We’ve updated our campaign finance database to reflect state contribution and expenditure data reported by candidates and committees 30 days before Election Day. Use our tool to find out how much money was being spent in the final weeks of the 2012 election cycle.
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Texas Weekly Hot List — With Campaign Finance Totals
Our latest look at the hottest races on the Texas ballot includes the money those candidates reported in their latest campaign finance disclosures.
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Interactive: TX Super PAC Contributors, Oct. 2012
New campaign finance reports filed this month show that Texans gave another $5 million to Super PACs, bringing the overall total to $83.1 million.
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DeLay’s Victories Endure, Even if He Loses in Court
Tom DeLay is still in court a decade after engineering a Republican victory that resulted in convictions for conspiracy and money laundering. He might still win, but either way, his party came out ahead.
Posted inState Government
Interactive Map: Viewing Presidential Contributions by ZIP Code in Texas
With less than a month to go before the presidential election, we have updated our interactive map of Texas donors to presidential candidates by ZIP code.
Posted inState Government
DeLay’s Appeal Hinges on What “Funds” Are
Attorneys for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Sugar Land Republican convicted two years ago on conspiracy and money-laundering charges, took his appeal to court on Wednesday.
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Interactive: Texas Super PAC Contributors
New campaign finance reports filed in September show that Texans are still giving generously to Super PACs. The top givers included Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, who gave $2 million to the pro-GOP American Crossroads, and former Texas Trial Laywers Association President Steve Mostyn and his wife, Amber, who gave $1.5 million to Democrat-supporting groups.
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Interactive: Leading Super PAC Recipients of Texas Campaign Money
Following up on our previous visualization of Super PAC contributions, we’ve prepared another way to analyze the data. This interactive shows the 10 Super PACs that received the most money from Texans.
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Texas a Player in the Presidential Race?
Texas is to presidential politics what parents are to college students — remote players whose money is critical but whose votes don’t really matter.
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Interactive: Super PAC Contributors Treemap
On Aug. 20, another round of federal campaign finance reports was due. Use our interactive to see how much money Texans have given to Super PACs, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of candidates.
