The latest campaign finance reports reveal that the Texas Democrats who broke quorum collected $491,000 between their July 12 departure and the end of the first special session. Over 25 percent of that money came from out-of-state donors.
Ana Hernandez
Texas House of Representatives District 143
$448,691Cash on Hand
$74,931Total Contributions
$75,024Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $10,000.00 | Border Health PAC |
| $7,500.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $5,000.00 | Smart TD PAC |
| $4,000.00 | Texas Automobile Dealers Assn. PAC |
| $2,500.00 | Benny Agosto |
| $2,500.00 | Calpine Corporation PAC |
| $2,500.00 | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Texas Political Action Committee |
| $2,500.00 | Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal |
| $2,500.00 | The Beer Alliance of Texas Political Action Committee |
| $2,500.00 | Vistra Energy Corp |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $13,863.49 | Lenox 7th |
| $4,073.94 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $2,689.61 | Cadillac Bar |
| $2,531.55 | Airbnb Inc |
| $2,527.29 | Marriott Copley Place |
| $2,500.00 | Chris Turner |
| $2,500.00 | Sonia Lopez Campaign |
| $1,600.00 | Navidad en El Barrio |
| $1,540.38 | United Airlines Political Action Committee (DISSOLVED) |
| $1,461.43 | 4Imprint Inc |
Top Personal Contributions
From reports filed by the recipients of these funds, it appears these transactions originated from personal rather than campaign accounts.
Total Contributions | Candidate | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| $3,500.00 | ActBlue Texas | |
| $1,500.00 | Kristen Brauchle Hawkins | Hawkins, Kristen Brauchle (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Gloria Lopez | Lopez, Gloria E. (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Kyle Carter | Carter, O. Kyler (The Honorable) |
| $1,000.00 | Michael Paul Gomez | Gomez, Michael Paul (The Honorable) |
| $500.00 | Argie D Brame | Brame, Argie D. (Mrs.) |
| $27.00 | Gina Hinojosa | Hinojosa, Regina (The Honorable) |
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