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.
Garnet Coleman
$41,664Cash on Hand
$417,925Total Contributions
$363,637Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $27,000.00 | Blackridge Consulting LLP |
| $25,000.00 | Border Health PAC |
| $10,000.00 | Maureen Campo |
| $8,500.00 | Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP |
| $7,500.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $6,000.00 | University of Houston Political Action Committee |
| $5,500.00 | Barry Goodman |
| $5,500.00 | Carlos M Zaffirini Jr |
| $5,000.00 | Ankur Desai |
| $5,000.00 | Anne and Charles W Duncan Jr |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $41,000.00 | Hilary Green Campaign |
| $29,100.00 | Karunkar Sreerama |
| $25,000.00 | Texas Organizing Project Education Fund |
| $16,013.93 | Mazda Capital Services |
| $12,644.71 | Office Depot Inc |
| $10,694.00 | Southwest Airlines |
| $10,000.00 | Sylvester Turner |
| $8,250.00 | Harris County Democratic Party (P) |
| $7,930.80 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $6,000.00 | Amanda Edwards |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $18,200.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $5,000.00 | Annie's List | |
| $5,000.00 | TOP Political Action Committee | |
| $5,000.00 | Workers Defense in Action | |
| $4,500.00 | Battleground Texas | |
| $2,500.00 | Harris County Democratic Party (CEC) | |
| $2,500.00 | One Texas Pac | |
| $1,960.50 | Harris County Tejano Democrats | |
| $1,000.00 | Houston GLBT Political Caucus PAC | |
| $1,000.00 | Jose Menendez | Menendez, Jose (The Honorable) |
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