TEC: List of Top 50 PACS With Most Contributions in 2008

From the Texas Ethics Commission website, here are the top 50 PACS in Texas ranked by the amount of contributions received in 2008 (the first dollar figure). The second dollar figure is political expenditures. Any surprises here? The entire list is on the TEC website. I was a little surprised that 1 and 2 beat out 3 and 7. And that 5 beat out 7. But, hey, there's a reason that Dems are making gains! Anyone else surprised that John Davis cracked the top 50? By the way, this list is as of Dec. 12, 2008. 1 $4,486,398.00; $4,881,531.66 Texas Democratic Party 2 $4,028,701.41; $4,080,384.25 Texas Democratic Trust 3 $3,116,890.49; $3,846,461.89 Republican Party Of Texas 4 $2,905,441.73; $3,725,719.95 David Dewhurst Committee 5 $2,679,500.00; $2,468,319.26 Texans for Insurance Reform 6 $2,514,574.22; $2,379,181.14 Texas Association of Realtors Issue 7 $2,433,510.00; $3,870,449.50 Texans For Lawsuit Reform PAC TLR PAC 8 $2,180,860.09; $2,426,599.67 Texas Assn. Of Realtors PAC TRE PAC 9 $1,962,347.96; $1,836,593.79 Harris County Republican Party 10 $1,933,165.05; $1,502,828.86 Texans For Rick Perry 11 $1,583,100.00; $1,308,941.09 EStars Over Texas PAC 12 $1,412,424.65; $1,425,383.03 House Democratic Campaign Committee 13 $1,377,100.75; $1,838,099.67 Texans for Joan Huffman 14 $1,217,442.96; $384,366.40 Texans for Greg Abbott 15 $1,165,613.14; $159,611.71 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. BNSF RAILPAC 16 $1,155,798.22; $296,378.54 Union Pacific Corp. Fund For Effect 17 $1,135,202.36; $1,341,748.16 Valero Energy Corporation PAC 18 $1,070,688.66; $984,122.15 Annie's List 19 $1,031,936.65; $1,279,934.26 Friends of Michael Williams 20 $991,856.42; $541,526.93 Texas Medical Assn. PAC TEXPAC 21 $905,800.00; $886,189.64 First Tuesday 22 $890,541.48; $927,841.89 Texas Parent PAC 23 $746,611.22; $190,664.49 United Services Automobile Associat USAA Employee 24 $725,874.57; $984,454.06 Wallace Jefferson For Texas Supreme 25 $648,685.50; $592,951.94 Empower Texans PAC 26 $639,710.67; $919,989.52 Blue Texas 27 $605,481.53; $407,284.61 Texans for Dan Branch 28 $599,047.43; $618,926.31 Texans for Tommy Williams 29 $593,941.22; $159,149.44 Texans for Elizabeth Jones 30 $566,506.30; $491,812.80 ETravis County Democratic Party 31 $564,830.83; $517,820.27 ActBlue Texas 32 $558,316.77; $483,500.00 Border Health PAC 33 $552,416.55; $569,568.91 HillCo PAC 34 $547,131.40; $627,828.63 AT&T Inc. Texas Political Action Co AT&T Texas 35 $515,475.96; $453,019.26 Vote Texas 36 $487,117.75; $270,410.52 Friends Of Susan Combs Committee 37 $486,197.38; $698,545.43 Committee to Elect Patrick Rose 38 $474,582.62; $766,017.44 Justice Phil Johnson for Supreme Co 39 $466,678.59; $567,673.58 Friends of Austen Furse 40 $456,341.19; $364,435.80 Dallas County Democratic PAC - Stat DCDP 41 $451,341.10; $63,416.46 Texas Deer Association Political Ac TDA - PAC 42 $442,681.56; $381,503.48 Texas Trial Lawyers Assn. PAC 43 $405,815.00; $528,403.90 Associated Republicans Of Texas Cam 44 $391,722.87; $138,332.00 Atmos Energy Corporation PAC 45 $382,205.89; $455,259.22 Texas Friends Of Time Warner Cable TWCT 46 $382,134.26; $197,730.00 The American Electric Power - Texas 47 $378,760.68; $287,996.39 Texas Dental Assn. PAC DENPAC 48 $357,076.80; $300,242.63 Texans for John Davis 49 $349,487.45; $316,051.91 Texas Farm Bureau Friends Of Agricu AGFUND 50 $345,000.00; $396,067.35 Texas Builds Jobs & Opportunity For Texas J.O.B.S