The campaign finance reports from the Texas Ethics Commission for homebuilder Bob Perry gives him the right to the prestigious title of "Texas Sugar Daddy". A complete analysis of his contributions since 2000 will be coming soon. If you can't wait, the spreadsheet can be found here.Here is a quick peek from Jan of 2000 - Mar 2006:
- Total contribution entries 986
- Total contributions reported $12.9 Million
- Total to Governor Rick Perry $840,000
- Total to Attorney General Greg Abbott $783,000
- Total to Joe Nixon $220,000 (he got trampled in the primary)
- Total to Texans for Lawsuit Reform $1.2 Million
- Largest donations to a Democrat John Whitmire $53,000
- Largest donation to a Republican Govenor Perry $840,000
- Largest one time donation Greg Abbott $150,000
- Donations to State Representative Allan Ritter(D) $62,000*
- Donations to TRMPAC $170,000**
- Single Donation to State Representative Ron Wilson (D) $30,000***
* State Representative Allan Ritter filed the bill that created the Texas Residential Construction Commission which provides protection for Bob Perry's homebuilding industry.
**TRMPAC was involved in the Tom DeLay investigation
***State Representative Ron Wilson (D) supported the re-districting bill. He lost his seat in the primary.
4 comments:
"Swift Boat Bob" is going to have spend a whole lot more money, and he's still going to lose a few of his 'good friends'.
Unfortunately, there are other Democrats that are tainted by Bob Perry's money, including some of our very own in Houston/Harris County.
I think the Party needs to demand more of its candidates/office holders, like: "Don't accept money from Bob Perry!"
I totally agree!!
Sylvester Turner $49,000
Eddie Lucio $40,500 (Actually voted AGAINST the buiders bill!)
Patrick Rose $37,500
Anna Hernandez $30,000
Debra Danburg $10,000
Harold Dutton $7000
Frank Madla $17,500 (lost)
Velma Luna $3,500
Here is some more details:
Total Donations
to Democrats: $450,000
to Dem organizations: $0
to Republicans: $7,188,029.50
to Rep organizations: $4,423,000.00
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