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How Texas Supreme Court Justices Raised $11 Million

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VI. Profiles of Individual Justices

Each Justice's Money
By Interest Group
  All                  
Interest Justices Abbott Baker Enoch Gonz. Hank. Hecht O'Neill Owen Phill.
Agriculture
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
2%
Communic/Electronics
2%
2%
1%
2%
3%
1%
1%
1%
1%
3%
Construction
4%
3%
4%
3%
5%
3%
5%
2%
5%
3%
Energy/Nat'l Resources
13%
12%
11%
11%
12%
11%
14%
15%
16%
15%
Finance
6%
5%
5%
5%
6%
4%
7%
4%
9%
6%
Medical
5%
3%
5%
4%
5%
3%
9%
3%
7%
5%
Ideological
2%
2%
2%
2%
*
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
Insurance
3%
2%
3%
3%
2%
2%
3%
1%
3%
3%
Labor
*
*
0%
0%
0%
*
0%
0%
0%
*
Lawyers/Lobbyists
48%
57%
49%
50%
52%
65%
37%
58%
31%
44%
Misc. Business
4%
4%
5%
3%
6%
2%
5%
2%
4%
5%
Other
2%
2%
4%
3%
3%
1%
2%
2%
1%
2%
Real Estate
3%
3%
2%
3%
2%
2%
4%
3%
4%
3%
Transportation
2%
2%
1%
2%
2%
1%
2%
1%
1%
2%
Unknown
6%
4%
7%
7%
1%
2%
8%
4%
13%
6%
TOTAL
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
TOTAL ($ Millions)
$10.8M 
$1.4M
$1.1M
$1.5M
$0.2M
$1.1M
$1.9M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.3M
*Amount is greater than zero but less than ½ of 1 percent.
 
 
Fattest War Chest
   
Total
Rank
 Justice*
Raised
1 Hechti ('94) $2,052,989
2 Enochi ('98) $1,511,691
3 Abbotti ('98) $1,432,751
4 Phillipsi ('96) $1,386,903
5 O'Neill ('98) $1,214,450
6 Owen ('94) $1,171,665
7 Hankinsoni ('98) $1,153,747
8 Bakeri ('96) $1,097,980
 
TOTAL
 $11,022,176
         
 
Biggest Money Lead
Over Opponents
    Winner:
Rank Winner* Loser $ Ratio
1 Bakeri ('96)
334:1
2 Phillipsi ('96)
69:1
3 Hankinsoni ('98)
68:1
4 Enochi ('98)
18:1
5 Abbotti ('98)
7.6:1
6 O'Neill ('98)
1.4:1
7 Hechti ('94)
1.3: 1
8 Owen ('94)
0.9:1
 
TOTAL
2.7:1

 
Greatest Dependency on Lawyers
In Total Dollars
    Law Firm/
Rank Justice Lawyer $
1 Abbotti ('98)
$786,015 
2 Hankinsoni ('98)
$747,234 
3 Enochi ('98)
$725,496 
4 Hechti ('94)
$713,689 
5 O'Neill ('98)
$696,204 
6 Phillipsi ('96)
$590,680 
7 Bakeri ('96)
$515,583 
8 Owen ('94)
$338,902 
9 Gonzales 
$105,600 
 
TOTAL
$5,219,403
             
As % of Total War Chest
    Law Firm/
Rank Justice Lawyer $
1 Hankinsoni ('98)
65%
2 O'Neill ('98)
58%
3 Abbotti ('98)
57%
4 Gonzales 
52%
5 Enochi ('98)
50%
6 Bakeri ('96)
49%
7 Phillipsi ('96)
44%
8 Hechti ('94)
37%
9 Owen ('94)
31%
 
TOTAL
48%

 
Greatest Dependency On Other PACs & Businesses
(Excluding Law Firms)
 
In Total Dollars
    Non-Law Firm
Rank Justice Business/PAC $
1 Hechti ('94)
$378,341 
2 Owen ('94)
$231,379 
3 Enochi ('98)
$227,537 
4 Abbotti ('98)
$202,446 
5 O'Neill ('98)
$200,359 
6 Hankinsoni ('98)
$195,480 
7 Phillipsi ('96)
$193,514 
8 Bakeri ('96)
$156,596 
9 Gonzales 
$44,600 
 
TOTAL
$1,830,252
             
As % of Total War Chest
    Non-Law Firm
Rank Justice Business/PAC $
1 Gonzales 
22%
2 Owen ('94)
21%
3 Hechti ('94)
20%
4 Hankinsoni ('98)
17%
4 O'Neill ('98)
17%
5 Enochi ('98)
16%
6 Abbotti ('98)
15%
6 Bakeri ('96)
15%
6 Phillipsi ('96)
15%
  TOTAL
17%

 
 

i = Incumbent
*Justice Gonzales is not shown because he has yet to finish raising his first Supreme Court war chest.


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