Here’s a roundup of campaign finance reports for other legislative races of interest from around the state.
Dist Candidate Raised Spent Cash Loans
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SD10 W Davis (D,I) 824,871 405,628 1,097,238 0
SD10 Shelton (R) 53,293 35,916 301,146 0
SD25 Wentworth (R,I) 316,888 299,629 256,123 0
SD25 Campbell (R) 65,791 12,398 115,551 107,597
SD25 Courage (D) 7,975 5,604 2,377 1,250
HD11 Hopson (R,I) 233,589 68,130 310,413 0
HD11 Clardy (R) 13,960 54,528 21,558 65,000
HD12 T Anderson (R) 16,782 16,455 326 0
HD12 Kacal (R) 35,300 33,487 29,633 0
HD12 Stem (D) 15,272 840 22,150 0
HD14 Raney (R) 20,545 33,229 26,461 0
HD14 LeUnes (D) 1,268 242 817 0
HD24 Bonnen (R) 66,600 72,988 38,102 425,000
HD24 Sitton (R) 4,969 46,799 216 149,686
HD24 Cates (D) 6,545 6,441 104 0
HD29 E Thompson (R) 3,725 21,059 27,205 97,941
HD29 Blatt (D) 778 259 768 0
HD34 C Scott (R,I) 205,528 56,629 199,528 0
HD34 Herrera (D)
HD40 Canales (D)
HD40 Hernandez (D)
HD41 Martinez (R) 0 700 0 0
HD41 Guerra (D) 46,992 144,088 8,576 3,501
HD43 Lozano (R,I)
HD43 Wilson (R)
HD43 Toureilles (D)
HD45 Isaac (R,I) 139,015 45,192 30,175 140,250
HD45 J Adams (D) 8,011 13,135 0 36,000
HD47 Workman (R,I) 47,943 67,010 44,386 12,000
HD47 Frandsen (D) 15,664 14,863 2,193 0
HD54 Aycock (R,I) 77,308 19,685 118,005 0
HD54 C Brown (D) 6,830 5,200 1,640 0
HD59 Miller (R) 155,691 185,723 76,197 0
HD59 Sheffield (R) 16,000 28,021 4,117 50,000
HD59 Norris (D) 1,271 5,022 4,110 7,861
HD67 J Cole (R) 31,365 52,053 91,314 113,000
HD67 Leach (R) 68,525 37,539 51,619 0
HD68 McKnight (R) 20,972 64,764 154,316 345,000
HD68 Springer (R) 8,390 5,882 16,991 25,000
HD68 Odom (D) 0 0 0 0
HD74 Kincaid (R) 100 1,897 2,486 9,400
HD74 Nevarez (D)
HD78 Margo (R,I) 71,246 97,616 41,714 126,000
HD78 Margo (R,I) 57,595 12 55,584 0
HD78 Moody (D) 26,671 10,091 27,310 0
HD88 Landtroop (R,I) 105,759 59,129 116,127 0
HD88 K King (R) 44,429 51,839 35,720 300,000
HD91 Sapp (R) 45,000 20,369 38,790 15,000
HD91 Klick (R) 41,104 21,022 32,881 27,000
HD95 Collier (D) 39,746 23,542 9,895 242
HD95 Gaines (D) 7,885 7,642 242 0
HD102 Carter (R,I) 124,040 79,024 28,196 0
HD102 Hancock (D) 18,638 12,713 3,400 0
HD105 HarperBrown (R,I) 86,918 138,981 11,872 56,060
HD105 Robbins (D) 50,446 8,199 51,014 20,505
HD107 Sheets (R,I) 94,869 59,881 59,892 489
HD107 Miklos (D) 32,019 8,700 21,238 0
HD114 Keffer (R) 41,655 39,046 0 0
HD114 Villalba (R) 112,399 68,601 48,903 0
HD114 Kent (D) 142,409 55,755 127,156 0
HD115 Nguyen (R) 196,502 113,049 111,164 0
HD115 Ratliff (R) 57,680 82,321 58,251 45,000
HD115 Fabishak (D) 3,590 3,738 1,599 0
HD117 Garza (R,I) 59,630 57,958 88,949 0
HD117 Cortez (D) 18,950 41,567 2,111 0
HD117 Torres (D) 47,988 29,194 28,858 0
My comments:
“Races of interest” are loosely defined as “runoffs, open seats, takeover possibilities, and anything else I felt like including”.
As before, remember that candidates who had been in a contested primary last filed a report in May, while those who were uncontested last filed in January. This is why there is sometimes a large discrepancy between the amount raised, such as in the SD10 showdown between Sen. Wendy Davis and Rep. Mark Shelton. However, as a press release and comparison sheet released by the Davis campaign noted, if you total up all of Shelton’s reports since January, Davis still outraised him by a three to one margin. Given that she’s easily the highest value target for Republicans this cycle, that’s mighty impressive.
The sheer amount of loan money surprised me. I know there have always been self-funding candidates. I can’t even say that this is a disproportionate share of them in this collection. I was just taken aback a bit by the size of it all.
If I understand this correctly, the “total amount of outstanding loans” figure is cumulative, meaning that unlike the amount raised it represent money that may have been provided well before this reporting period. That can make some of the other figures look a bit weird, but remember that we’re just out of a competitive primary for many people. For instance, Greg Bonnen’s eight day report from May shows him spending $283K in that short period, which helps explain how you can have $425K in loans but less than $40K on hand.
Dee Margo has both a COH report and a SPAC report, which is why he is listed twice. The latter was apparently created this year, as the July report is its first. Where most Texas Republicans have a “Friends Of” SPAC, Margo’s is called “Amigos of Dee Margo”. Pardon me while I gag.
As of this publication, some reports are listed as “Filed but not viewable”; this is because if one person in a competitive race has not submitted a report, the other candidates’ reports are not published. In addition, for some odd reason Abel Herrera does not appear to be in the reporting database. I’m sure this will be corrected sometime soon.
As much money as there is in these races, I feel like there’s still a lot more to come. The 30 day reports will tell us a lot.
That’s what I’ve got for now. Still working on those county race reports. What do you think about this?