Just to complete the tour of semiannual finance reports, here’s a look at the cash on hand totals for area legislators. First up, the Harris County House delegation.
Patricia Harless, HD126 – $308,221
Dan Huberty, HD127 – $69,058
Wayne Smith, HD128 – $218,425
John Davis, HD129 – $99,962
Allen Fletcher, HD130 – $46,559
Alma Allen, HD131 – $33,479
Bill Callegari, HD132 – $315,904
Jim Murphy, HD133 – $103,538
Sarah Davis, HD134 – $59,871
Gary Elkins, HD135 – $337,111
Gene Wu, HD137 – $32,504
Dwayne Bohac, HD138 – $28,286
Sylvester Turner, HD139 – $404,829
Armando Walle, HD140 – $72,571
Senfronia Thompson, HD141 – $345,547
Harold Dutton, HD142 – $85,127
Ana Hernandez Luna, HD143 – $111,652
Mary Ann Perez, HD144 – $118,832
Borris Miles, HD146 – $54,485
Garnet Coleman, HD147 – $173,683
Jessica Farrar, HD148 – $65,005
Hubert Vo, HD149 – $52,341
Debbie Riddle, HD150 – $67,757
I skipped Carol Alvarado in HD145 since we already know about her. Sarah Davis just finished running an expensive race – she got a much tougher challenge for her first re-election than either of her two most recent predecessors, so she didn’t get to build a cushion. I’m sure she’s start rattling the cup as soon as session is over and the moratorium is lifted. Borris Miles and Huber Vo do a fair amount of self-funding. Gary Elkins and Bill Callegari are in the two Republican held seats that were more Democratic in 2012 than their 2008 numbers suggested. Beyond that, nothing really remarkable. Here’s a look at the representatives from neighboring counties:
Cecil Bell, HD03 – $27,712
Steven Toth, HD15 – $25,832
Brandon Creighton, HD16 – $360,842
John Otto, HD18 – $480,066
Greg Bonnen, HD24 – $47,123
Dennis Bonnen, HD25 – $370,909
Rick Miller, HD26 – $30,561
Ron Reynolds, HD27 – $6,654
John Zerwas, HD28 – $470,622
Phil Stephenson, HD85 – $14,209
Ed Thompson, HD29 – $92,008
Bell, Toth, and Creighton represent Montgomery County – Bell in part, Toth and Creighton in full. Bell’s district also covers Waller County. Eiland is parts of Galveston and all of Chambers, while Greg Bonnen has the rest of Galveston. Eiland has two reports, both of which are linked with the sum of the two as his cash total. Dennis Bonnen and Ed Thompson share Brazoria County. Miller, Reynolds, and Zerwas are in Fort Bend, along with a chunk of Stephenson’s district. John Otto represents Liberty County, among others. Bell, Thompson, and Greg Bonnen are all ParentPAC candidates. Until such time as Democrats are in a position to retake, or at least come close to retaking, a majority in the Lege, sanity on public education is going to depend in no small part on people like them. I truly hope they’re up to that, because the ones that were there in 2011 sure weren’t. Of course, the more reasonable they are the more likely they’ll get teabagged by doofus chuckleheads like Steve Toth, who took out the unquestionably conservative but generally fact-based Rob Eissler last year. Not that Eissler distinguished himself last session, but still. You can perhaps see some higher ambitions in Creighton and Zerwas’ numbers – I have a feeling Zerwas will be very interested in Glenn Hegar’s Senate seat if Hegar makes a statewide run as some people think he will. I wouldn’t be surprised if Creighton has his eyes on CD08 someday.
And finally, the Senate:
Tommy Williams, SD04 – $1,164,109
Dan Patrick, SD07 – $1,485,091
Larry Taylor, SD11 – $183,826
Rodney Ellis, SD13 – $2,016,660
John Whitmire, SD15 – $6,167,111
Joan Huffman, SD17 – $707,914
Glenn Hegar, SD18 – $1,617,306
Hegar drew a four year term and can thus scratch his statewide itch without giving up his Senate seat. Dan Patrick was not so lucky, poor thing. As for Whitmire, all I can say is “wow”. As much cash on hand as Rick Perry, and no reason to believe any of it will be used for a significant purpose any time soon. I don’t even know what to say.
wait a minute charles-theres a question surronding state rep borris miles or myles campaign funds-rumor is his monies are being looked at by others…………lets hope hes kept everything legal -stay tuned and keep an eye on borris miles……………….
joshua ben bullard