Transparency USA | 04/30/2018

One of the closest, most hotly contested races of the 2018 campaign season was the Democrat primary for Texas House District 116 (San Antonio). The battle lines were drawn between veteran politician and former State Representative Trey Martinez-Fischer, who held the seat from 2001-2017 and newcomer State Representative Diana Arevalo, who held the seat for …

Transparency USA | 04/30/2018

One of the most high profile races of the 2018 Primary Election was in Texas Senate District 2. State Senator Bob Hall, who has represented SD2 since 2014, was challenged by former State Representative Cindy Burkett, HD113. Burkett walked away from the seat she held in the House since 2010 to challenge Hall, quite the …

Transparency USA | 01/30/2018

New data is here, which means it’s time for citizens to take action. Our team has been busy working to pull the most recent Texas campaign finance reports, eliminate errors and duplicates, and format the information in a way that’s easy for you to understand and search. We encourage you to use our website to …

Transparency USA | 12/08/2017

State Representative Charlie Geren has recently been linked to two scandals. This has many political insiders wondering, will donors continue to support him? First, Geren, who chairs the powerful House Administration committee, had to announce an updated and more rigorous sexual harassment policy after claiming just last month there was no need to discuss the policy …

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Tracy Marshall | 11/29/2017

In five minutes or less, you can understand what kinds of organizations have to report the names of donors and what kinds don’t. Here’s the quick run down. Organizations That Don’t Have to Disclose Their Donors: Private Organizations and Businesses –  Generally speaking, the internal matters (names of donors, members, customers, and investors) of private …