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Pioneers backed Bush's Gubernatorial Races

104 of the Pioneers gave George W. Bush $2.3 million for his 2 Texas gubernatorial campaigns.
 
 

25 biggest Gubernatorial Contributors
Name $ to Gov
Charles J. Wyly, Jr.
$ 210,273 
Dennis R. Berman
$ 175,000 
Louis A. Beecherl, Jr.
$ 154,000 
Tom & Nancy Loeffler
$ 141,000 
Richard Heath
$ 124,449 
Kenneth Lay
$ 122,500 
Richard & Nancy Kinder
$ 119,409 
A. R. "Tony" Sanchez, Jr.
$ 101,000 
Robert J. Wright
$ 86,000 
Bradford M. Freeman
$ 85,000 
R. Steven Hicks
$ 51,000 
Gaylord T. Hughey, Jr.
$ 46,000 
Pete Coneway
$ 45,000 
Edward W. Rose, III
$ 40,805 
Nancy Brinker
$ 34,000 
Vance C. Miller
$ 25,000 
Robert Addison Day, Jr.
$ 23,500 
Robert Wood Johnson, IV 
$ 22,583 
John Price
$ 22,500 
Donald E. Powell
$ 21,000 
Marshall B. Payne
$ 20,000 
Ronald P. Spogli
$ 20,000 
Charles M. Cawley
$ 18,215 
Henry C. Beck, III
$ 16,500 
Wayne L. Berman
$ 16,000 
Source: Texas Ethic Commission.  Data covers 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial elections.  Contributions come from Pioneers and their immediate families.



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