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.
Rhetta Bowers
Texas House of Representatives District 113
$1,012Cash on Hand
$37,230Total Contributions
$61,071Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $5,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $2,000.00 | Jason Berry |
| $1,500.00 | Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP |
| $1,500.00 | Mcguire Revocable Trust |
| $1,500.00 | Oncor Texas State Political Action Committee of Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp. |
| $1,100.00 | Michelle Beck |
| $1,000.00 | Active Ballot Club General Fund |
| $1,000.00 | Ben E Keith Company Texas PAC |
| $1,000.00 | Lee Richardson |
| $1,000.00 | Mike Toomey & Associates |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $16,987.00 | Sabine on 5th |
| $8,423.89 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $2,776.30 | The Otis Hotel Austin - Marriott |
| $2,494.07 | Daisy Fragoso |
| $1,916.72 | Uber Technologies Inc |
| $1,890.75 | Brick & Bones Backyard |
| $1,828.19 | Constant Contact Inc |
| $1,629.48 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta |
| $1,578.64 | Times Ten Cellars |
| $1,064.73 | Black to the Lab |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $20.00 | The 23rd Senatorial District Tejano Democrats PAC |
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Texas House District 113 includes portions of Dallas, Garland, Mesquite, Rowlett, and Seagoville.
For the last two years, the most fiercely fought contest in Texas politics has been the Democrats’ effort to take control of the Texas House. Buoyed by flipping 12 seats to their column in 2018 and believing they could ride a demographic wave to increased power, Democrats and their PACs spent tens of millions of dollars in this effort.