Election Donors
Fri., May 5, 2006
According to finance watchdog group Texans for Public Justice, 87 donors gave more than $100,000 apiece to candidates in the 2004 election cycle.
| Donor Name | City | Company | Amount |
| Bob & Doylene Perry | Houston | Perry Homes | $4,640,000 |
| Antonio R. Sanchez* | Laredo | Sanchez-O’Brien Oil & Gas | $4,544,000 |
| * Sanchez was repaying himself money he loaned his 2002 gubernatorial campaign. | |||
| Mr./Mrs. James Leininger | San Antonio | Kinetic Concepts, Inc. | $1,311,142 |
| Robert C. McNair | Houston | Cogen Technologies/Houston Texans | $669,792 |
| T. Boone Pickens | Dallas | BP Capital | $644,000 |
| Harlan R. Crow | Dallas | Crow Holdings | $508,327 |
| Richard W. Weekley | Houston | Weekley Properties | $505,697 |
| Lonnie A. ‘Bo’ Pilgrim | Pittsburg | Pilgrim’s Pride Poultry | $475,795 |
| Mr./Mrs. Harold Simmons | Dallas | Contran Corp. | $466,750 |
| Russell Kelley | Austin | Public Strategies | $433,008 |
| Joseph D. Jamail | Houston | Jamail & Kolius | $420,000 |
| Louis A. & Julie Beecherl | Dallas | Beecherl Companies | $400,335 |
| Geoffrey Raynor | Fort Worth | Q Funding, LP | $395,000 |
| George & Amanda Ryan | Dallas | Ryan & Co. P.C. | $371,368 |
| Charles C. Butt | San Antonio | H.E.B. Grocery | $346,000 |
| John Eddie Williams | Houston | Williams Bailey Law Firm | $333,376 |
| John M. O’Quinn | Houston | O’Quinn Laminack & Pirtle | $319,000 |
| Mikal C. Watts | Corpus Christi | Watts Law Firm, LLP | $315,150 |
| John L. & Barbara Nau | Houston | Silver Eagle Distributors | $295,378 |
| Gilbert T. Adams | Beaumont | Gilbert Adams Law Firm | $276,390 |
| James/Shirley Dannenbaum | Houston | Dannenbaum Engineering | $275,697 |
| Edith Jones O’Donnell | Dallas | O’Donnell Foundation | $265,100 |
| John Victor Lattimore | Mc Kinney | Lattimore Materials | $263,050 |
| Walter Umphrey | Beaumont | Provost & Umphrey Law Firm | $254,990 |
| David & Martha Alameel | Dallas | Jefferson Dental Clinics | $248,350 |
| Mr./Mrs. Michael Stevens | Houston | Michael Stevens Interests, Inc. | $247,750 |
| James D. Pitcock | Houston | Williams Brothers Construction | $242,500 |
| Mr./Mrs. Albert Huddleston | Dallas | Hyperion Resources, Inc. | $228,500 |
| William & Nancy McMinn | Houston | Sterling Group | $223,500 |
| Thomas Dan Friedkin | Houston | Friedkin Companies, Inc. | $221,500 |
| Charles E. Hurwitz | Houston | Maxxam, Inc. | $221,250 |
| Charles W. & Judy Tate | Sugarland | Capital Royalty LLC | $217,647 |
| James A. Elkins Jr. | Houston | First City Bancorp | $215,750 |
| W. Mark & Becky Lanier | Houston | Lanier Law Firm | $211,880 |
| William Fred Hagans | Houston | Hagans Bobb & Burdine | $197,250 |
| Alice L. Walton | Mineral Wells | Wal-Mart | $196,000 |
| Stevan Hammond | Dallas | Marketing Investors Corp. | $196,000 |
| Robert/Gordon Johnson | Austin | Johnson & Johnson Law Firm | $193,846 |
| Bobby D. & Leona Cox | Ft. Worth | Bobby Cox Companies | $189,700 |
| Dian Graves Owen Stai | Abilene | Owen Healthcare, Inc. | $188,250 |
| Kent R. Hance | Austin | Hance Scarborough Wright... | $187,117 |
| Kenny & Lisa Troutt | Dallas | Mt. Vernon Investments LLC | $186,500 |
| Barkley J. Stuart | Dallas | Glazer’s Wholesale | $186,000 |
| Ralph & Joy Ellis | Irving | Belmont Oil & Gas Corp. | $181,500 |
| Michael B. Boylan | Houston | Houston Property Mgmt. Corp. | $176,510 |
| Ned S. Holmes | Houston | Parkway Investments | $173,174 |
| Donald Henley | Dallas | ‘Eagles’ Rock Star | $171,683 |
| Charles J. Wyly | Dallas | Ranger Capital | $165,891 |
| Robert & Terry Rowling | Irving | TRT Holdings, Inc. | $165,262 |
| H. B. ‘Bartel’ Zachry | San Antonio | Zachry Construction Corp. | $164,662 |
| William A. & Wendy Boothe | Dallas | Boothe Eye Care & Laser Center | $162,525 |
| Allan Polunsky | San Antonio | Polunsky & Beitel | $162,500 |
| Woody & Gayle Hunt | El Paso | Hunt Corp. | $160,472 |
| B.J. ‘Red’ McCombs | San Antonio | Red McCombs Automotive Group | $160,116 |
| Mauricio R. Celis | Corpus Christi | Self-Employed attorney | $160,000 |
| James Trester | Plano | Ryan & Co. | $158,618 |
| Lowry & Peggy Mays | San Antonio | Clear Channel Entertainment | $157,629 |
| Kenneth P. Banks | Schulenburg | International Muffler Co. | $157,000 |
| Cary Patterson | Texarkana | Nix Patterson & Roach | $154,530 |
| Ray L. Hunt | Dallas | Hunt Consolidated, Inc. | $153,500 |
| James L. Huffines | Dallas | Huffines Auto Dealerships | $151,100 |
| Mr./Mrs. Erle A. Nye | Dallas | Hunton & Williams Llp | $150,850 |
| Dan L. Duncan | Houston | Enterprise Products Partners | $141,750 |
| Randall G. Goss | Dallas | U.S. Risk | $141,500 |
| Vance & ‘Tincy’ Miller | Dallas | Henry S. Miller Companies | $140,010 |
| Robert D. McLane | Temple | McLane Company Inc. | $136,895 |
| Sam Wyly | Dallas | Ranger Capital | $135,652 |
| Walter & Suzette Negley | Houston | WWN Corp./Texas Screw Products | $130,800 |
| Alan W. Dreeben | Schertz | Block Distrib./Republic Beverage | $129,409 |
| Don L. Sparks | Midland | Discovery Operating | $128,820 |
| H. Ross Perot | Plano | Hillwood Development Group | $124,074 |
| Gerald Ridgely | Dallas | Ryan & Co. | $123,696 |
| Randy & Drucilla DeLay | Houston | PPS Consult | $123,500 |
| Peter & Julianna Holt | Blanco | Holt Companies | $119,014 |
| Wayne Reaud | Beaumont | Reaud Morgan & Quinn | $118,180 |
| Ben & Kathy Streusand | Woodlands | Home Loan Corp. | $115,601 |
| Robert & Bettie Girling | Austin | Girling Health Care | $112,200 |
| Pat Maloney | San Antonio | Law Offices Of Pat Maloney | $112,060 |
| F. Kenneth Bailey | Houston | Williams Bailey Law Firm | $111,010 |
| Vance Jay Owen | Corpus Christi | Self-Employed attorney | $110,500 |
| Robert J. Schlegel | Dallas | Pavestone Co. | $109,325 |
| George C. Hixon | San Antonio | Hixon Properties | $107,000 |
| Glen Wayne Morgan | Beaumont | Reaud Morgan & Quinn | $106,220 |
| J. Robert & Sherry Brown | El Paso | Desert Eagle Distributing Co. | $104,315 |
| Charles B. Lawrence | Houston | Kirby Corp. | $103,401 |
| David & Teresa Disiere | Southlake | Deep South Holding L.P. | $102,115 |
| H. Gary & Diane Heavin | Gatesville | Curves International, Inc. | $101,200 |
| TOTAL: | $28,804,404 | ||
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