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Royce West
Texas State Senate District 23
$1,705,441Cash on Hand
$418,641Total Contributions
$425,017Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $22,176.00 | Skyview Development LLC |
| $20,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $10,000.00 | Allen Nye |
| $10,000.00 | John Carona |
| $10,000.00 | Ray L and Nancy Hunt |
| $10,000.00 | Sommerman McCaffity & Quesada and Geisler LLP |
| $8,489.87 | Crain Lewis Brogdon LLP |
| $6,500.00 | Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 341 Super PAC |
| $5,000.00 | Aldous Walker LLP |
| $5,000.00 | Baron & Budd PC |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $65,350.75 | Doris Lewis |
| $38,082.99 | Joycelyn Johnson |
| $27,053.66 | Southwest Airlines |
| $25,000.00 | Toska Medlock |
| $20,581.41 | AMLI Eastside Apartments |
| $17,213.79 | Cadillac Financial Leasing |
| $15,737.88 | Department of US Treasury IRS |
| $12,750.00 | Texas Democratic Party |
| $11,902.06 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $11,000.00 | Texas Black Caucus Foundation |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $1,500.00 | Tarrant County Democratic Party PAC | |
| $1,000.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $250.00 | Texas Justice Democrats PAC | |
| $200.00 | Dallas County Democratic PAC - State & Local (CEC) | |
| $155.00 | Lake Highlands/White Rock Democrats PAC |
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