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
$237,061Cash on Hand
$469,747Total Contributions
$331,755Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $50,000.00 | Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC |
| $25,000.00 | Montgomery J Bennett |
| $12,500.00 | Richard Weekley |
| $11,000.00 | Kimberly and Roger Elswick |
| $10,000.00 | Granite Construction Employees PAC |
| $10,000.00 | Johnny Isbell Jr |
| $10,000.00 | Kathy and Charles Othon |
| $10,000.00 | Rex W and Debra Gore |
| $10,000.00 | Steven D Alvia |
| $10,000.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $110,000.00 | Dennis Paul |
| $37,595.00 | Blakemore & Associates |
| $35,127.47 | Sgl Consulting |
| $25,000.00 | Dennis Paul |
| $15,000.00 | The Yates Company |
| $10,738.35 | Case Hall & Company |
| $10,000.00 | Eb Fundraising |
| $9,000.00 | Andrew Salem |
| $7,659.70 | Kenjo's Bbq |
| $6,635.73 | Sprint 2 Print |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $104.48 | Jeff Barry | Barry, Jeffrey M. (The Honorable) |
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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.