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Time for a quick, back from vacation, wanting to drop something on a Sunday night kinda thread. First off, I've got a new page added to the site with statewide races (Lt Gov, Attyy General, Ag Commish, Land Commis) which you can access here: bit.ly/txstatewide #txlege
Pulling from the consolidated data from 01/01/2017 through 06/30/2018, let's see where the money / donors etc stands in the 4 races I've got queued up.
Lt Gov - Dan Patrick (R) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $11.8MM
1,737 donations
$6,828 avg donation
Top Donor - Drayton McLane ($300k)
358 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 87% of total raised
#txlege
Lt Gov - Mike Collier (D) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $616k
4,152 donations
$148 avg donation
Top Donor - Austin Ligon ($40k)
8 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 15% of total raised
#txlege
Attorney General - Ken Paxton (R) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $4.3MM
932 donations
$4,629 avg donation
Top Donor - Tim Dunn ($275k)
152 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 73% of total raised
#txlege
Attorney General - Justin Nelson (D) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $1MM
2,368 donations
$440 avg donation
Top Donor - Max Tribble ($70k)
29 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 42% of total raised
#txlege
Land Commissioner - George P Bush (R) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $2.3MM
1,247 donations
$1,807 avg donation
Top Donor - Hushang Ansary ($175k)
62 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 44% of total raised
#txlege
Land Commissioner - Miguel Suazo (D) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $68.2k
339 donations
$201 avg donation
Top Donor - Edward Espinoza ($48k)
0 donations over $10k
Espinoza is 71% of total raised
#txlege
Ag Commissioner - Sid Miller (R) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $474k
404 donations
$1,172 avg donation
Top Donor - Richard Redalen ($80k)
15 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 47% of total raised
#txlege
Ag Commissioner - Kim Olson (R) from 01/01/17 to 06/30/18
Raised $255k
2,687 donations
$94 avg donation
Top Donor - Kent Olson ($26k) (Kim's husband)
3 donations over $10k
Over $10k donations are 12% of total raised
#txlege
When you look at the statewide races purely on donations, you can see who is drawing the most interest to their campaign. In the attached chart, donations less than $1k are green (grassroots). Orange is $1k to $10k. Red is $10k to $49k. Blue is $50k and up. #txlege
When you look at the statewide races by how $ given make up the total, you can see where influence lands. In the attached chart, % of total donations from donors giving less than $1k are green (grassroots). Orange is $1k to $10k. Red is $10k to $49k. Blue is $50k and up. #txlege
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