This article is Part 4 of a four-part series demonstrating how the money in a lobby sector can impact state politics and legislation. Read the first three articles here, here, and here.
David Porter
$279,282Cash on Hand
$645,180Total Contributions
$1,808,993Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $35,000.00 | Trammell S Crow |
| $27,000.00 | Good Government Fund (Fort Worth) |
| $25,000.00 | J L Davis |
| $25,000.00 | Kelcy L Warren |
| $25,000.00 | Owl SWD Operating LLC |
| $15,000.00 | John & Anne Marion |
| $15,000.00 | Melinda and Jeffery D Hildebrand |
| $13,500.00 | Linda J Cowden |
| $12,500.00 | Exxon Mobil Corporation Political Action Committee of Texas |
| $12,500.00 | Loyd W Powell Jr |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $500,045.22 | Round Top State Bank - Investment |
| $176,950.00 | The 98th Meridian Foundation |
| $103,500.00 | TMS Enterprise Inc |
| $77,010.23 | Kevin Brannon |
| $50,194.63 | Fundraising Solutions LLC |
| $35,000.00 | Trammell S Crow |
| $33,500.00 | Katherine A Carmichael |
| $32,078.42 | Department of US Treasury IRS |
| $29,855.00 | Texas Natural Gas Foundation |
| $26,314.86 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
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 | Wayne Christian | Christian, Walter Wayne (Mr.) |
| $6,240.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC | |
| $5,000.00 | Dade Phelan | Phelan, Matthew M. (The Honorable) |
| $5,000.00 | Drew Alan Springer Jr | Springer Jr., Drew Alan (The Honorable) |
| $2,500.00 | Dan Flynn | Flynn, Dan (The Honorable) |
| $2,500.00 | Greg Abbott | Texans for Greg Abbott |
| $2,500.00 | Ryan Sitton | Sitton, Ryan (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $1,000.00 | Daniel McCarthy | McCarthy, Daniel E. (Mr.) |
| $185.00 | Collin County Republican Party (CEC) |
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This article is Part 3 of a four-part series demonstrating how the money in a lobby sector can impact state politics and legislation. We’ve selected the Green Energy sector due to a resurgence of interest in a behind-the-scenes look at renewables following the 2021 snowstorms, but you can follow the money in any industry of interest that is spending lobbying dollars in Austin.
For the last two years, the most fiercely fought contest in Texas politics has been the Democrats’ effort to take control of the Texas House. Buoyed by flipping 12 seats to their column in 2018 and believing they could ride a demographic wave to increased power, Democrats and their PACs spent tens of millions of dollars in this effort.