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
$295,490Total Contributions
$111,933Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $12,500.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $10,000.00 | Border Health PAC |
| $10,000.00 | The Charles Butt Public Education Political Action Committee |
| $10,000.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $10,000.00 | The Beer Alliance of Texas Political Action Committee |
| $9,000.00 | Texas Sands PAC |
| $5,500.00 | Calpine Corporation PAC |
| $5,500.00 | Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp. |
| $5,000.00 | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Texas Political Action Committee |
| $5,000.00 | Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $13,409.53 | Campaign Strategies Inc |
| $13,140.50 | Lenox 7th |
| $5,537.35 | Cadillac Bar |
| $5,000.00 | Maria Delgado |
| $3,287.78 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $3,000.00 | Kyle Carter |
| $2,801.76 | 4Imprint Inc |
| $2,500.00 | Michael Paul Gomez |
| $2,323.32 | Texas Capitol Gift Shop |
| $2,113.00 | East Harris County Empowerment Council |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000.00 | Kyle Carter | Carter, O. Kyler (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Kristen Brauchle Hawkins | Hawkins, Kristen Brauchle (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Michael Paul Gomez | Gomez, Michael Paul (The Honorable) |
| $500.00 | Solomon Ortiz, Jr. | Ortiz Jr., Solomon P. (Mr.) |
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