Last week, Texas campaign finance reports were released. We’ve cleaned up the data and made it easy to search, so you can see for yourself who’s giving and who’s getting in Texas politics. Here are three surprising headlines to get you started:
East Texas Democratic Caucus
Texas Committee
$6,510Cash on Hand
$5,465Total Contributions
$3,271Total Expenditures
Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $640.00 | William Bill E Brannon Jr |
| $540.00 | Karen D Wilkerson |
| $510.00 | Aggregated Unitemized Contributions |
| $400.00 | VG Nesbitt |
| $250.00 | LaShun Roy |
| $250.00 | Vali Brannon |
| $120.00 | Darrell Campbell |
| $120.00 | Madeline Gibson |
| $100.00 | Ben Dickson |
| $100.00 | Bettie Mitchell |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $1,919.32 | Jason's Deli |
| $500.00 | St Louis Baptist Church |
| $253.00 | Scootaround |
| $170.00 | United States Postal Service Azalea |
| $166.36 | ActBlue Texas |
| $108.74 | Office Depot Inc |
| $69.28 | Minute Man Press Westchase |
| $40.58 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $33.82 | Walmart Stores Inc |
| $9.73 | US Postal Service |
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