Eight-day-out campaign finance reports were due yesterday for state and legislative candidates (and some local candidates) with general election opponents. The reports cover contributions received and expenditures made between September 29 and October 29. From this point to the election, any additional contributions must be reported on a daily basis.
Among competitive or potentially competitive races for the Texas House, incumbents out-raised their challengers in all cases but one (Rep. Gilbert Peña in HD144) and generally have strong advantages in cash on hand. By far the most competitive fundraising race is HD107, where Rep. Kenneth Sheets (R-Dallas) and challenger Victoria Neave combined to raised nearly $550K in a month.
HD23: Rep. Wayne Faircloth (R-Dickinson) out-raised former Rep. Lloyd Criss (R-La Marque), $177K to $9K and outspent him, $99K to $8K, for the period. Faircloth has a $141K to $4K advantage in cash on hand. Faircloth’s largest contributors for the period were Republican Party of Texas ($47K), Texans for Lawsuit Reform ($30K), Associated Republicans of Texas ($28K), State Farm Agents State PAC ($20K) and Houston homebuilder Richard Weekley ($10K).
HD41: Rep. Bobby Guerra (D-Mission) out-raised Hilda Garza-DeShazo, $96K to $54K, and outspent her, $69K to $33K, for the period. He has a $205K to $30K advantage in cash on hand, bolstered by a $100K loan. Guerra’s largest contributors for the period were Border Health PAC ($30K) and Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc. PAC ($18K). Garza-DeShazo’s largest contributors for the period were Garza family members ($21K) and the Republican Party of Texas ($12K).
HD43: Challenger Marisa Yvette Garcia-Utley reported no contributions and $3K in expenditures for the period, and she has less than $1K on hand. Rep. J.M. Lozano (R-Kingsville) raised $211K, about 88% of which was in kind, for the period. His largest contributors were the Texas Republican Representatives Campaign Committee ($77K), Associated Republicans of Texas ($48K), Texans for Lawsuit Reform ($42K) and Texas Assoc. of Realtors TREPAC ($15K).
HD102: Rep. Linda Koop (R-Dallas) out-raised Laura Irvin, $335K to $14K, and outspent her, $129K to $42K, for the period. Koop has a $64K to $5K advantage in cash on hand.
HD105: Rep. Rodney Anderson (R-Grand Prairie) out-raised Terry Meza, $229K to $147K, and outspent her, $129K to $42K, for the period. He has an $81K to $57K advantage in cash on hand. Anderson’s largest contributors for the period were Texas Assoc. of Realtors TREPAC ($63K), Texans for Lawsuit Reform ($58K) and Associated Republicans of Texas ($50K). Meza’s largest contributors for the period were Planned Parenthood of Texas ($38K), Annie’s List ($31K), Texans for Insurance Reform ($22K), and the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee ($18.5K). Meza reported an additional $30K contribution from Annie’s List in a daily report (formerly telegram report) dated November 1.
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HD107: Rep. Kenneth Sheets (R-Dallas) out-raised Victoria Neave, $304K to $244K, and outspent her $239K to $128K, for the period. He has a $160K to $104K advantage in cash on hand. Sheets’s largest contributors for the period were Texas Republican Representatives Campaign Committee ($58K), Associated Republicans of Texas ($55K), Texas Assoc. of Realtors TREPAC ($34K), Farmer’s Employee and Agent PAC of Texas ($25K), Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC ($11K) and Texas Assoc. of Builders HOMEPAC ($10K). Neave’s largest contributors for the period were Planned Parenthood Texas Votes PAC ($40K), Texas Assoc. of Consumer Lawyers PAC ($39K), Eberstein & Witherite LLP ($20K), Dallas attorney Todd Tracy ($20K), Battleground Texas ($18K), Workers Defense in Action ($17K) and Annie’s List ($12K). For the overall 2015-16 election cycle, the candidates have raised $1.6M.
HD113: Rep. Cindy Burkett (R-Sunnyvale) out-raised Rhetta Bowers, $217K to $27K, and outspent her, $127K to $13K, for the period. Burkett has a $91K to $3K advantage in cash on hand.
HD117: Rep. Rick Galindo (R-San Antonio) out-raised former Rep. Philip Cortez (D-San Antonio), $255K to $145K, and outspent him, $42K to $23K, for the period. Cortez has a $44K to $12K advantage in cash on hand. Galindo’s largest contributors for the period were Texans for Lawsuit Reform ($119K), Associated Republicans of Texas ($59K) and Texas Republican Representatives Campaign Committee ($51K). Cortez’s largest contributors for the period were the Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc. PAC ($62K), Planned Parenthood Texas Votes PAC ($20K), Texas Assoc. of Consumer Lawyers PAC ($19K) and the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee ($13K).
HD118: Rep. John Lujan (R-San Antonio) out-raised Tomas Uresti, $120K to $39K, for the period. Uresti outspent Lujan, $24K to $17K, and has a $17K to $10K advantage in cash on hand. Lujan’s largest contributors for the period were Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC ($60K) and Associated Republicans of Texas ($30K). Uresti’s largest contributor for the period was the Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc. PAC ($22.5K).
HD134: Rep. Sarah Davis (R-Houston) out-raised Ben Rose, $254K to $44K, and outspent him, $162K to $63K, for the period. She has a $197K to $39K advantage in cash on hand. Davis’s largest contributors for the period were Associated Republicans of Texas ($40K), Texas Republican Representatives Campaign Committee ($36K), Texans for Lawsuit Reform ($13K), Texas Assoc. of Realtors TREPAC ($13K), Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC ($10K) and U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas PAC ($10K). Rose had no contribution larger than $2.5K. His contributors included former Houston Mayor Annise Parker ($1K).
HD144: Former Rep. Mary Ann Perez (D-Houston) out-raised Rep. Gilbert Peña (R-Pasadena), $127K to $69K, and outspent him, $38K to $19K, for the period. She has a $56K to $17K advantage in cash on hand. Peña’s largest contributors for the period were Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC ($41K) and the Texas Republican Representatives Campaign Committee ($10K). Perez’s largest contributors for the period were Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc. PAC ($43K), Planned Parenthood Texas Votes PAC ($19K), Annie’s List ($13K) and Texas Organizing Project PAC ($12K).
HD149: Rep. Hubert Vo (D-Houston) out-raised Bryan Chu, $49K to $20K, for the period. Chu narrowly outspent Vo, $24K to $23K. Vo has a $79K to $12K advantage in cash on hand. Chu’s largest contribution for the period was a $2.5K in kind donation for an event venue.
For House races not listed above, the challenger did not raise a competitively sufficient amount of contributions or has significant cash on hand.
Our House Crib Sheet will be fully updated later today.
