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.
| 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</td | 33,400 |
| Labor | 29,200</td | 4,000 |
| Defense | 29,750 | |
| Health | 2,000 | 26,800 |
| Other | 26,650 | 66,150 |
| Total | $551,115 | $853,920 |
This article appears in October 3 • 2008.