In July, a group of Democratic legislators left Austin, with some traveling to Washington, D.C., in an effort to break the quorum of the Texas Legislature to prevent action on Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda.
Donna Howard
Texas House of Representatives District 48
$128,620Cash on Hand
$215,544Total Contributions
$216,850Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $7,000.00 | Texas Sands PAC |
| $5,000.00 | The Charles Butt Public Education Political Action Committee |
| $5,000.00 | Texas Leadership Fund |
| $5,000.00 | The Political Action Committee of the Texas Hospital Association |
| $4,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $3,500.00 | Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp. |
| $3,000.00 | Bettye Nowlin |
| $2,500.00 | BNSF Railway Company RAILPAC |
| $2,500.00 | Friends of The University of Texas at Austin |
| $2,500.00 | Jon Loehman |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $25,496.00 | Jacob Cottingham |
| $19,972.94 | American Printing & Mailing |
| $17,364.15 | Travis County Democratic Party (P) |
| $12,750.00 | Eliza Martin |
| $11,775.00 | Samantha Lopez-Resendez |
| $10,000.00 | Beto O'Rourke |
| $10,000.00 | Texas Democratic Party |
| $7,255.00 | Renzo Soto |
| $5,000.00 | Amy Borgstedte |
| $5,000.00 | Jerry Davis Campaign |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $11,250.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $2,000.00 | Texas Blue Action Democrats | |
| $1,532.70 | Travis County Democratic Party | |
| $1,500.00 | Frank Ramirez | Ramirez IV, Frank A. (Mr.) |
| $1,000.00 | Gina Hinojosa | Hinojosa, Regina (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Jay Kleberg | Kleberg, Robert J. (Mr.) |
| $1,000.00 | Joe S Jaworski | Jaworski, Joe S. (Mr.) |
| $1,000.00 | Luke Warford | Warford, Luke (Mr.) |
| $1,000.00 | Mihaela Plesa | Plesa, Mihaela E. (Ms.) |
| $1,000.00 | Pam Baggett- Wallis | Baggett-Wallis, Pamela A. (Ms.) |
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