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Royce West
Texas State Senate District 23
$1,705,441Cash on Hand
$682,250Total Contributions
$782,396Total Expenditures
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Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $25,000.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $20,000.00 | Thomas Joyner |
| $15,000.00 | Mehrdad Moayedi |
| $15,000.00 | Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC |
| $12,500.00 | John Carona |
| $10,500.00 | Lauril and Erle A Nye Jr |
| $10,000.00 | Charles C Butt |
| $10,000.00 | Gerald J Ford |
| $10,000.00 | Harold Ginsburg |
| $10,000.00 | Kirk Wilson |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $74,067.54 | Doris Lewis |
| $49,010.25 | Joycelyn Johnson |
| $48,766.96 | Department of US Treasury IRS |
| $34,628.38 | Oxley Leasing LLC |
| $33,782.23 | Metro Realty |
| $33,417.34 | AMLI Eastside Apartments |
| $26,382.99 | Southwest Airlines |
| $19,334.53 | Hilton Hotels and Resorts |
| $18,400.00 | GM Financial Leasing |
| $13,582.90 | LaJuana D Barton |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $6,475.00 | Dallas County Democratic PAC - State & Local (CEC) | |
| $1,000.00 | TOP Political Action Committee |
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