Fundraising to replace Sen. Eltife nears $1 million

Published 10:40 pm Saturday, January 23, 2016

Fundraising for three candidates running for Texas Senate District 1 neared $1 million, according to campaign finance reports in the hotly contested race.

State Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, James “Red” Brown and Mike Lee are seeking the open Texas Senate District 1 seat after Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, announced he would not seek re-election.

Brown, Hughes and Simpson raised more than $970,000 combined since January 2015. Lee reported no contributions.

The bulk of donations – $780,000 – came during the latest reporting period, from July 1 to Dec. 31.

Hughes raised more money than his opponents combined. As of Jan. 1, Hughes had $508,584 available to spend. He raised $499,451 and spent $127,285 between July and January.

The January reports showed Brown raised $184,282 and spent $80,813 while maintaining $103,459.

Simpson raised $99,564 and spent $362,602. He had $57,661 on hand.

Lee’s campaign finance reports showed no contributions and expenditures totaling $2,000.

Open Senate District positions don’t come along often, making for an expensive race.

The sheer size of District 1 places a premium on having money available to spread candidate’s message and establish name recognition.

If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote on March 1, the two top vote-getters would face each other in a May 24 runoff.

District 1 represents Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur and Wood counties, which means candidates must appeal to voters from cities such as Texarkana, Tyler, Carthage, Longview, Paris and Mount Pleasant. The district also lies within multiple media markets.

Eltife was an established and popular senator while Brown, Hughes, Lee and Simpson are relative unknowns in much of the district. Hughes has the advantage of representing eight of the district’s 16 counties during more than a dozen years in the Texas House.

Mark Jones, a political professor at Rice University, said the latest round of campaign finance reports shows Hughes as the clear frontrunner. Hughes has the money needed to spread his message and name around the 16-county district and endorsements that carry weight among prospective voters.

Hughes’ fundraising, especially from business and activist groups, is a sign that donors view him as the likely winner and that they don’t want to cross Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who endorsed Hughes in August.

“The district is big and if you want to reach voters you’ve got to do more than block-walking and phone calls,” Jones said. “You’ve got to use media and direct mail and that will cost a significant amount of money.”

Having donors willing to write big checks, such as Empower Texans and billionaire Farris Wilks, means Hughes has a sky-high spending limit and will be able to go to the money – well beyond March 1, if needed, Jones said.

Jones views the Senate District 1 race as two races – Hughes’ race to avoid a runoff and Simpson and Brown racing for second.

“Encouraged,” was how Brown, Hughes and Simpson described their latest haul and respective campaigns at this point. They described similar days on the campaign trail, starting early and ending late with stops in coffee shops, businesses and events with phone calls for voter and financial support in between.

Simpson, 54, a businessman and former small-town mayor, said he sees parallels to his 2010 primary defeat of a longtime incumbent.

“We’re executing a good plan,” he said. “We have a well-established grassroots ground game and working steady-as-she-goes to win votes.”

Simpson said he would have enough money to continue his ground game and target voters with direct mail and television in the final push to March 1.

Brown, 57, of Lindale, a two-star major general and acting deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Forces Command in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said he wasn’t surprised by the amount of money raised in the race. He said his fundraising wasn’t exactly where it was expected to be but that his campaign has raised an additional $70,000 since Jan. 1.

He said volunteer recruitment has been strong and that his organization is prepared for the push to early voting, which begins Feb. 16.

Simpson and Brown downplayed Hughes’ access to money and list of endorsements, saying money and political action committees don’t vote.

“The people of Senate District 1 will elect their senator not the lobby,” Brown said.

Hughes, 46, an attorney from Mineola, said he’s thankful and humbled by the support in and outside the district.

He said support from groups such as Texans for Lawsuit Reform and Texas Right to Life goes beyond dollars. Those organizations represent voters in the district, he said.

Hughes said he wasn’t relying on money to spread his message. He said he is crisscrossing the district, connecting with voters and civic and business groups.

He dismisses the frontrunner label and said he’s running as if he were far behind.

“I’m putting everything into winning,” he said. “We continue to build momentum and we’re certainly not going to let up.”

Lee, 57, of Queen City, a retired U.S. Navy hovercraft pilot, motivational speaker and small business owner, said he is not asking for money to make a point.

“There’s too much money in politics,” he said. “That’s the problem. (The candidates) don’t want to talk about issues they want to talk about endorsements. Those endorsements and donations are IOUs.”

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Texas Senate District 1

Campaign Finance Report

JAMES K. BROWN

Contributions:

$100

Merita Merritt Barbee, Kilgore

Ed Borger, Lindale

Julie Brogoitti, Longview

JoAnn and Tim Faulkner, Whitehouse

Dan Fiscus, Longview

Garland Irwin, Henderson

Gary and Barbara Jackson, Lindale

Sarah Lusty, Canyon Lake

Dan Metcalf, Marshall

Donald and Paula Neumeyer, Kilgore

Meredith Roel, Longview

Earl Story, Tyler

Johnny and Cyndi Walker, Henderson

Patrick Walton, Davenport, Iowa

Helen Warwick, Marshall

Matthew Williams, Longview

$200

Joseph Hunt, Marshall

Michael Klouda, Tyler

James and Jeanette Mallory, Lindale

Mike Metke, Tyler

Marvin Stephens, Tyler

Kelly and Jan Walker, Tyler

$249

Paul Gleiser, Dallas

$250

Sandy and Danny Adams, Tyler

Bill and D Bankston, Longview

David Erwin, Longview

Barham and Linda Fulmer, Hideaway

Mildred Grinstead, Tyler

Fritz Hager, Flint

Laurie and William Hart, Bullard

Andrea and John Ledlie, Tyler

Lana Peacock, Jacksonville

Laura and Eric Radde, Holly Lake Ranch

Casey Robertson, Longview

Aubrey Sharpe, Tyler

Preston Smith, Tyler

Shirley and Larry Snodgrass, Tyler

Ronald Stafford, Tyler

Ben Sutton, Tyler

Gary Taylor, Longview

Robert and Lori Wheeler, Longview

Marietta Wynne, Tyler

$300

Mark Brookshire, Tyler

Jeff and Michelle Carr, Tyler

Myrtis Smith, Tyler

$400

G.W. Boyd, Kilgore

$500

Jim and Bess Arnold, Tyler

Lin Barker, Flint

Barbara Bass, Tyler

Byron Berkley, Longview

Carroll and Mollie Bobo, Lindale

Michael Bosworth, Tyler

Jeff and Sonia Buie, Tyler

R.J. Collins, Lindale

Suzy and Hank Crouse, Nacogdoches

Chales E. Dawson, Tyler

Samuel and Jan Forester, Longview

Randy Grooms, Tyler

George Hall, Tyler

Elaine and Riley Harris, Tyler

Valorie and Jim Hedrick, Tyler

John Hills, Tyler

Pete Lake, Tyler

Amy and Bill Lively, Tyler

Rodney Low, Tyler

Robert McFarland, Tyler

Raymond and Julie McKinney, Tyler

Amy Mills, Tyler

Tony Morgan, Tyler

Mike Moses, Bullard

Ellen and John Mussleman, Tyler

Steven and Cathy Pinkston, Tyler

William “Bill” Ratliff, Mt. Pleasant

Woodrow M. Roark, Tyler

Sam Roosth, Tyler

Angela and Mike Russell, Tyler

Bud Scarborough, Tyler

Stephen Sitton, Lindale

William and Carol Smith, Tyler

Bob Staton, Lindale

Texas Economic Development Council, Austin

Donald and Pam Thedford, Tyler

Suzy and Bob Trimble, Whitehouse

Kelley and Lonny Uzell, Tyler

Mark and Sherri Whatley, Tyler

Charles Wilcox, Kilgore

Tom and Amy Woldert, Tyler

James and Sharon Wynne, Tyler

$650

Randall Roberts, Tyler

$750

Mike and Pam Jones, Tyler

$878

Bob and Debbie Garrett, Tyler (in-kind)

$1,000

Ty Abston, Mt. Pleasant

Michael Allare, Tyler

Mike Allen, Tyler

Jeff Austin III, Tyler

Harold Beaird, Tyler

Bobby Bowling, El Paso

Ann Brookshire, Tyler

Taylor Burns, Tyler

Frank and Carmen Camp, Kilgore

Darla Childress, Tyler

Rick Coachys, Canton, Ga.

Allen Fair, Tyler

Gary Goodfried, Tyler

B.G. Hartley, Tyler

Charles Heaton, Tyler

Anne and Rob Jones, Tyler

John L. and Lisa Jones, Flint

Scott Jordan, Tyler

Thomas W. Luce III, Dallas

Mike and Gail Martin, Longview

Joseph Mea, Lindale

Margaret Merritt, Kilgore

William Davis (Joe) Norton, Tyler

Margaret Perkins, Tyler

Joe Phillips, Tyler

Felicity Reedy, Tyler

A.W. Ritter III, Tyler

Don and Crystal Rolleg, Cibolo

Linda Sellers, Tyler

Kathy Story, Lindale

Elam and Betty Swann, Tyler

Chesley and Ted Walters, Tyler

Michael Young, Tyler

$2,000

Joe Bob and Lou Ann Joyce, Longview

A.P. Merritt, Kilgore

Kim R. Smith, Tatum

$2,500

Gaylord and Rene Hughey, Tyler

Zeid Yasser, Longview

$5,000

ATPE-PAC, Austin

Larry Anderson, Tyler

Charles Aris, Dallas

Herb and Melvina Buie, Tyler

Bob and Debbie Garrett, Tyler

Steve Hellmuth, Whitehouse

David Irwin, Lindale

Thomas C. Merritt, Kilgore

Robert Peltier, Tyler

Robyn Rogers, Tyler

Kristen and Joey Seeber, Tyler

$7,500

Jonette and Clay White, Tyler

$20,000

Ruben Martin, Kilgore

$25,000

Tyler Ford LTD Partnership

Expenditures:

$200

Laura Zorna, Tyler

$250

Tyler-Smith County A&M Club, College Station

$268

All American Party and Tent Rental, Tyler

$840

Tyler Valet Parking Services, Henderson

$1,000

Gerald Rodriguez, Longview

$1,094

Jack and Sam’s, Tyler

$1,214

U.S. Contributions, Austin

$1,250

Republican Party of Texas

$3,710

MEM Services, LLC, Kilgore

$12,168

Olsen & Company, Austin

$13,937

Upstream Communications, Austin

$44,818

Murphy Nasica, Austin

BRYAN D. HUGHES

Contributions

$100

Mark W. Adams, Marshall

O.M. Adams, Mount Pleasant

Nathan Andersen, Houston

Andrews Ph.D., Paul, Tyler

Will Blair, Longview

Dennis A. Borel, Austin

Edward M. Borger Jr., Lindale

Scott W. Bradford, Grapevine

Phil Burks, Tyler

Thure Cannon, Austin

Betty Carr, Mineola

Orvin Carroll, Alba

Janet Coe, Winnsboro

Larry Davis, Wake Village

Tom and Anne DeWitt, Tyler

Larry Decker, Mount Pleasant

Steve Delaughter, Redwater

Keith Dollahite, Tyler

Bill & Karen Elliott, Marshall

Clinton Evetts, Pittsburg

James Fletcher, Burnet

Louis B. Gohmert, Mount Pleasant

Charles Glen Hill, Tyler

Melinda Hodge, Killeen

Ed & Kathy Hoffman, Marshall

Nicole Hoyle, Longivew

L.T. Jowell, Tyler

Jarad Kent, Dallas

Frankie B. King, Pittsburg

Louis Kirk III, Longview

Nancy Leflett, Omaha

Vernon B. Lewis Jr., Marshall

Freda Madsen, Mineola

Karen Marsalis, Carthage

Edgar L. McGee, Flint

James H. McGuire, Mineola

Anne Miller, Lindale

Weldon & Jo Ann Miller, Mount Pleasant

William Morriss, Texarkana

Isaac Osborne, Mount Pleasant

Charles Parmley, Tyler

Trev Powell, Gilmer

Donald W. Reynolds, Pittsburg

Gene Robertson, Longview

Desiree N. Smith, Tyler

Gary Smith, Pittsburg

Gary F. & Mary Alice Smith, Pittsburg

Richard M. Smith, Flint

Mrs. J.L. Sowell, Mineola

Charles Stackhouse, Corinth

John Trosclair, Tyler

Lonny R. Uzzell, Tyler

Dannan Wallace, Emory

Mark Walters, Austin

Lisa Watson-White, Tyler

Steve White, Tyler

E.F. “Bo” Whitus, Georgetown

Larry E. wickham, Tyler

Cynthia Wiedeman, Dallas

Tom Wynn, Marshall

$125

Team Perryman Auto Sales, Flint

$150

David Baldwin, Paoli, PA.

Henry Hering Jr., Lindale

Austin A. Kinghorn, Austin

$200

Bryon C. Hale, Tyler

Patrick B. Haggerty, El Paso

J.G. Bowen & Assoc., Mineola

Donna Metke, Tyler

Patrick Moran, Whitehouse

Alexander J. Reed, Mineola

Clinton R. Roxburgh, Tyler

Mary Alice Smith, Pittsburg

Bonnie Strauss, Marshall

Robert R. Turner, Voss

250

William B. Boney, Houston

Tim Boswell, Mineola

Jerry F. Caddy, Tyler

Craig Casselberry, Austin

Billy Clay (in-kind)

Mike Cobb, Texarkana

Raymond W. Cozby III, Tyler

Marcia Daughtrey, Tyler

John Davis, Austin

Robert S. Davis, Tyler

Aaron Day, Austin

Evelyn Delong, Flint

JoAnn Fleming, Flint

Robert A. Floyd, Austin (in-kind)

James C, Greer, Hallsville

Lisa Halili, Bacliff

Andy Hawari, Mineola

Kirby Hollingsworth, Mount Pleasant

Lisa C. Hughes, Austin

Will Jones, Waco

Robert R. Kamm Esq., Austin

James McCarley, McKinney

Sam R. Moseley, Marshall

David T. Neeley, Mt. Pleasant

Samantha A. Omey, Austin

Sheila Page, Aledo

Herman Paul Pressler III, Houston

John W. Scott, Mineola

Barbara Shtofman, Tyler

Collin C. Shull, Flint

Smith Insurance Agency, Henderson

David Stein, Tyler

Texas Agricultural Aviation Association, AG-AIR PAC, Austin

Texas Strategy Group PAC, Austin

Jim Toman, Tyler

Robert B. Tucker, Leesburg

University of Houston PAC, Houston (in-kind)

James W. Volberding, Tyler (in-kind)

Marty Walker, Longview

Robert F. Westbrook

Robert F. Whitaker, Gilmer

$300

Phyllis K Davis, White Oak

Shirley Haskins, Emory

Kent Nicholson, Frankston

Daymon Rambin, Tyler

Melady Thompson, Winnsboro

$322.36

Focused Advocacy, LLC (in-kind)

$350

Deborah Plagerhoef, Tyler

The Posey Law Firm, P.C., Austin

$400

Joe L. Williams, Mineola

Melvin Reynolds, Gilmer

$440

Heather Stoner, Tyler

$500

AbbVie Pac, N. Chicago, Ill.,

Victor Alcorta, Austin

Joe B. Allen, Houston

James Ashby, Euless

Janet Baber, Whitehouse

Bill Pewitt & Associates, Austin

Brandi Bird, Lantana

J. Lindsey Bradley, Jr., Tyler

David H. Cain, Dallas

Clay Cannon, Tyler

Congress Avenue Partners PAC, Austin

Ted F. Conover, Tyler

John Crew, Dallas

Pieter De Wet, Tyler

Delisi Communications PAC, Austin

D.M. Edwards, Tyler

Elmer G. Ellis, Tyler

Donna F. Farmer, Winnsboro

Joe A. Garcia, Austin

Gary W. Gates Jr., Richmond

Warren S. Guy, Lufkin

Catherine Harrison, Tyler

Andy Hawari, Mineola

Howard Holsenbeck, Houston

Jeff Hunter, Whitehouse

James H. Hurst, Longview

Jodie Laubenberg Campaign, Wylie

Michael J. Johnson, Austin

Walter Johnson, Houston

Matt Jones, Tyler

Wayne Karaki, Tyler

Benegene Kirkpatrick, Grand Saline

P. John Kuhl, Jr. P.C., Houston

Jeff Leach, Plano

Victor Leal, Amarillo

Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend P.C., Austin

Wade C. Long, Austin

Longbow consulting Partners LLC, Austin

Mark Malone, Austin

C.L. Matt Matthews, Austin

Cody Mize, Alba

Brian Niblett, Mt. Pleasant

Steve Nix, Tyler

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Texas Committee, Houston

Joe Parris, Jr., Quitman

Frances Presson, Mineola

Karen Reagan, Austin

Kevin D. Roberts, Houston

Michael E. Russell, II, Tyler

Scott Smith, Tyler

Sullivan Public Affairs, Autin

Texas Poultry P.A.C., Round Rock

Richard J. Trabuisi, Houston

John Van Ness, Houston

Ladd Wilks, Cisco

Donald H. Wills, Dallas

Robert Wilson, Tyler

$700

Mrs. R. Orin Littlejohn, Marshall

$750

Michael John Jewell, Austin

$1,000

Norman E. Adams, Houston

Allen Adkins, Lubbock

Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, LLP, Houston

American Electric Power – Committee for Responsible Government, Austin

Amerisource Bergen Corp. CAP (ABC PAC), Chesterbrook, Pa.

Centerpoint Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee, Houston

D’Anne Chaney, Sulphur Springs

Richard H. Collins, Dallas

Adam R. Cox, Atlanta

Margarit De La Garza-Grahm, Tyler

James Dow, Austin

Jan Duncan, Houston

James R. Evans, Quitman

Eli Lilly and Company PAC, Indianapolis, IN.

Douglas Flanders M.D., Tyler

Flatt Partners, LTD, Tyler

Focused Advocacy PAC, Austin

General Electric PAC, Washington, D.C.

Glazer’s of Texas PAC, Austin

Dennis Golden Sr., Carthage

Joseph Graham Jr., Houston

David Graves, Sulphur Springs

Graydon Group LLC, Austin

Gulf States Toyota Inc. State PAC, Houston

Clint Hackney, Austin

Kent R. Hance, Lubbock

HOMEPAC of Texas, Texas Association of Builders, Austin

Raymond H. Harris, Dallas

Will Ford Hartnett, Dallas

Hillco PAC, Austin

K. Daniel Hinkle, Sugar Land

Ned S. Holmes, Houston

Steve Hotze, Katy

Jay Howard, Austin

Tory Humphries, Sulphur Springs

Dean Hunt, Kingwood

Dena Irving, Sulphur Springs

Mary Elizabeth Jackson, Tyler

Frederick E. Joyce, Texarkana

Ted Andrew Kamel, Tyler

Cynthia Kent, Tyler

Kip Averitt Campaign, Austin

W. Mark Lanier, Houston

Keith Lawyer, Houston

Steven Mach, Houston

Nelson H. Nease, Austin

Paul Perryman, Flint

Vince Puente, Fort Worth

John Shillingburg, Flower Mound

George Shipley, Austin

Scott Stahl, Dike

Texas Dental Association PAC, Austin

Texas Instruments Inc. PAC, Dallas

Texas State Wide Telephone Cooperative, Inc., Austin

Texas Waterway Operators Assoc. Pac, Houston

Peggy Thorsell, Pittsburg

Truck APC, Political Action Committee of the Texas Trucking Industry, Austin

USAA Employee Pac, San Antonio

Vision Source of Texarkana, Texarkana

Rodney T. Watkins, Mineola

$1,100

Steven Steele, Mineola

$1,500

Gardere Wynne Swell LLP Campaign Fund, Dallas

Good Government Fund, Fort Worth

Casey Johnson, Longview

Larry Johnson, Longview

PSEL Pac, Fort Worth

State Representative James R. Pitts Campaign Fund, Waxahachie

Texans for Family Values PAC, Houston

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc. PAC, Fort Worth

Wholesales Beer Distributors of Texas PAC, Austin

$2,000

Austin Firefighters Association PAC, Pension Protection Fund, Austin

Beer Alliance of Texas PAC, Austin

John J. Carona Sr., Dallas

T.S. Carter, Lindale

Chevron Employees Texas PAC (CETXPAC), Austin

Greenberg Trauig, P.A. PAC, Albany, NY

Locke Lord LLP, Dallas

James Mathis, Austin

Phillips Vision Clinic LLC, Texarkana

Donna Pilgrim, Pittsburg

PAC of The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, Austin

Rafael Rodriguez, McAllen

Texarkana Vision Group, PLLC, Texarkana

Texas Building Branch AGC PAC, Austin

Texas State Association of Fire Fighters Action Committee, Austin

Kenneth W. Threlkeld, Tyler

$2,500

Beer Allance of Texas PAC, Austin

APAC, Inc./OldCastle Materials, Inc., Waco

Trey Blocker, Austin

Brent A. Bossart, Tyler

Timothy M. Brown, Katy

W. Scott Carlson, Brenham

Deloitte Texas Political Action, Austin

Stephen Dement, Bullard

Charles W. Gilchrist, Weatherford

David Mayes Middleton, Houston

James L. Perkins, Rusk

Pyramid Medical Management Services, LLC, Longview

Q PAC, Fort Worth

A.E. Shull, Tyler

Michael Smith, Tyler

John Soules Sr., Tyler

John E. Soules Jr., Tyler

Texas Construction Association PAC, Austin

Texas Homecare & Hospice PAC – State, Austin

Carey A. Woods III, Tyler

$2,800

Ed Smith (in-kind)

$4,250

Randal M. Cox, Atlanta

$4,750

Terry D. Foster, Atlanta

$5,000

Barry G. Andrews, Dallas

Larry E. Cochran, Austin

Rex W. Gore, Austin

Stacy A. Hock, Austin

Thomas M. Morin, Houston

John L. Nau III, Houston

Oncor Texas PAC, Dallas

Lonnie A. “Bo” Pilgrim, Pittsburg

Jim Prewitt, Flower Mound

J.T. Roberts, Kilgore

Rural Friends of Electric Cooperatives PAC, Austin

Service Corporation International PAC (SCI/PAC), Houston

Brent Southwell, Houston

Scott Stovall, Troup

TX Friends of Time Warner Cable PAC, Austin

Texas Optometric PAC, Austin

7,500

Farmers Employee & Agent PAC of Texas, Austin

$10,000

Bill Priefert, Mt. Pleasant

Richard W. Weekley, Houston

$15,000

Blackridge, Austin

Richard W. Weekley, Houston

$25,000

TREPAC/Texas Association of Realtors, Austin

Farris Wilks, Cisco

$50,000

Texans for Education Reform PAC, Austin

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC, Austin

Expenditures:

$100

Alliance Defending Freedom, Lindale

Bethesda Health Clinic, Tyler

Marine Corps League, Tyler

Marshall Police Officers Assoc., Marshall

Tyler Rotary Foundation, Tyler

Buckner Children and Family Services, Longview

$104

Facebook Advertising U.S.A., Menlo Park, Calif.

$111

Ready Refresch by Nestle, Louisville, Ky.

$116

Autobahn, Greenwood Village, Colo.

$121

Office Depot

$130

Nathan Baber, Whitehouse

Thomas Graphics, Inc., Austin

$141

Dell BDS On Line 12, Round Rock

$150

Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, Tyler

$157

Uber, San Francisco, Calif.

$158

Hideaway Lake Kiwanis, Lindale

$170

Smith County Republican Women

$173

French Peas Flower Shop, Tyler

$200

Salvation Army of Tyler, Tyler

$209

Ozarka Direct, Louisville, Ky.

$233

Dell Marketing, Austin

$240

Lone Star Targeting, Austin

$245

Lindale Chamber of Commerce, Lindale

$250

First Choice Pregnancy Resource Center, Texarkana

LeTourneau University, Longview

Smith County Republican Club, Tyler

Ray Wilson, Marshall

Boot Campaign, Tyler

$254

U.S. Postal Service, Mineola-San Antonio

$273

One Touch Point – Ginny’s, Austin

$285

Bank Texas, Mineola

$298

Cole Cellular, Tyler

$300

MailChimp, Atlanta, Ga.

$320

Atwoods, Tyler

$328

Brookshire’s Grocery, Tyler

$347

Wal-Mart, Kilgore-Mineola-Tyler

$351

FedEx Office, Dallas

$360

Diocese of Tyler, Tyler

$494

Cody Terry, Kyle

$500

Cross Brand Cowboy Church, Tyler

Panola County Republican Women, Carthage

$508

U.S. Treasury, Hartford, Conn.

$554

Isabel McGuffin, Mineola

$586

AT&T

$650

East Texas State Fair, Tyler

$870

Daniel Perryman, Tyler

$960

Edward M. Shack, Austin

$1,000

Grassroots America – We the People, Tyler

Texas for Greg Abbott, Longview

$1,017

Constant Contact, Waltham, Mass.

$1,121

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville

$1,230

Mineola Flower Shop, Mineola

$1,250

Republican Party of Texas, Austin

$1,384

Suddenlink, Dallas

1,453

Tyler Digital Printing, Tyler

$1,465

Andedot, Inc., Baton Rouge, La.

$2,250

Paul Parrish, Gilmer

$2,659

Solutions for Fundraising in Texas, LLC, Dallas

$2,951

American Express, Dallas

$3,000

Ryan Data and Research, Austin

$4,500

Hunter Stoner, Tyler

$8,419

Travis McCormick, Austin

$10,521

Conviction Media, LLC, Austin

$17,000

Berry Communications, LLC, Austin

$17,925

Bryan Hughes, Mineola (loan repayment)

$32,700

Wilson, Perkins, Allen Opinion Research, Oklahoma City, Okla.

LEE

Contributions: $0

Expenditures

$150

ABC Signs, Theodore, Ala,

$450

Good Guy Signs, Tampa, Fla.

$1,250

Republican Party of Texas, Austin

SIMPSON

Contributions:

$100

Ellen Anderson, Marshall

Ben P. Whaley Investments, Marshall

Barry Bertocki, Chandler

Terry Brown, Longview

Kristi Bullock, Avinger

David Burgher, Dallas

Dan Catlin, Pittsburg

John Denman, Jr., Dallas

Michael Dirks, Hutchinson, Kan.

Karl Falster, Winnsboro

Nancy Falster, Winnsboro

Amy Fawell, Austin

David Fisher, Big Sandy

Benjamin Fitts, Austin

Gerald David Flint, Bryan

Jack Florence, Kilgore

Debbie Fontaine, Longview

Paul Fortune, Karnack

William Fox, Austin

Radhia L. Gleis, Austin

Donna Hallonquist, Pittsburg

Terri Hill, Longview

Kristen Ishihara, Longview

Carly Rose Jackson, Austin

J.M. Jacobs, Longview

Jefferson General Store LLC, Jefferson

Joel Johnson, Tyler

Joe Johnson, Karnack

Martin Kralik, Dallas

Susan Parker Leigh, Austin

Cheryl Levens, North Richland Hills

John Levens, North Richland Hills

Vance Lowry, Gilmer

Kelly Mack, Longview

Timothy Maggard, Longview

Karen Marsalis, Carthage

Matthew Spencer, Dallas

Robin McCubbin, Gilmer

Shane McLane, Longview

Norman Moorehead, Bivins

Rebecca Morgan, Hughes Springs

Cheryl O’Brian, Clarksville

Richard Parker, Frisco

William Peacock III, Austin

James Person, Longview

David Ramalay, Longview

Mark Rinehart, Atlanta

Marie Robb, Galveston

Carlos Sanchez, Houston

Jerry H. Schwen, Winnsboro

William Simonds, Winnsboro

Daniel Smith, Gilmer

Frank Stephens, Athens

Allen Taylor, Dallas

Charles Thomas, Longview

Clint Thomas, Longview

Linda Thomas, Longview

Wes Thomas, Humble

Mike Vandewall, Austin

Phil Walker, Paris

William Blake, Lufkin

William L. Worsham, Austin

LaNeil Wright, Dallas

John Zikos, Colleyville

$130

Kent Phillips, Austin

$150

Carol Coates, Longview

Daniel Duncan, Dallas

Steve Findley, Marshall

Frank Gadman, Karnack

Allen Martin, Tyler

Lewis E. Orms, White Oak

Nicole Williams, Austin

$200

Christine L. Barre, Austin

Eric Bass, Spring

Garrett Boersma, Marshall

William Crowder, Jr., Dallas

Marty Duplissey, Longview

Charles B. Florio, Longview

Barbara Harless, Murphy

Mrs. Robert Harris, Tyler

Lee Lester, Longview

Ann Lieber, Prosper

John Martin, Graham

Patrick Nault, Kilgore

Gary Nuschler, Jr., Houston

Jerry Seay, Georgetown

Judy Weiss, Daingerfield

Jana McAlister, Argyle (in-kind)

Donna Paul, Avinger (in-kind)

$250

Ronald Abbott, Sumner

L.R. Alston, Judson

Chris Applequist, Dallas

Jarrod Atkinson, Flower Mound

Tammy Blair, Bullard

Bo Bolding, Longview

Jason Brockaway, Kilgore

Randy Brogoitti, Kilgore

Brad Butler, Longview

McGregor Converse, Dallas

Kristen Day, Austin

Bryce DeGroot, Bozeman, Mont.

David DeLorme, Hallsville

Thomas DeWitt, Tyler

Don Groce Body Shop, Judson

Angelia Dove, Ore City

ESA Consulting LLC, Longview

John Eiford, Longview

James Floyd, Marshall

Sharon Gathright, Longview

Chris Howe, Manor

David Hutzelman, Houston

Keith Jarvis, Gilmer

Tom V. King, Kilgore

Harvey McClendon, Jr., Kilgore

Patrick McGuinness, Austin

Harriet Minze, Longview

Chris Modisette, Kilgore

Tom Nelson, Spicewood

Victor Perot, Jefferson

Timothy Piggott, Longview

Jeffery Pinkerton, Kilgore

Ralph P. Pelaia, Jr. and Assoc., Longview

Susan Robertson, Gilmer

Kimmie Sanders, Jefferson

Pennington Shane, Mt. Pleasant

Betty Sharp, Anna

John Shipp, Gladewater

Mickey Smith, Gladewater

Kristofer Thornton, Hallsville

Tully’s Termite and Pest Control, Bogata

James Walker, Gladewater

Mark Wallis, Longview

Kay Yates, Kilgore

Wilbur Yates, Kilgore

Edie DeLorme, Hallsville (in-kind)

$300

Mike Amis, Richardson

Janvan Jenkins, Gilmer

Dane McKaughan, Austin

Mark Newman, Dallas

Jesse Sampson, Austin

$350

Texans for Accountable Government, Austin

Berita Morse, Gilmer (in-kind)

$400

Howard Coghlan, Longview

Toni Jenkins, Gilmer

$450

Katie Brewer, Kyle

Patricia Wommack, Lone Star

$460

Toni Jenkins, Gilmer (in-kind)

$500

DL Duszik Construction Co., Longview

Ellis Bentley, Rockwall

Amy Bresnen, Austin

Deborah Brockaway, Kilgore

Robert Carter, Granbury

Dee Anne Downing, Gilmer

Howard Early, Longview

Mark Friend, Gladewater

David Funderburk, Henderson

Michael Gobart, Schertz

J.C. and Company, Hughes Springs

J.E. Kastrop, Longview

Roger King, Gilmer

Mark Little, Kilgore

Lone Star Lube, Lone Star

Telesforo Peralta, Gladewater

Tim Perkins, Dallas

W.J. Salmon, Jr., Avinger

Mike Smelley, Longview

C. Kyle Smith, Longview

Chris Spencer, Hughes Springs

Marty Thomas, Avinger

Maurice Thomas, Avinger

Henry Troell, Gilmer

Victoria B. Wilmeth, Longview

$600

William Cherry, Jr., Richardson

$700

Bob Brewer, Tyler

$750

Ray Coates, Longview

Richard Flaten, Dallas

Terry Edney, Gilmer (in-kind)

$1,000

Marissa Bennett, Dallas

Monty Bennett, Dallas

David Bradley, Avinger

Konni Burton, Colleyville

George Cramer, Dallas

East Texas Homes LLC, Longview

Roy Jageman, Fort Worth

Jonathan Stickland Campaign, Bedford

Bryan Legate, New York, New York

Liberty PAC, Lake Jackson

Michael Mahoney, Dallas

William Patterson III, Longview

Wilkerson LTD, Lubbock

$1,250

John Greene, Mt. Pleasant

$1,500

Thomas Chinn, Longview

International Paper PAC

Christopher Johns, Austin

Bert A. Nelson, Lubbock

$2,000

Lucy Billingsley, Dallas

Mel Copeland, Longview

Joe Bob Joyce, Longview

Glen Thurman, Mineola

$2,500

Brandon Freeman, Dallas

$5,000

Jeff Davis Sandefer, Austin

Lacy Williams, Shreveport, La.

$10,000

Scott Banister, Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Expenditures:

$103

VOIP Link, Longview

$119

Directnic, Metairie, Louis.

$120

Five D Cattle Company, Avinger

$138

Capitol Gift Shop, Austin

$150

Tyler Chamber of Commerce, Tyler

$158

Kerns Bakery, Longview

$198

The Home Depot, Longview

$270

Office Depot, Longview

$295

Longview Chamber of Commerce, Longview

$301

Podio Citrix Online, San Francisco, Calif.

$350

ETR Kids Press, Longview

$352

Encore Multimedia, Longview

$419

Michael Bullock, Austin

$402

Casa Ole’

$420

Tim Sorrells, Austin

$422

Amazon, Seattle, Wash.

$425

Mailchimp, Atlanta, Ga.

$440

Bumpersticker.com

$460

Peace Love and Vinyl, Keller

$500

Titus County Republican Party, Mount Pleasant

$536

U.S. Postal Service, Longview

$625

Alex Larue, Longview

$730

Verizon Wireless, Acworth, Ga.

$794

FedEx, Longview

$847

CampaignSidekick LLC, Aledo

$1,137

Texas House of Representatives, Austin

$1,231

Tractor Supply, Longview

$1,250

Republican Party of Texas, Austin

$1,341

A-1 Party Tent Rental, Longview

$1,430

Lori’s Eats and Sweets, Gilmer

$1,800

Crowdskout, Washington D.C.

$1,808

Liberty Printing, Inc., Tyler

$1,856

Sandy Roddy, Hideaway

$1,970

VIP Technologies, Longview

$2,250

CG Studios, San Antonio

$2,275

Wal-Mart

$2,348

Alex Stolle, White Oak

$2,837

Party Maker, Dallas

$2,846

ABC Printing, Longview

$2,874

Raise the Money, Inc., Little Rock, Ark.

$3,099

Facebook, Menlo Park, Calif.

$3,121

Nina Sinclair, Henderson

$3,774

Jason Pedereros, Longview

$4,530

Digital Game Changers, Austin

$5,886

Network Communications, Longview

$5,107

Ray Coates, Longview

$7,550

Vitale and Associates, Denver. Colo.

$9,010

Brian Thornton, Longview

$11,636

Kristi Bullock, Austin

$17,919

Macias Strategies LLC, Bulverde

$23,167

Chapter Films LLC, Austin

$24,083

Don Rasmussen, Longview

$32,622

WishList Direct/Voter Direct Texas, New Braunfels

$38,123

Vici Media Group, Longview

$39,602

Danwal, Inc., Tyler

$43,875

Frontline Political Strategy, Fort Worth

$50,000

Anthem Media, Inc., Austin