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.
Dennis Paul
Texas House of Representatives District 129
$45,438Cash on Hand
$1,255,710Total Contributions
$1,250,869Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $92,309.66 | Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC |
| $28,918.06 | Greg Abbott |
| $27,500.00 | Texas Land Title Association PAC |
| $24,000.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $21,140.00 | James & Shirley Dannenbaum |
| $16,500.00 | Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP |
| $16,500.00 | Richard Weekley |
| $16,000.00 | Bay Area Republican Women PAC |
| $15,000.00 | Texas Leads PAC |
| $14,750.00 | State Farm Agents Political Action Committee |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $588,704.55 | The Yates Company |
| $165,440.48 | Dennis Paul |
| $39,280.60 | Larry M Hicks CPA |
| $36,122.05 | Adrienne Sun |
| $24,573.89 | Risinger Consulting |
| $18,000.00 | The What's Up Radio Program |
| $16,001.00 | South Belt-Ellington Leader |
| $15,776.06 | Sgl Consulting |
| $15,000.00 | Conservative Media Properties LLC |
| $12,500.00 | Conservative Republicans of Harris County |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $5,595.00 | Bay Area Republican Women PAC | |
| $2,000.00 | San Jacinto Republican Women | |
| $647.00 | Republican Party of Texas | |
| $364.74 | Clear Lake Area Republicans P.A.C. | |
| $263.35 | Tri County Republican Women | |
| $75.00 | Sergio Munoz Jr | Munoz Jr., Sergio (The Honorable) |
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Texas politicians and PACs are required to file reports with the Texas Ethics Commission listing all their campaign contributions and expenditures. The most recent reports — which include all transactions for the last half of 2018 — were just released. Two major things to pay attention to in these reports: 1) final numbers on both donations and spending for the 2018 Election Cycle, and 2) perhaps even more interesting, a list of all donations made to Texas politicians after the election.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) is in the business of electing politicians who will vote “correctly” on lawsuit & tort reform issues, while not rocking the boat in the Capitol. They’ve become one of the most powerful and well-known PACs in the state using this model, and show no signs of changing their game plan.