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Roberto Alonzo
$72Cash on Hand
$410,458Total Contributions
$475,510Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $29,000.00 | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active |
| $19,500.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $18,500.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $18,000.00 | Austin Fire Fighters PAC |
| $17,500.00 | Tony Ross |
| $10,000.00 | Border Health PAC |
| $9,000.00 | Communications Workers of America Cwa Cope PAC Federal |
| $8,000.00 | Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp. |
| $7,500.00 | Exelon Corporation Political Action Committee (DISSOLVED) |
| $7,004.34 | Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $152,600.00 | YD & Associates |
| $56,144.52 | Alonzo Law Firm |
| $23,600.00 | Margarita E Garza |
| $21,662.29 | MaiLogix |
| $21,385.00 | Univision Management Company |
| $21,043.00 | Diana Alonzo |
| $13,327.04 | Reilly Echols Printing Inc |
| $9,662.23 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $7,000.00 | Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee (DISSOLVED) |
| $4,814.00 | Jefferson Tower Events |
Top Loans
Amount | Lender |
|---|---|
| $5,000.00 | Roberto Alonzo |
| $1,000.00 | Roberto Alonzo |
| $1,000.00 | Roberto Alonzo |
| $250.00 | Roberto Alonzo |
| $191.82 | Roberto R Alonzo Sr |
| $90.00 | Roberto Alonzo |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $2,500.00 | Diana Arevalo | Arevalo, Diana (The Honorable) |
| $1,365.00 | Hector Garza | Garza, Hector H. (Mr.) |
| $300.00 | David Lopez | Lopez, David A. (The Honorable) |
| $200.00 | Dallas County Democratic PAC - State & Local (CEC) | |
| $200.00 | Executive Committee of the Hidalgo County Democratic Party (CEC) | |
| $128.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $103.00 | Norma Chavez | Chavez, Norma P. (Ms.) |
| $100.00 | Graciela Olvera | Olvera, Graciela (Ms.) |
| $100.00 | Lucio Del Toro | Del Toro, Lucio A. (Mr.) |
| $75.00 | Ken Molberg | Molberg, Kenneth H. (The Honorable) |
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(10) T. Dan Friedkin – Owner and CEO of Gulf States Toyota, the largest private company in Houston. In 2016, according to Forbes, Mr. Friedkin ranked as the 162nd wealthiest person in the United States. In his spare time, Mr. Friedkin flies World War II-era P-51 Mustangs with an aerial acrobatic troupe. Over the course of the last election cycle he gave $807,602 to Texas candidates and PACs.