This article is Part 4 of a four-part series demonstrating how the money in a lobby sector can impact state politics and legislation. Read the first three articles here, here, and here.
Dennis Paul
Texas House of Representatives District 129
$17,200Cash on Hand
$246,543Total Contributions
$253,781Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
---|---|
$8,000.00 | Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP |
$7,500.00 | Texas Land Title Association PAC |
$5,000.00 | Farmers Employee & Agent PAC of Texas (DISSOLVED) |
$5,000.00 | Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC |
$4,000.00 | Melvin G Spinks |
$4,000.00 | Tilman & Paige Fertitta |
$3,500.00 | Gabriel Johnson |
$3,000.00 | Bay Area Republican Women PAC |
$3,000.00 | Texas Sands PAC |
$3,000.00 | The Boeing Company Political Action Committee |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
---|---|
$76,741.32 | The Yates Company |
$72,941.28 | Dennis Paul |
$24,872.05 | Adrienne Sun |
$8,117.50 | Larry M Hicks CPA |
$4,735.94 | Randy's Smokehouse |
$2,976.88 | Randy's Smokehouse |
$2,458.50 | Marriott Hotels |
$2,450.00 | Gregory Bentch |
$2,390.87 | Hyatt Hotels |
$2,229.32 | Constant Contact 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 |
---|---|---|
$680.00 | Bay Area Republican Women PAC |
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Texas politicians and PACs are required to file reports with the Texas Ethics Commission listing all their campaign contributions and expenditures. The most recent reports — which include all transactions for the last half of 2018 — were just released. Two major things to pay attention to in these reports: 1) final numbers on both donations and spending for the 2018 Election Cycle, and 2) perhaps even more interesting, a list of all donations made to Texas politicians after the election.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) is in the business of electing politicians who will vote “correctly” on lawsuit & tort reform issues, while not rocking the boat in the Capitol. They’ve become one of the most powerful and well-known PACs in the state using this model, and show no signs of changing their game plan.