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.
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Financial Activity
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $250,045.22 | Round Top State Bank - Investment |
| $7,114.20 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $1,000.00 | Tom Glass |
| $500.00 | Conservative Partnership Institute |
| $500.00 | David Covey |
| $500.00 | Mike Olicott |
| $500.00 | Robert Flores |
| $250.00 | Don McLaughlin |
| $250.00 | John Smithee |
| $250.00 | Mark Goloby |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000.00 | Dade Phelan | Phelan, Matthew M. (The Honorable) |
| $3,120.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC | |
| $1,000.00 | ActBlue Texas |
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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.