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Top Individual Donors

Top Institutional Donors


 

Donors of $100,000 or More

Rank

Total
 Contributor  City  Company / Occupation
1
$7,167,064
 Bob & Doylene Perry  Houston  Perry Homes
2
$5,551,966
 James & Cecilia Leininger  San Antonio  Kinetic Concepts Inc.
3
$2,100,821
 Fred & Lisa Baron  Dallas  Baron & Budd, PC
4
$1,390,354
 George & Amanda Ryan  Dallas  Ryan & Co. PC
5
$1,206,348
 T. Boone Pickens  Dallas  BP Capital
6
$1,205,921
 Charles C. Butt  San Antonio  HEB Grocery Co.
7
$1,201,545
 John Herschel McCall  Spicewood  Armstrong McCall Beauty Supply
8
$1,129,400
 Harold Simmons  Dallas  Contran Corp.
9
$1,116,556
 John M. O'Quinn  Houston  O'Quinn Laminack & Pirtle
10
$766,300
 David & Martha Alameel  Dallas  Jefferson Dental Clinics PC
11
$620,750
 Robert C. McNair Jr.  Houston  Houston Texans, CoGen
12
$555,956
 Ricardo Weitz  Houston  Auto Dealer 
13
$554,717
 Richard W. Weekley  Houston  Weekley Properties
14
$548,509
 John L. & Barbara Nau III  Houston  Silver Eagle Distributors L.P.
15
$537,175
 Thomas Dan Friedkin  Houston  Friedkin Companies Inc.
16
$531,114
 Lonnie A. 'Bo' Pilgrim  Pittsburg  Pilgrim's Pride Poultry
17
$525,889
 Walter Umphrey  Beaumont  Provost & Umphrey Law Firm LLP
18
$503,600
 Michael Stevens  Houston  Michael Stevens Interests Inc.
19
$496,385
 John Eddie Williams Jr.  Houston  Williams Bailey Law Firm, LLP
20
$469,934
 Harlan & Katherine Crow  Dallas  Crow Holdings
21
$460,100
 Geoffrey Raynor  Fort Worth  Q Funding, LP
22
$458,262
 Louis & Julie Beecherl  Dallas  Beecherl Co’s
23
$419,657
 Russell Kelley  Austin  Public Strategies LLC
24
$415,750
 Peter & Edith O'Donnell  Dallas  O'Donnell Foundation
25
$408,875
 Bennett Joe Glazer  Dallas  Glazer's Wholesale Drug Co. Inc.
26
$401,000
 Alice L. Walton  Mineral Wells  Wal-Mart
27
$400,000
 Stevan Hammond  Dallas  Marketing Investors Corporation
28
$397,000
 James D. Pitcock Jr.  Houston  Williams Brothers Construction
29
$393,780
 Peter & Julianna Holt  Blanco  Holt Companies
30
$389,975
 Alan W. Dreeben  Schertz  Block Distributing/Republic Beverage
31
$365,000
 Alan Franco  New Orleans  Magnolia Marketing Co.
32
$365,000
 Jeff Goldring  Houston  Republic Beverage Co.
33
$364,375
 Edward Block  Schertz  Block Distributing
34
$341,000
 W. Marvin & Barbara Rush  San Antonio  Rush Enterprise Inc.
35
$332,000
 Robert & Terry Rowling  Irving  TRT Holdings, Inc.
36
$326,000
 Barkley J. Stuart  Dallas  Glazer's Wholesale Drug Co. Inc.
37
$319,125
 Gordon T. Graves  Austin  Graves Management, Inc.
38
$303,000
 Gerald Ridgely Jr.  Dallas  Ryan & Co. P. C.
39
$302,500
 Kenny & Lisa Troutt  Dallas  Mt. Vernon Investments LLC
40
$301,370
 Russell W. Budd  Dallas  Baron & Budd PC
41
$287,625
 Harold W. Nix  Daingerfield  Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P.
42
$265,463
 Greg LaMantia  McAllen  L & F Distributors
43
$265,141
 Paul L. Foster  El Paso  Western Refining Co.
44
$264,025
 Barbara Bowman  San Antonio  Oil Heiress
45
$248,348
 Dan L. Duncan  Houston  Enterprise Products Partners
46
$239,505
 Dian Owen Graves Stai  Abilene  Owen Healthcare Inc.
47
$239,191
 Barry G. Andrews  Dallas  Andrews Distributing Co. of North TX
48
$233,894
 James D. Dannenbaum  Houston  Dannenbaum Engineering
49
$227,000
 Ralph & Joy Ellis Jr.  Irving  Belmont Oil And Gas Corp.
50
$226,993
 Robert A. Mosbacher Jr.  Houston  Mosbacher Energy Company
51
$223,000
 Maconda O'Connor  Houston  Doctor 
52
$219,700
 Jimmy Buffet  Hollywood  Singer
53
$214,000
 Charles E. Hurwitz  Houston  MAXXAM Inc.
54
$208,373
 Charles W. & Judy Tate  Sugar Land  Capital Royalty LLC
55
$206,638
 H. Ross Perot Jr.  Plano  Hillwood Development Group L.P.
56
$200,000
 Dawn Arnall  Los Angeles  Ameriquest Mortgage
57
$197,500
 Joseph F. Phillips  Mission  Convenience stores
58
$197,000
 Mr. & Mrs. Erle A. Nye  Dallas  TXU Energy Corp.
59
$196,065
 W. Mark & Becky Lanier  Houston  Lanier Law Firm P.C.
60
$195,000
 Terralynn Swift  Houston  Swift Energy Company
61
$194,631
 Jerry & Glenda Kane  Corpus Christi  Sam Kane Beef Processors Inc.
62
$194,100
 Ray L. Hunt  Dallas  Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
63
$193,500
 Mr/Mrs William A. McMinn  Houston  Sterling Group
64
$193,329
 Patrick J. Moran  Houston  Moran Resources
65
$192,961
 Mr/Mrs Steve Sterquell II  Amarillo  American Housing Foundation
66
$190,100
 Richard & Ginni Mithoff  Houston  Mithoff & Jacks LLP
67
$189,500
 Richard Thompson  Lucas  Ryan & Co. P. C.
68
$189,014
 David H. Dewhurst  Austin  State Of Texas
69
$187,347
 Ned S. Holmes  Houston  Parkway Investments/Texas Inc.
70
$186,595
 Randall G. Goss  Dallas  U.S. RISK
71
$186,000
 Mr/Mrs Albert Huddleston  Dallas  Hyperion Resources Inc.
72
$184,500
 Richard Scott  Houston  Trans-Global Solutions (TGS), Inc
73
$180,000
 Christine Mattsson  Austin  Tippingpoint Technologies
74
$179,359
 John Victor Lattimore Jr.  Mc Kinney  Lattimore Materials
75
$176,234
 Michael B. Boylan  Houston  Houston Property Management Corp.
76
$174,865
 James L. Huffines  Dallas  Huffines Auto Dealerships
77
$174,773
 HB & Mollie Zachry Jr.  San Antonio  Zachry Construction Corp.
78
$170,750
 B.J. 'Red' McCombs  San Antonio  Red McCombs Automotive Group
79
$169,250
 Robert D.McLane Jr.  Temple  Mclane Company Inc.
80
$165,704
 Charles B. Lawrence  Houston  Kirby Corporation
81
$164,980
 J. Robert & Sherry Brown  El Paso  Desert Eagle Distributing Co.
82
$163,500
 John Speer  Houston  Royce Homes
83
$162,500
 Stephen Jones  Dallas  Dallas Cowboys Football Club
84
$161,500
 Trammell S. Crow Jr.  Dallas  Crow Holdings
85
$161,000
 William & Wendy Boothe  Dallas  Booth Eye Care Center
86
$160,323
 Woody L. & Gayle Hunt  El Paso  Hunt Corp.
87
$159,567
 George C. Hixon  San Antonio  Hixon Properties
88
$158,000
 Lee Fikes  Dallas  Bonanza Oil Inc.
89
$156,880
 Robert D. Gillikin  Dallas  Cummins Southern Plains Inc.
90
$156,000
 Julia Jones Matthews  Abilene  Dodge Jones Foundation
91
$155,503
 Kenneth P. Banks  Schulenburg  International Muffler Co.
92
$154,997
 Michael T. Gallagher  Houston  Gallagher Law Firm
93
$152,500
 Joseph D. Jamail  Houston  Jamail & Kolius
94
$152,000
 H. Gary & Diane Heavin  Gatesville  Curves International, Inc.
95
$151,000
 James Trester  Plano  Ryan & Co. P. C.
96
$150,000
 Frank & Molly Homer  Paris  Sonic franchisee 
97
$148,000
 R. L. Glazer  Dallas  Glazer Dist.
98
$147,822
 Kent R. Hance  Austin  Hance Scarborough Wright Woodward
99
$146,750
 Garrett & Cecilia Boone  Dallas  Container Store
100
$144,125
 Walter & Suzette Negley  Houston  WWN Corp./TX Screw Products, Inc.
101
$139,507
 Carl F. Raba Jr.  San Antonio  Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc.
102
$139,153
 Clayton Williams Jr.  Midland  Clayton Williams Energy Inc.
103
$136,751
 Ben & Melanie Barnes  Austin  EntreCorp
104
$136,163
 Joe R. & Teresa Long  Austin  First State Bank Central Texas
105
$136,125
 Mr/Mrs James Perkins Jr.  Rusk  Citizens First Bank
106
$133,354
 Larry Anders  Dallas  Summit Alliance Companies
107
$130,350
 Mark Friend Shurley  Fredericksburg  Attorney
108
$130,000
 Johnny Baker  Houston  Baker Managers LLC
109
$125,171
 John Needham  Austin  Riverside Resources Property Mgmt.
110
$125,040
 Thomas W. Pirtle  Houston  O'Quinn Laminack & Pirtle
111
$124,955
 R. Steven & Donna Hicks  Austin  Capstar Partners LLC
112
$122,805
 Ben & Kathy Streusand  Woodlands  Home Loan Corporation
113
$122,690
 Stanley P. Jobe  El Paso  Jobe Concrete Products Inc.
114
$122,578
 Mr/Mrs Thomas Black Jr.  Lewisville  Black Mann & Graham LLP
115
$120,500
 Meredith J. Long  Houston  Meredith Long & Co.
116
$119,500
 Mauricio R. Celis  Corpus Christi  Attorney 
117
$119,200
 Stanley K. Harper  Arlington  Lenders & Members Service Group
118
$119,185
 Charles Wood Jr.  Dallas  Dallas Fire Insurance Co.
119
$117,500
 Morton L. Topfer  Austin  Castletop Capital Management
120
$116,350
 Lowry & Peggy Mays  San Antonio  Clear Channel Entertainment
121
$115,300
 Vance & 'Tincy' Miller  Dallas  Henry S. Miller Companies
122
$114,160
 Wayne Reaud  Beaumont  Reaud Morgan & Quinn L.L.P.
123
$113,000
 Gary R. Petersen  Houston  Encap Investments LP
124
$110,907
 Ramsay Gillman  Houston  Gillman Companies
125
$108,519
 George Fleming  Houston  Fleming & Associates LLP
126
$105,500
 Richard N. Laminack  Houston  O'Quinn Laminack & Pirtle
127
$104,000
 Michael S. & Susan Dell  Austin  Dell Inc
128
$103,750
 Mr/Mrs Truman Arnold  Texarkana  Truman Arnold Company
129
$103,500
 John McStay  Dallas  McStay Investment Council
130
$103,444
 Bill Orr  Austin  Orr Holdings Ltd
131
$103,300
 Marc & Wendy Stanley  Dallas  Stanley Mandel & Iola LLP
132
$103,000
 Frank Mcguyer  Houston  Mcguyer Homebuilders
132
$101,975
 Bobby D. & Leona Cox  Ft. Worth  Bobby Cox Companies Inc.
133
$101,600
 David & Jennifer Spencer  San Antonio  On Board Software Inc.
134
$101,000
 Moshe Azoulay  Dallas  American Garment Finishers Corp.
135
$100,517
 Berkley V.Dawson  San Antonio  Budweiser Dist. Co.
136
$100,507
 Richard & Jill Salwen  Austin  Dell Inc
137
$100,450
 Alan K. & Patti Harper  Arlington  Lenders & Members Service Group
138
$100,000
 Peter J. Butler  New Orleans  Attorney/CPA
139
$100,000
 Tim Gill  Denver  Philanthropist
140
$100,000
 Don Ledbetter  Dallas  Attorney
141
$100,000
 Ambass. & Mrs. Lydon Olson  Waco  Consultant / Investor
 
$51,809,299
 TOTAL    

 


 

Donors of $150,000 or More

Rank
Total
Contributor
City
Interest Group
1
$3,997,821
 Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
2
$3,621,219
 Texas Assn. of Realtors (TREPAC)  Austin  Real Estate
3
$2,161,162
 TX Republican Legislative Campaign  Comm.  Giddings  Ideological/Single Issue
4
$1,724,659
 Texas Democratic Trust  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
5
$1,640,211
 Texas Medical Assn. (TEXPAC)  Austin  Health
6
$1,417,920
 Texans for Insurance Reform  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
7
$1,254,125
 Watts Law Firm L.L.P.  San Antonio  Lawyers & Lobbyists
8
$1,223,171
 Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Texas Comm.  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
9
$1,125,658
 CSG Investments Inc.  Plano  Finance
10
$1,015,704
 HillCo PAC  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
11
$1,000,000
 Republican Governors Assn. PAC  Ideological/Single Issue
12
$965,000
 Ryan & Company Inc.  Dallas  Finance
13
$957,500
 BG Distribution Partners PAC  Houston  Miscellaneous Business
14
$946,466
 Stars Over Texas PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
15
$931,454
 American Electric Power Co. Texas PAC  Columbus  Energy/NaturalResources
16
$914,176
 AT&T  Austin  Communications
17
$827,150
 Andrews & Kurth  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
18
$766,511
 Hughes & Luce PAC  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
19
$754,750
 Texas Assn. of Mortgage Attorneys PAC  Houston  Finance
20
$745,041
 Todd Staples Campaign  Palestine  Other
21
$733,378
 Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
22
$732,120
 Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
23
$725,175
Texas Assn. of Builders (HOME PAC)  Lubbock  Construction
24
$716,126
 Republican Party of Texas - Federal Acct  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
25
$691,800
 Bracewell & Giuliani  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
26
$682,012
 SBC Corp.  Austin  Communications
27
$674,836
 Vinson & Elkins Texas  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
28
$673,300
 Williams Bailey Law Firm, L.L.P.  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
29
$662,176
 Texas Trial Lawyers Assn. (TTLA)  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
30
$632,868
 Texas State Teachers Assn. (TSTA)  Austin  Labor
31
$629,988
 United Services Automobile Assn.  San Antonio  Insurance
32
$617,350
 Provost & Umphrey Law Firm L.L.P.  Beaumont  Lawyers & Lobbyists
33
$613,859
 Valero PAC  San Antonio  Energy/Natural Resources
34
$594,838
 Associated Republicans of Texas  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
35
$584,500
 Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable  Houston  Communications
36
$580,000
 Haynes & Boone L.L.P.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
37
$572,598
 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld PAC  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
38
$534,467
 Jackson Walker L.L.P.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
39
$508,795
 Assn. Gen. Contractors (TX Building Branch)  Austin  Construction
40
$505,236
 Texas Dental Assn. (DENPAC)  Austin  Health
41
$485,650
 Thompson & Knight L.L.P.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
42
$482,305
 Locke Liddell & Sapp L.L.P.  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
43
$476,050
 Compass Bank PAC  Austin  Finance
44
$449,346
 Border Health PAC (BHPAC)  McAllen  Health
45
$444,937
 Texas Optometric PAC  Austin  Health
46
$439,861
 Future of Texas Alliance PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
47
$436,555
 Texas Farm Bureau AgFund  Waco  Agriculture
48
$436,000
 Q PAC  Fort Worth  Finance
49
$426,616
 Texas Parent PAC of Austin Texas  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
50
$425,210
 CenterPoint Energy Inc.  Houston  Energy/Natural Resources
51
$424,008
 Trinity Industries Employee PAC  Dallas  Construction
52
$423,133
 Texas Automobile Dealers Assn.  Austin  Transportation
53
$422,000
 Union Pacific Fund for Effective Govt.  Washington  Transportation
54
$408,444
 Baker Botts Amicus Fund  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
55
$408,110
 Texas Apartment Assn. PAC  San Antonio  Real Estate
56
$397,747
 Farmers Employee & Agent PAC  Austin  Insurance
57
$388,332
 Plumbers Local Union No. 68 PAC  Houston  Labor
58
$386,063
 Independent Bankers Assn.  Austin  Finance
59
$366,188
 TXU Energy PAC  Dallas  Energy/Natural Resources
60
$362,670
 Good Govt. PAC  Corpus  Lawyers & Lobbyists
61
$350,000
 ACC Capital Holdings PAC  Austin  Finance
62
$345,986
 Texas Credit Union League PAC  Dallas  Finance
63
$334,632
 House Democratic Campaign Comm.  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
64
$333,582
 Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas PAC  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
65
$332,000
 Baron & Budd P.C.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
66
$314,008
 Licensed Beverage Distributors PAC  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
67
$312,352
 Texas Oil & Gas PAC  Austin  Energy/Natural Resources
68
$296,006
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.  Fort Worth  Transportation
69
$279,000
 Waters & Kraus L.L.P.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
70
$277,196
 MAXXAM Inc.  Houston  Finance
71
$275,354
 Reliant Energy PAC  Houston  Energy/Natural Resources
72
$270,500
 Chickasaw Nation  Ada  Ideological/Single Issue
73
$265,019
 Tom Craddick Campaign  Midland  Other
74
$262,737
 Annie's List PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
75
$261,034
 Texas Restaurant Assn. PAC  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
76
$254,686
 Brown McCarroll L.L.P. (BMC PAC)  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
77
$254,500
 HeartPlace PAC  Dallas  Health
78
$254,000
 Texas 2020 PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
79
$252,500
 Bank of America PAC  Austin  Finance
80
$249,164
 Beirne Maynard & Parsons L.L.P.  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
81
$244,600
 Grande Communications PAC  San Marcos  Computers & Electronics
82
$243,755
 Texas Consumer Finance Assn.. PAC  Austin  Finance
83
$243,589
 Landry's Restaurants PAC  Houston  Miscellaneous Business
84
$243,543
 Independent Insurance Agents of TX PAC  Austin  Insurance
85
$239,351
 United Parcel Service (UPS PAC)  Atlanta  Transportation
86
$238,451
 TXU Employees PAC  Fort Worth  Energy/Natural Resources
87
$237,050
 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn.  Fort Worth  Agriculture
88
$232,920
 Temple Inland, Inc.  Austin  Agriculture
89
$232,430
 Gardere Wynne Sewell L.L.P.  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
90
$227,728
 Allen Boone Humphries L.L.P.  Houston  Lawyers & Lobbyists
91
$227,000
 Texas Society of Architects Comm.  Austin  Construction
92
$225,901
Texas Manufactured Housing Assoc. PAC  Austin  Construction
93
$221,750
 Texas Bankers Assn. (Bank PAC)  Austin  Finance
94
$217,950
 Texas Hospital Assn. (HOSPAC)  Austin  Health
95
$216,200
 ACT For Texas Classroom Teachers Assn.  Austin  Labor
96
$211,999
 TX Aggregates & Concrete Assn.(TACPAC)  Austin  Construction
97
$211,016
 Pfizer PAC - State  New York  Health
98
$206,120
 ExxonMobil Corp PAC  Irving  Energy/Natural Resources
99
$203,722
 Jenkens & Gilchrist  Dallas  Lawyers & Lobbyists
100
$202,679
 Verizon Wireless  Philadelphia  Communications
101
$201,407
 Texas Ophthalmological Assn. (EYE PAC)  Austin  Health
102
$199,780
 Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters DRIVE Comm.  Washington  Labor
103
$196,170
 Gulf States Toyota Inc. State PAC  Houston  Transportation
104
$194,042
 Texas Democratic Party  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
105
$190,444
 Atlan Group L.LC.  Dallas  Miscellaneous Business
106
$189,610
 Communications Workers of Am. (COPE PAC)  Washington  Labor
107
$189,250
 TX Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA PAC)  Austin  Health
108
$185,350
 Assn. of Texas Professional Educators  Austin  Labor
109
$182,816
 McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore L.L.P.  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
110
$181,999
 AFL-CIO  Austin  Labor
111
$181,500
 Reaud Morgan & Quinn L.L.P.  Beaumont  Lawyers & Lobbyists
112
$180,750
 Friends of the University PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
113
$178,750
 Loeffler Jonas & Tuggey PC  San Antonio  Lawyers & Lobbyists
114
$178,550
 Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott L.L.P.  Lubbock  Lawyers & Lobbyists
115
$177,736
 Holland & L.L.P. Texas PAC  San Antonio  Lawyers & Lobbyists
116
$176,198
 Houston Broadcasting Co. (KSEV)  Houston  Communications
117
$171,049
 Houston Police Officers Union PAC  Houston  Labor
118
$170,500
 Texans for Economic Development PAC  Austin  Ideological/Single Issue
119
$170,000
 Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P.  Daingerfield  Lawyers & Lobbyists
120
$162,800
 International Bank of Commerce PAC  Laredo  Finance
121
$162,450
 Koch PAC  Washington  Energy/Natural Resources
122
$162,050
 TX Society of Certified Public Accountants  Dallas  Finance
123
$160,520
 Rural Friends of Texas Electric Co-op  Austin  Energy/Natural Resources
124
$159,500
 ConocoPhillips Spirit PAC  Houston  Energy/Natural Resources
125
$159,000
 Wal-Mart (WALPAC)  Bentonville  Miscellaneous Business
126
$157,932
 Beer Alliance of Texas PAC  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
127
$156,149
 Graydon Group LLC  Austin  Lawyers & Lobbyists
128
$155,880
 Texans for School Choice  San Antonio  Ideological/Single Issue
129
$154,184
 Third Thursday Group  Houston  Ideological/Single Issue
130
$152,637
 Wells Fargo Bank  San Antonio  Finance
131
$152,400
 Texas Health Care Assn. PAC  Austin  Health
132
$151,173
 TX Petrol Marketers & Conven. Store Assn.  Austin  Miscellaneous Business
 
$64,988,973
 TOTAL    

 

 

 
 

 

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