The latest campaign finance reports reveal that the Texas Democrats who broke quorum collected $491,000 between their July 12 departure and the end of the first special session. Over 25 percent of that money came from out-of-state donors.
Texas Senate Democratic Caucus
Texas Committee
$88,847Total Contributions
$184,337Total Expenditures
Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $20,000.00 | AT&T Inc. Texas Political Action Committee |
| $10,300.00 | Blackridge Consulting LLP |
| $10,000.00 | Charter Communications Inc Texas PAC |
| $10,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $5,000.00 | American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E |
| $5,000.00 | Cheniere LNG O&M Services LLC |
| $5,000.00 | NRG Energy Inc |
| $5,000.00 | Public Blueprint LLC |
| $5,000.00 | Texas PAC For The Employees Of Entergy Gulf States, Inc. & Entergy Services, Inc. |
| $2,500.00 | Texas AFL-CIO State Cope Fund |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $78,353.42 | Gusto Capital LLC |
| $52,387.40 | Jaimes Deisy Asusena |
| $29,564.22 | Department of US Treasury IRS |
| $7,500.00 | Brady & Peavey PC |
| $3,152.57 | The Capital Grille |
| $2,412.67 | Omni Hotels and Resorts |
| $1,290.97 | Intuit Payment Solutions Quickbooks |
| $975.00 | Grant W Michael CPA PLLC |
| $821.28 | Marriott Hotels and Resorts |
| $818.83 | The Austin Club |
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For the last two years, the most fiercely fought contest in Texas politics has been the Democrats’ effort to take control of the Texas House. Buoyed by flipping 12 seats to their column in 2018 and believing they could ride a demographic wave to increased power, Democrats and their PACs spent tens of millions of dollars in this effort.
The last campaign finance reports to be filed by Texas state-level candidates before Election Tuesday were due October 26 to the Texas Ethics Commission. With that latest update, all available pre-election campaign finance data for the 2020 election cycle is now included in Transparency USA’s Texas database.