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Royce West
Texas State Senate District 23
$1,705,441Cash on Hand
$3,054,672Total Contributions
$3,153,107Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $90,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $60,250.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $55,000.00 | John Carona |
| $48,048.00 | Skyview Development LLC |
| $44,953.93 | Lauril and Erle A Nye Jr |
| $40,000.00 | Ray L and Nancy Hunt |
| $40,000.00 | Thomas Joyner |
| $32,000.00 | Friends of UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| $30,000.00 | Gerald J Ford |
| $30,000.00 | Harold Ginsburg |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $368,608.66 | Doris Lewis |
| $235,832.99 | Department of US Treasury IRS |
| $206,658.62 | Joycelyn Johnson |
| $108,327.86 | Southwest Airlines |
| $106,393.44 | Oxley Leasing LLC |
| $106,097.27 | Metro Realty |
| $101,234.46 | Arnulfo Garza |
| $84,735.01 | AMLI Eastside Apartments |
| $69,757.68 | GM Financial Leasing |
| $57,273.00 | Texas Senate Democratic Caucus |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $25,740.00 | Dallas County Democratic PAC - State & Local (CEC) | |
| $5,500.00 | Tarrant County Democratic Party PAC | |
| $1,000.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $1,000.00 | TOP Political Action Committee | |
| $300.00 | Senate District 16 PAC | |
| $250.00 | Texas Justice Democrats PAC | |
| $155.00 | Lake Highlands/White Rock Democrats PAC |
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