McCaul vs. Doherty Major Contributors
Fri., Oct. 3, 2008
Top contributors (2008 cycle)
Larry Joe Doherty
$11,200 - Doherty, Long & Wagner
9,200 - Cervelle Homes
6,900 - Protector Specialities
6,200 - Service Employees Intl. Union
5,900 - Mecom Management
5,350 - Baker Botts LLP
5,100 - Gallagher Law Firm
5,000 - Communications Workers of America
5,000 - Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
5,000 - Plumbers/Pipefitters Union
4,850 - Situs Companies
4,600 - BSL Golf
4,600 - Hagans, Bobb & Burdine
4,600 - Kmg-Bernuth Inc.
4,600 - LMD Interests
4,600 - Niko Nikos Greek Restaurant
4,600 - Pannell Ker Forster of Texas
4,600 - Pohl Bennett & Matthews
4,600 - Richard Haynes & Assn.
4,600 - Sloan, Bagley et al.
4,600 - Steelhammer & Miller
4,600 - Stern Miller & Higdon
4,600 - Talisman Group
4,600 - Tube Supply
Michael McCaul
$26,000 - Clear Channel Comm.
16,100 - Zachry Construction
11,000 - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
11,000 - Kirby Corp.
10,500 - AT&T Inc.
10,000 - Farm Credit Council
10,000 - National Assn. of Realtors
10,000 - Valero Energy
9,200 - Capstar Partners
9,000 - BAE Systems
8,500 - Energy Future Holdings Corp.
8,000 - American Society of Anesthesiologists
7,900 - Atlantic Trust
7,500 - Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
7,500 - National Beer Wholesalers Assn.
7,000 - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
6,900 - Holmes Investments
6,750 - Dell Inc.
6,272 - Rely on Your Beliefs
6,000 - American Bankers Assn.
6,000 - Bracewell & Giuliani
McCaul's Top Contributors, Career
$131,250 - Clear Channel Comm.
50,396 - Dell Inc.
42,800 - Zachry Construction
36,000 - AT&T Inc.
30,000 - National Assn. of Realtors
27,500 - National Beer Wholesalers Assn.
26,000 - Loeffler, Tuggey et al.
25,500 - Energy Future Holdings Corp.
24,500 - Deloitte & Touche
23,334 - Enterprise Products Partners
22,500 - National Auto Dealers Assn.
22,500 - Valero Energy
21,999 - National Assn. of Broadcasters
20,900 - Kirby Corp.
20,250 - Goldman Sachs
20,000 - Every Republican Is Crucial PAC
17,500 - Union Pacific Corp.
17,000 - Winstead, Sechrest & Minick
16,550 - Baker Botts LLP
16,500 - Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Top Contributors by Sector
Listed in order of total contributions for the 2007-2008 cycle. Note that Larry Joe Doherty got more than 77% of his money from lawyers and lobbyists; Michael McCaul easily overtakes that lead with sizable donations from every business category.
33,4004,000| Larry Joe Michael | Doherty McCaul | |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $426,515 | $97,350 |
| Finance/Insur./Real Estate | 16,900 | 176,183 |
| Communications/Electronics | 2,800 | 93,111 |
| Misc. Businesses | 11,900 | 73,075 |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | 6,400 | 74,567 |
| Energy/Natural Resource | 6,250 | 74,084 |
| Construction | 10,200 | 55,150 |
| Transportation | 50,300 | |
| Agribusiness | 12,300 | |
| Labor | 29,200 | |
| Defense | 29,750 | |
| Health | 2,000 | 26,800 |
| Other | 26,650 | 66,150 |
| Total | $551,115 | $853,920 |
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