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PAC Name | 2004
Spending |
Interest Category |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Texans For Lawsuit Reform | $3,105,386 | Ideological |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | TX Assn. of Realtors | $2,967,081 | Real Estate |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Republican Party of TX | $1,927,676 | Ideological |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | TX Democratic Party | $1,922,185 | Ideological |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | TX Medical Assn. | $1,919,026 | Health |
| 6 | - | - | - | - | Texans For Insurance Reform | $1,911,888 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 7 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Assoc. Republicans of TX | $1,688,087 | Ideological |
| 8 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | TX Trial Lawyers Assn. | $1,665,284 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 9 | 12 | 41 | 79 | 47 | Valero Refining & Marketing | $1,607,132 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 10 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | SBC TX Employee Pac | $1,167,318 | Communications |
| 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | Vinson & Elkins | $970,289 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 12 | - | - | - | - | Stars Over TX | $956,675 | Ideological |
| 13 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 17 | Fulbright & Jaworski | $805,250 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 14 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 27 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe | $740,964 | Transportation |
| 15 | 32 | 102 | - | - | HillCo PAC | $705,343 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 16 | 231 | - | - | - | Majority PAC of TX | $660,310 | Ideological |
| 17 | 141 | 129 | - | - | TX Assn. of Mortgage Attorneys | $647,500 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 18 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 14 | TX Optometric PAC | $598,844 | Health |
| 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | TX Dental Assn. PAC | $593,590 | Health |
| 20 | 57 | 98 | - | - | Union Pacific Corp. | $579,480 | Transportation |
| 21 | 23 | 10 | 48 | 40 | Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | $564,703 | Misc. Business |
| 22 | 85 | 36 | 37 | 45 | Andrews & Kurth | $516,813 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 23 | 234 | - | - | - | Friends of Phil Gramm | $514,274 | Ideological |
| 24 | 104 | 95 | 101 | 137 | Centerpoint Energy, Inc. | $488,886 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 25 | 28 | 34 | 28 | 46 | Bracewell & Patterson | $483,421 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 26 | - | - | - | - | Good Government PAC | $465,915 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 27 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 30 | Farmers Employee & Agent | $463,705 | Insurance |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 42 | 41 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer… | $461,951 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 29 | 247 | 284 | 172 | 217 | Fort Worth Firefighters | $454,890 | Labor |
| 30 | - | - | - | - | Annie's List | $454,177 | Ideological |
| 31 | 63 | 73 | 23 | 29 | Baker Botts | $435,167 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 32 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 28 | TX State Teachers Assn. | $405,825 | Labor |
| 33 | 46 | - | - | - | Q Pac | $398,697 | Finance |
| 34 | 35 | 49 | 123 | 803 | Houston Police Officers Union | $376,324 | Labor |
| 35 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | TX Automobile Dealers Assn. | $371,311 | Transportation |
| 36 | - | - | - | - | u | $366,512 | Ideological |
| 37 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 26 | Compass Bancshares, Inc. | $362,468 | Finance |
| 38 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | Reliant Energy, Inc. | $361,574 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 39 | 22 | 51 | - | - | TXU Corp TX Employee PAC | $349,935 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 40 | - | - | - | - | TX Fed'n of Republican Women | $347,460 | Ideological |
| 41 | 87 | 256 | - | - | TX Friends Time Warner Cable | $338,015 | Communications |
| 42 | 102 | 126 | 75 | 73 | Friends of the University | $330,247 | Ideological |
| 43 | 40 | 72 | 49 | 58 | TX Apartment Assn. | $324,000 | Real Estate |
| 44 | 53 | 53 | 99 | 120 | HOME Pac of TX | $314,317 | Construction |
| 45 | 41 | 45 | 36 | 50 | Hughes & Luce | $312,098 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 46 | 31 | 35 | 29 | - | TX Oil & Gas PAC | $311,500 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 47 | 61 | 65 | 45 | 67 | Winstead Sechrest & Minick | $310,950 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 48 | 34 | 42 | 32 | 38 | TX Farm Bureau | $305,194 | Agriculture |
| 49 | 142 | 623 | - | - | Ryan & Co. | $288,526 | Finance |
| 50 | 101 | 372 | 88 | 129 | C Club | $280,392 | Ideological |
| 51 | 551 | - | - | - | Maxxam Inc. | $277,768 | Finance |
| 52 | 59 | 52 | 38 | 31 | TX Assn. Insur. & Fin'l Advisors | $277,029 | Insurance |
| 53 | 55 | 43 | 34 | 44 | Conserv. Republicans Harris Co. | $273,106 | Ideological |
| 54 | 54 | 90 | 80 | 92 | Houston Apartment Assn. | $268,608 | Real Estate |
| 55 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 13 | United Services Auto. Assn. | $262,157 | Insurance |
| 56 | 45 | 103 | 85 | 117 | Gardere Wynne Sewell | $261,524 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 57 | 48 | 70 | 62 | 66 | Independent Bankers Assn. | $260,161 | Finance |
| 58 | 103 | - | - | - | Landry's Seafood Restaurants | $259,615 | Misc. Business |
| 59 | 76 | 155 | 117 | 145 | Plumbers Local #68 | $253,993 | Labor |
| 60 | 72 | 46 | 111 | 141 | Jackson Walker | $250,622 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 61 | 65 | 60 | 46 | 43 | Wholesale Beer Distributors | $242,984 | Misc. Business |
| 62 | 52 | 56 | 89 | 68 | TX Hospital Assn. | $239,932 | Health |
| 63 | 37 | 59 | - | - | Haynes & Boone | $238,950 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 64 | 33 | 69 | 40 | 62 | TX Aggregates/Concrete Assn. | $231,732 | Construction |
| 65 | 261 | 80 | 115 | 98 | TXU Power & Energy PAC | $230,418 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 66 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 127 | TX Classroom Teachers Assn. | $225,309 | Labor |
| 67 | 56 | 66 | 43 | 35 | Independent Insurance Agents | $224,090 | Insurance |
| 68 | 75 | 85 | 70 | 54 | TX/Southwestern Cattle Raisers | $220,194 | Agriculture |
| 69 | 210 | 421 | - | - | Grande Communications | $212,950 | Communications |
| 70 | 125 | 62 | 59 | 64 | TXU Electric Delivery PAC | $209,358 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 71 | 115 | - | 169 | 78 | Bexar Co. Democratic Party | $207,195 | Ideological |
| 72 | 130 | 75 | 53 | 61 | Sn Antonio Police Officers | $197,751 | Labor |
| 73 | 66 | 78 | 69 | 90 | Turner Collie & Braden | $193,740 | Construction |
| 74 | 98 | 77 | 107 | 83 | TX Credit Union League | $191,508 | Finance |
| 75 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 25 | TX Society of CPAs | $189,609 | Finance |
| 76 | 211 | 350 | 508 | 309 | El Paso Mun'l Police Officers | $185,438 | Labor |
| 77 | 123 | - | - | - | Gulf States Toyota Inc. | $183,750 | Transportation |
| 78 | 150 | 119 | 155 | 119 | Sn Antonio Firefighters PAC | $182,315 | Labor |
| 79 | 70 | 101 | 130 | 176 | Houston Prof. Fire Fighters | $181,552 | Labor |
| 80 | 95 | 93 | 90 | 375 | TX Society of Anesthesiologists | $181,095 | Health |
| 81 | 92 | 215 | 76 | - | TX League Conservation Voters | $178,142 | Ideological |
| 82 | 238 | 425 | 275 | 277 | TX Podiatric Medical PAC | $177,618 | Health |
| 83 | 112 | 175 | 144 | 136 | Gr. Houston Builders Assn. | $177,075 | Construction |
| 84 | 111 | 436 | 686 | - | Harris County GOP PAC | $176,277 | Ideological |
| 85 | 114 | 91 | 55 | 36 | TX Opthalmological Assn. | $175,763 | Health |
| 86 | 74 | - | - | - | Citizens For Equality | $175,488 | Ideological |
| 87 | 93 | 224 | 265 | 185 | Kirby Corp. | $174,067 | Transportation |
| 88 | 129 | 223 | 104 | 116 | TX Architects | $170,000 | Construction |
| 89 | 97 | 58 | 66 | 77 | BMC PAC | $168,100 | Lawyers & Lobbyists |
| 90 | 84 | 110 | 316 | - | TX Industries, Inc. | $166,250 | Construction |
| 91 | 60 | 47 | 56 | 70 | Beef PAC | $162,750 | Agriculture |
| 92 | - | - | - | - | BG Distribution Partners | $162,300 | Misc. Business |
| 93 | 575 | - | - | - | Jobe PAC | $162,103 | Construction |
| 94 | 68 | 71 | 50 | 80 | Associated General Contractors | $160,667 | Construction |
| 95 | 94 | 86 | 164 | 133 | Trinity Industries, Inc. | $160,516 | Construction |
| 96 | 187 | 67 | 58 | 74 | TXU Corporate PAC | $158,363 | Energy/Nat'l Resources |
| 97 | 144 | 87 | 121 | 114 | TX Thoroughbred Breeders | $157,278 | Agriculture |
| 98 | 58 | 536 | 336 | 32 | Travis Co. Democratic Party | $156,987 | Ideological |
| 99 | 301 | 194 | 196 | 315 | Apartment Assn. of Tarrant Co. | $154,452 | Real Estate |
| 100 | 83 | 74 | 112 | 118 | TX Petro Marketers… | $153,250 | Misc. Business |
