Byron Curtis Cook

$134,734Cash on Hand
$368Total Contributions
$211,004Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions
Name
Type
$367.93 Texas House Republican Caucus PAC ENTITY
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Top Payees
Total Expenditures
Payee
Type
$86,679.01 The Eppstein Group ENTITY
$28,000.00 Mustafa Zaheer INDIVIDUAL
$17,000.00 Linda Timmerman ENTITY
$13,888.64 Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures ENTITY
$11,500.00 Cody Harris ENTITY
$10,000.00 Toni Barcellona INDIVIDUAL
$5,120.00 Corsicana Education Foundation ENTITY
$5,000.00 Cindy Burkett ENTITY
$4,890.00 Donna Davidson INDIVIDUAL
$3,500.00 Texas Alliance for Life ENTITY
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Top Personal Contributions

From reports filed by the recipients of these funds, it appears these transactions originated from personal rather than campaign accounts.

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Transparency USA | 12/11/2018
1.  Texas Association of REALTORS PAC ($35,867,910): The Realtors are the powerhouse of money in Texas politics. Yes, you might be surprised to find that your realtor’s professional dues support one of the most powerful — and certainly the most well-funded — PACs in Texas. What might be even more surprising is that the Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) frequently uses its political heft to support liberal Republicans and the occasional Democrat. Apparently, this cycle, they believed their PAC account was too flush with cash, as they purchased more than $29 million of money market instrument mutual funds at Frost Bank. As for TREPAC’s donations directly to candidates, they appear to be motivated primarily by the desire to curry favor with those in power in Austin. They supported incumbents of every stripe in 2018, from the most conservative Republicans ($101,042 to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and $60,000 to State Sen. Don Huffines) to liberal Republicans and Democrats ($55,000 to State Rep. Charlie Geren and $50,000 to State Sen. John Whitmire). During the all-important and ideologically-revealing primary season, the Realtors tended to support the more moderate to liberal candidate in each race, including State Reps. Jason Villalba and Wayne Faircloth and State Sen. Kel Seliger this election season. TREPAC’s largest donation to a candidate this cycle was $140,000 to Cody Harris, a realtor himself, who won one of the most watched elections of the primary season to take the seat of retiring State Rep. Byron Cook. With more than $29 million in the bank, $6.7 million dollars cash-on-hand in their PAC account, and the proven willingness to spend it, the Realtors will be a formidable force in Texas politics for the foreseeable future.
Transparency USA | 02/15/2017
During the Texas legislative session, state law prohibits campaign contributions to legislators. This is designed to prevent donors and PACs from currying favor with legislators while they are casting votes. For example, if you wanted to donate to the campaign of your House representative, you are not allowed to do so until after the session ends in late May. Theoretically, this prevents you from using campaign cash to influence how your representative votes.