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Trying to make data useful. Used to be the Place 1 Trustee for Granbury ISD School Board.

Aug 12, 2018, 19 tweets

All profiles on the site are fully updated through the SemiJul report. Some links to jump right to the charts:
TX House Contributions - bit.ly/txhousecontribs
TX House Rankings - bit.ly/txhouserankings
TX Senate Contributions - bit.ly/txsenatecontri…
(cont) #txlege

(cont) All profiles on the site are fully updated through the SemiJul report. Some links to jump right to the charts:
TX Senate Rankings - bit.ly/txsenaterankin…
TX Statewide Contributions - bit.ly/txstatewide
TX Statewide Rankings - bit.ly/txstaterankings
#txlege

Observations on overall TX House contributions since 01/01/17:
$43,496,804 contributed
59,018 donations
$737 avg donation
Empower Texans is the top overall donor, giving $2,625,082
Assoc Republicans of Texas are 2nd, giving $1,723,025
#txlege
bit.ly/txhousecontribs

Observations on TX House contributions since 01/01/17 to Republicans:
$22,213,678 contributed
20,020 donations
$1,109 avg donation
Assoc Republicans of Texas is the top overall donor, giving $1.7MM
Texans For Lawsuit Reform is 2nd, giving $1.2MM
#txlege
bit.ly/txhousecontribs

Observations on TX House contributions since 01/01/17 to ETs:
$11,351,411 contributed
11,699 donations
$970 avg donation
Empower Texans is top donor, giving $2.6MM
Mayes Middleton gave $1.4MM (mostly to himself)
Texas Right To Life gave $1.1MM
#txlege bit.ly/txhousecontribs

One of the things I get asked the most is "how do I know who the people are who are major donors to or are affiliated with Empower Texans?" To attempt to show this, I've added some tags to the end of donors.
(ET) ET & TRL
(ET9) Big 9 ET donors
(ETR) ET related
#txlege

Observations on TX House contributions since 01/01/17 to Dems:
$9,864,045 contributed
27,079 donations
$364 avg donation
TREPAC is top donor, giving $222k
Border Health PAC gave $210k
TX Trial Lawyers gave $174k
#txlege
bit.ly/txhousecontribs

Top Contribution amount accumulated by TX House Republican candidates since 01/01/17
1. Charlie Geren (HD99) $1.1MM
2. Cody Harris (HD8) $1MM
3. Sarah Davis (HD134) $973k
4. Steve Allison (HD121) $733k
5. Giovanni Capriglione (HD98) $715k
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Top donation count by TX House Republican candidates since 01/01/17
1. Sarah Davis (HD134) 1,079
2. Charles Geren (HD99) 754
3. Four Price (HD87) 712
4. Chris Paddie (HD9) 620
5. Giovanni Capriglione (HD98) 573
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Highest per donation avg by TX House Republican candidates since 01/01/17
1. Reggie Smith (HD62) $2,485
2. x Scott Cosper (HD54) $2,146
3. Cody Harris (HD8) $1,988
4. Phil Stephenson (HD85) $1,972
5. Keith Bell (HD4) $1,905
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Lowest per donation avg (grassroots w/ 100 or more donors) by TX House Rep candidates since 01/01/17
1. Wil Metcalf (HD16) $315
2. x Joe Ruzicka (HD107) $465
3. Candy Noble (HD89) $481
4. Brad Buckley (HD54) $509
5. Ed Thompson (HD29) $533
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Top Contribution amount accumulated by TX House ET candidates since 01/01/17
1. Mayes Middleton (HD23) $1.7MM
2. x Thomas McNutt (HD8) $1.09MM
3. x Susanna Dokupil (HD134) $615k
4. Mike Lang (HD60) $550k
5. Lisa Ryan (HD114) $541k
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Top donation count by TX House ET candidates since 01/01/17
1. x Thomas McNutt (HD8) 1,195
2. Jonathan Boos (HD113) 757
3. Jonathan Stickland (HD92) 702
4. Mayes Middleton (HD23) 701
5. Lisa Ryan (HD114) 675
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Highest per donation avg by TX House ET candidates since 01/01/17
1. x Chris Fails (HD122) $4,227
2. x Matt Beebe (HD121) $2,818
3. Mayes Middleton (HD23) $2,425
4. x Susanna Dokupil (HD134) $1,849
5. x Stewart Spitzer (HD4) $1,711
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Lowest per donation avg (grassroots w/ 100 or more donors) by TX House ET candidates since 01/01/17
1. Jonathan Boos (HD113) $192
2. x CJ Grisham (HD55) $261
3. Brandon Hall (HD55) $400
4. Tony Tinderholt (HD94) $421
5. Matt Rinaldi (HD115) $457
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Top Contribution amount accumulated by TX House Dem candidates since 01/01/17
1. Roland Gutierrez (HD119) $510k
2. Julie Johnson (HD115) $460k
3. John Turner (HD114) $443k
4. Richard Raymond (HD42) $361k
5. Sheryl Cole (HD46) $332k
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Top donation count by TX House Dem candidates since 01/01/17
1. Brandy Chambers (HD112) 1,929
2. James Talarico (HD52) 908
3. Sheryl Cole (HD46) 872
4. Ana-Maria Ramos (HD102) 796
5. Erin Zwiener (HD45) 793
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Highest per donation avg by TX House Dem candidates since 01/01/17
1. Eddie Lucio (HD38) $1,545
2. Richard Raymond (HD42) $1,373
3. Senfronia Thompson (HD141) $1,197
4. Ryan Guillen (HD31) $1,129
5. Ana Hernandez (HD143) $1,118
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

Lowest per donation avg (grassroots w/100+ donors and $20k+) by TX House Dem candidates since 01/01/17
1. Mica Ringo (HD98) $41
2. Brandy Chambers (HD112) $50
3. Ana-Maria Ramos (HD102) $51
4. Rhetta Bowers (HD113) $73
5. Nancy Bean (HD93) $74
#txlege
bit.ly/txhouserankings

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