Pigskin Perks

The UT System bought $5,937 worth of good will in the form of football ticket giveaways to members of the Texas State Legislature last year. According to information obtained from UT through the Open Records Act, the school gave a total of 195 tickets to the following 54 legislators:

Rep. Kip Averitt

Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos

Rep. Hugo Berlanga

Rep. Kim Brimer

Sen. J.E. "Buster" Brown

Sen. David Cain

Rep. Bill Carter

Rep. Frank Corte, Jr.

Rep. Joe Crabb

Rep. Yvonne Davis

Rep. Eddie De La Garza

Rep. Homer Dear

Rep. Dianne Delisi

Rep. Dawnna Dukes

Rep. Harryette Ehrehardt

Rep. Craig Eiland

Rep. Gary Elkins

Rep. Charles Finnell

Rep. Pete Gallego

Rep. Sherri Greenberg

Rep. Roberto Gutierrez

Rep. Pat Haggerty

Rep. Jack Harris

Rep. Judy Hawley

Rep. Paul Hilbert

Rep. Charlie Howard

Rep. Kyle Janek

Rep. Jerry Johnson

Rep. Jesse Jones

Rep. Pattie Keel

Rep. Tracy King

Rep. Mike Krusee

Rep. Edmund Kuempel

Sen. Eddie Lucio

Rep. Jerry Madden

Rep. Brian NcCall

Rep. Huey McCoulskey

Rep. Nancy Moffat

Rep. Sergio Muñoz

Rep. Elliott Naishtat

Sen. Jane Nelson

Rep. Joe Nixon

Rep. Carolyn Park

Rep. Jim Pitts

Rep. Bob Rabuck

Rep. Irma Rangel

Rep. Richard Raymond

Rep. Robert Saunders

Sen. Florence Shapiro

Rep. Gerard Torres

Sen. Carlos Truan

Rep. Gary Walker

Sen. Jeff Wentworth

Rep. G.E. (Buddy) West

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