Bee Cave concrete businessman Jon Cobb endorsed his former rival, Rep. Susan King, for the SD24 primary runoff.
Rep. Susan King
Jon Cobb
Cobb finished third with 20% of the vote, a little more than 5K votes behind Lake Travis ophthalmologist Dawn Buckingham, who received 25% of the vote. King finished first with 27% of the vote. Cobb finished first in Coryell, Llano and San Saba Cos. and was a close second in Bell Co. King finished third or fourth in all four of those counties.
Cobb accused Buckingham of being a “political fraud” because she has campaigned as a conservative but “for years financially backed the most liberal, pro-abortion, pro-amnesty, pro-Obamacare democrats [sic] in our state.”
Cobb used a similar line of attack against Buckingham during the primary. Our research indicated that Democratic candidates received approximately 8% of the money Buckingham personally contributed between 2008 and 2014, mostly to the Travis Co. delegation, which is largely Democratic.
Dawn Buckingham’s Personal Political Contributions, 2008-14:
$5,000 – Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC
$2,500 – AG Ken Paxton
$2,000 – EYE PAC
$500 – Rep. Sarah Davis
$500 – COMP Glenn Hegar
$500 – Red State Women PAC
$500 – Sen. Charles Schwertner
$500 – Rep. J.D. Sheffield
$500 – Speaker Joe Straus
$500 – Rep. Paul Workman
$250 – Sen. Jane Nelson
$250 – Rep. Stuart Spitzer
$600 – Gov. Greg Abbott
$500 – Travis Co. Republican Party
$500 – Rep. Paul Workman
$250 – Judge David Puryear
$500 – Judge David Puryear
$500 – former Rep. Bennett Ratliff
$500 – Sen. Charles Schwertner
$300 – EYE PAC
$250 – Rep. Donna Howard
$100 – former COMP Susan Combs
$100 – Rep. Paul Workman
$2,000 – Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC
$300 – EYE PAC
$55 – Rep. Paul Workman
$500 – EYE PAC
$500 – Sen. Kirk Watson
$100 – Rep. Donna Howard
$425 – Texas Medical Assoc. TEXPAC
$300 – former Rep. Patrick Rose
$200 – EYE PAC
$250 – former Rep. Patrick Rose
$100 – former Rep. Mark Shelton
Buckingham also donated $125 to Kirk Watson in 2006 and $250 to Rep. Dawnna Dukes in 2007. Donations made by her husband Ed are not included unless her name is specifically listed in the ethics report.
Note: Current titles of elected officials are shown.
Cobb’s endorsement follows a pair of weekend endorsements from retiring Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock (R-Killeen) and Lampasas Co. Republican Party Chair Skipper Wallace.
Discloure: Jeff Blaylock, publisher of Texas Election Source, is an active patient of Dr. Don Buckingham.
