Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans held an 83-65 majority heading into the election.

Committee chair fundraising

State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. Some committee chairs raise significantly more money than their non-chair counterparts in the state legislature. The average amount raised by delegates who did not serve as a committee chair was $363,065. The funds raised by each of the House’s 31 committee chairs are shown below.

Agriculture and Livestock Committee – DeWayne Burns – $120,522
Appropriations Committee – Greg Bonnen – $737,532
Business & Industry Committee – Chris Turner – $378,087
Calendars Committee – Dustin Burrows – $744,841
Corrections Committee – Andrew Murr – $505,323
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee – Nicole Collier – $98,754
Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Committee – Ken King – $589,166
Defense & Veterans’ Affairs Committee – Richard Raymond – $811,512
Elections Committee – Briscoe Cain – $254,605
Energy Resources Committee – Craig Goldman – $495,067
Environmental Regulation Committee – Brooks Landgraf – $394,200
General Investigating Committee – Matt Krause – $465,340
House Administration Committee – Will Metcalf – $407,705
House Higher Education Committee – Jim Murphy – $48,400
House Transportation Committee – Terry Canales – $247,255
Human Services Committee – James Frank – $125,419
Insurance Committee – Tom Oliverson – $315,510
International Relations & Economic Development Committee – Angie Chen Button – $1,088,521
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee – Jeff Leach – $854,878
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee – Victoria Neave – $170,023
Land & Resource Management Committee – Joe Deshotel – $50,436
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee – Senfronia Thompson – $119,082
Local & Consent Calendars Committee – Charlie Geren – $612,565
Natural Resources Committee – Tracy King – $166,321
Pensions, Investments and Financial Services Committee – Rafael Anchia – $213,433
Public Education Committee – Harold Dutton Jr. – $140,675
Public Health Committee – Stephanie Klick – $1,745,685
Redistricting Committee – Todd Hunter – $303,994
Resolutions Calendars Committee – Ryan Guillen – $1,544,052
Urban Affairs Committee – Philip Cortez – $228,365
Ways & Means Committee – Morgan Meyer – $1,554,780

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Texas PACs submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines.

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.