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Due to the SD19 Special Election happening next Tuesday, we get 8-Day Before filings from PACs who are contributing. This means we have another Empower Texans filing. Let me break down what it tells us. #txlege
On dollars going in, since July 1, 2018, the only meaningful dollars going into Empower Texans are coming from one source: Tim Dunn. He has given $900k. Empower in total has taken in $951k from 36 donations. Dunn is $900k (94.5%), the Mike Canon Campaign gave $40k. #txlege
For dollars going out since July 1, 2018, you can see where Empower is worried about candidates.
$150k - In kind media buy in SD10 (Konni Burton)
$100k - Matt Rinaldi
$75k - Dan Patrick
$50k - Jonathan Stickland
$25k - Jonathan Boos
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(cont) where Empower Texans are spending money since July 1, 2018
$25k - Deanna Metzger
$25k - Pete Flores
$10k - Lisa Luby
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Since we only get to see filings for those who are participating in the SD19 special election, I can't see who else from ET World is giving to candidates across the state. We will get that look around 10/09.
*$10k - Lisa Luby Ryan
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The campaign finance site owned by Empower Texans did a look back at the 2018 elections on 12/18/18. The question they asked was “Who’s Really Buying Texas?”
#txlege
The site (again, owned by ET) pushes this “Context matters” point, but then provide a fairly skewed context. They mashed all of the dollars spent in campaigns into one massive bucket. Then they point to themselves and say “see, we didn’t give that much”.
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By rolling everything up together, they obfuscate the reality that a handful of large donor groups DOMINATE the political landscape in certain races. It’s not the everyday Texans that drive our politics.
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Pulling out a longer term lens and graphed a few things since 2008. It's striking how things are escalating.
Long term lens #1: Empower Texans
This is total contributions in, by year, and the major donors. Remember, election cycles are 13-14, 15-16, 17-18. Big funding surge when Paxton & Patrick run. Can we stop with any talk that ET is grassroots? It's not now, and never was.
#txlege
Long term lens #2: Wilks Brothers
This is total contributions made, by year, who they gave to. Pay attention folks.
2012 cycle - $106,500
2014 cycle - $908,955
2016 cycle - $3,344,734
2018 cycle - $5,197,988
#txlege #txed
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Midterms are done, at least as far as contribution to campaigns are concerned. There have been several looks at spending by the far right groups, specifically Empower Texans. I think they are seeing part of the picture, but not the whole enchilada. This will be the enchilada.
When I define ET World, it's three categories of donors to Texas elections
The first category of donor in ET World is
(ET) = Empower Texans PAC, Texans For Fiscal Responsibility PAC, and Texas Right To Life PAC
#txlege
Continuing the levels of ET World
The second category of donor is
(ET9) = The 9 largest donors to the Empower Texans PAC.
These 9 donors make up 97% of the ET PAC, 96% of the TFFR PAC, and 78% of TRL. This overwhelming funding to the 3 PACs is why all three are flagged as ET
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