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Christopher Tackett (cjtackett on 🧵)

@cjtackett

Feb 7, 2023 • 27 tweets • 25 min read • Read on X

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I’ve spent the last week counting down the Top 25 Donors to Texas Politics in the 2022 Cycle on TikTok. Here is a thread of all 25, who they are, and where they gave.

Kel Seliger called the Texas system a Russian style oligarchy. He’s not wrong. #FollowTheMoney #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

25 is Kelcy Warren, Energy Trading Partners CEO.
$1,705,000
Greg Abbott - $1.25m
George P Bush - $300k
Glenn Hegar - $100k

#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlegeq

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

24 is Alan Hassenflu, Fidelis Realty Partners CEO.
$1,761,000
Greg Abbott - $1.35m
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $500k
Eva Guzman - $400k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

23 is Bobby Cox, Bobby Cox Companies executive.
$1,775,000
Greg Abbott - $1.62m
Dan Patrick - $150k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

22 is Trevor Rees-Jones, Chief Oil & Gas CEO.
$1,890,000
Greg Abbott - $500k
Coalition Por For Texas - $500k
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $350k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle

21 is Ashley Watt, owner of the Antina Cattle Company.
$2,027,000
Sarah Stogner - $2m
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

20 is Charles Butt, HEB CEO. $2,053,000
Charles Butt Public Education PAC - $1.5m
H-E-B PAC - $250k
Jay Kleberg - $250k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

19 is James Pitcock, Williams Brothers Construction CEO
$2,095,000
Greg Abbott - $1.5m
Dan Patrick - $400k
Robert Nichols - $100k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

18 is Edward Roski, Majestic Realty Co. President.
$2,260,000
Greg Abbott - $2m
Dan Patrick - $175k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

17 is Joe “Rusty” Walter, CEO of Walter Oil & Gas.
$2,565,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $2m
Associated Republicans of Texas - $500k
Greg Abbott - $35k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

16 is Robert Rowling, CEO of TRT Holdings (OMNI Hotels).
$2,675,000
Eva Guzman - $850k
Greg Abbott - $750k
Dan Patrick - $350k
Coalition Por For Texas - $250k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

15 is Phillip Huffines, CEO of Huffines Communities.
$2,718,000
Don Huffines - $2.2m
Defend Texas Liberty - $500k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

14 is Harlan Crow, Chairman of Crow Holdings.
$3,084,000
Eva Guzman - $800k
Coalition Por For Texas - $750k
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $500k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

13 is Mayes Middleton, President of Middleton Oil Company and TX State Senator.
$3,288,000
His campaign - $1.7m
Conservatives for Law Enforcement & Border Security - $500k
#FollowTheMoney #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

12 is Miriam Adelson, Majority Owner of Las Vegas Sands
$3,300,000
Texas Sands PAC - $2.3m
Greg Abbott - $1.0m
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

11 is Jeffery Hildebrand, Hilcorp Energy Chairman.
$3,385,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $1.5m
Greg Abbott - $1.03m
Dan Patrick - $250k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

10 is George Soros, Soros Fund Management Executive.
$3,442,000
Texas Justice & Public Safety PAC - $1.94m
Beto O’Rourke - $1.5m
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

9 is Farris Wilks, Wilks Brothers LLC Owner.
$3,477,000
Defend Texas Liberty - $3.1m
Don Huffines - $100k
Michael Olcott - $75k
Ken Paxton - $50k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

8 is John Nau, Silver Eagle Beverages (Anheuser-Busch Distributor) CEO.
$3,483,000
Associated Republicans of Texas - $1.87m
Greg Abbott - $767k
Dawn Buckingham - $170k
#FollowTheMoney #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

7 is Kenny Troutt, Mount Vernon Investments CEO.
$3,575,000
Greg Abbott - $2m
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $1m
Dan Patrick - $300k
Ken Paxton - $200k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

6 is H. Ross Perot Jr., Hillwood Development Chairman.
$3,866,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $2m
Greg Abbott - $1m
Dan Patrick - $250k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

5 is Michael & Mary Porter, Cross Creek Ranch Owners.
$4,186,000
Texans for Responsible Government - $2m
Greg Abbott - $1.25m
Dawn Buckingham $400k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

4 is S. Javaid Anwar, Midland Energy President.
$4,988,000
Greg Abbott - $3m
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $750k
Dan Patrick - $450k
Ken Paxton - $375k
#FollowTheMoney #TexasPolitics #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

3 is Richard Weekley, Weekley Properties CEO, Texans for Lawsuit Reform CEO.
$5,408,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $2m
Eva Guzman - $1.1m
Coalition Por For Texas - $750k
#FollowTheMoney #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

2 is Jan Duncan, widow of Dan Duncan, founder of Enterprise Product Partners (pipelines).
$7,049,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $6m
Greg Abbott - $510k
Eva Guzman - $275k
#FollowTheMoney #txlege

Counting down the top 25 individual donors to Texas politics in the 2022 cycle.

1 is Tim Dunn, CrownQuest Operating CEO, Empower Texans Chairman, Texas Public Policy Foundation Vice Chair.
$7,872,000
Defend Texas Liberty - $7.1m
Dan Patrick - $257k
#FollowTheMoney #txlege

When you look at what the 25 top individual donors gave in the 2022 cycle in aggregate, it's $83.9 million.
Who raked it in?
Greg Abbott - $18.6m
Texans for Lawsuit Reform - $16.8m
Defend Texas Liberty - $10.7m
Dan Patrick - $3.5m
Eva Guzman - $3.4m
#FollowTheMoney #txlege

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Mapping the 💰 flowing from billionaires & millionaires into PAC and to candidates, all in the name of kneecapping Texas public education (and getting those public tax dollars, allowing them to segregate, indoctrinate, and line pockets) is illuminating.
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TX Pres Election Outcomes
2000 - 38.0% Dem v 59.3% Rep (George Bush)
2004 - 38.2% D v 61.1% R (Bush)
2008 - 43.7% D v 55.5% R (John McCain)
2012 - 41.4% D v 57.2% R (Mitt Romney)
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