The general election for Governor of Texas will take place on Nov. 7, 2022. In total, candidates running for Texas governor have raised $72.7 million, received $5.0 million in loans, and spent $62.7 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and May 14, 2022.
Independent Texans PAC
Texas Committee
$181Cash on Hand
$29,560Total Contributions
$34,152Total Expenditures
Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $6,400.00 | Paul Pape |
| $5,000.00 | John Kirk Mitchell |
| $2,500.00 | Linda Curtis for House District 17 |
| $2,219.04 | Aggregated Unitemized Contributions |
| $1,000.00 | Coleen Waring |
| $1,000.00 | Colleen Waring |
| $800.00 | Linda Curtis for Texas House Campaign |
| $600.00 | Roger Baker |
| $500.00 | Charles Young |
| $500.00 | Darwin Smith |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $7,811.63 | Bastrop Copier |
| $6,402.57 | KC Strategies LLC |
| $2,495.10 | Meta Platforms Inc / Facebook |
| $1,850.00 | Linda Curtis |
| $1,508.98 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $1,079.95 | Wix.com LTD |
| $775.00 | callfire.com |
| $742.28 | US Postal Service |
| $718.40 | Bastrop Advertisor Cox Newspaper |
| $717.97 | Bastrop Copier |
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