | |
| $2,000.00 | Michael Paul Gomez | Gomez, Michael Paul (The Honorable) |
| $1,500.00 | Kristen Brauchle Hawkins | Hawkins, Kristen Brauchle (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $1,000.00 | Gloria Lopez | Lopez, Gloria (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Mary Ann Perez | Perez, Mary Ann G. (The Honorable) |
| $500.00 | Shawn Thierry | Thierry, Shawn Nicole (The Honorable) |
| $500.00 | Solomon Ortiz, Jr. | Ortiz Jr., Solomon P. (Mr.) |
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