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Nextera Energy PAC Contributions to State Candidates January 1 – June 30, 2020 NextEra Energy PAC Contributions to State Candidates January 1 – June 30, 2020 Recipient Amount Chamber State Party Brian Hill for House 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Caldwell for State House $ 5,000 State House OK R Chad Caldwell for State House 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Anthony Moore 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Charles McCall 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Chris Kannady 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Chris Kidd 2020 $ 5,000 State Senate OK R Friends of Daniel Pae 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Emily Virgin $ 5,000 State House OK D Friends of Garry Mize 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of John Pfieffer $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Jon Echols $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Kenton Patzkowsky $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Kevin Wallace 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Mark Lawson 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Mike Dobrinski 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Nicole Miller 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Tammy West 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Terry O'Donnell 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Todd Hiett 2020 $ 5,000 Corporate Commisioner OK R Greg Treat for Senate 2020 $ 5,000 State Senate OK R Scott Fetgatter for House $ 5,000 State House OK R Trey Caldwell for Rresentative 2020 $ 5,000 State House OK R Friends of Cynthia Roe 2020 $ 3,000 State House OK R Angela Paxton Campaign $ 2,500 State Senate TX R Dunnington for OK House $ 2,500 State House OK D Families for Roland Pederson $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Friends of Greg McCortney $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Friends of Jay Steagall 2020 $ 2,500 State House OK R Friends of Larry Taylor $ 2,500 State Senate TX R Friends of Lonnie Paxton 2020 $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Friends of Micheal Bergstrom 2020 $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Friends of Micheal Bergstrom 2020 $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Friends of Stephanie Bice $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Friends of Todd Russ 2020 $ 2,500 State House OK R Jay Steagall for House 2020 $ 2,500 State House OK R Rhonda Baker for State House 2020 $ 2,500 State House OK R Standridge for Senate 2020 $ 2,500 State Senate OK R Todd Russ for House 2020 $ 2,500 State House OK R Todd Russ for House 2020 $ 2,500 State House OK R Cesar J. Blanco Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX D Drew Darby Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Eduardo R 'Eddie' Rodriguez Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX D Friends of Brad Boles 2020 $ 2,000 State House OK R Friends of Collin Walke 2020 $ 2,000 State House OK D Friends of Jason Lowe 2020 $ 2,000 State House OK D Jay Dean Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Justin A. Holland Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Kyle Kacal Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Lyle Larson Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Phil King Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Texans for Chris Paddie $ 2,000 State House TX R Tracy King Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX D Travis Clardy Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Trent Ashby Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Walter T. 'Four' Price IV Campaign $ 2,000 State House TX R Adam Pugh for Senate 2020 $ 1,500 State Senate OK R Ken Luttrell 2020 $ 1,500 State House OK R NextEra Energy PAC Contributions to State Candidates January 1 – June 30, 2020 Recipient Amount Chamber State Party Kevin Matthews for Senate 2020 $ 1,500 State Senate OK D Alejandro Rizo, Jr Campaign $ 1,000 State Senate FL R Alex Barrio Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL D Anthony Rodriguez Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Bell for Norman $ 1,000 State House OK D Bobby DuBose Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL D Bobby Payne Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Charles Clemons Sr. Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Christine Hunschofsky Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL D Christopher Latvala Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Committee to Elect Jason Lowe $ 1,000 State House OK D David Smith Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Fincher for House $ 1,000 State House OK R Fred Hawkins Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Friends of Collin Walke 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK D Friends of Dave Rader 2020 $ 1,000 State Senate OK R Friends of Dean Davis $ 1,000 State House OK R Friends of Ross Ford 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK R Friends of Stan May 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK R Friends of Wayne Shaw for Senate $ 1,000 State House OK R Geraldine Thompson, Docrat, for Florida House District 44 $ 1,000 State House FL D Jackie Toledo Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Jacob Rosecrants for HD46 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK D Kevin McDugle for State House District 12 in 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK R Kimberly Daniels Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL D Lauren Melo Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Mike Caruso Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Monroe for Oklahoma $ 1,000 State House OK D Perry E. Thurston, Jr. Campaign $ 1,000 State Senate FL D Randy Randleman for State House 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK R Rick Kozell for Florida $ 1,000 State House FL R Ron Sharp for Senate 2020 $ 1,000 State Senate OK R Sam Garrison Committee $ 1,000 State House FL R Scott Plakon Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Silk for Senate $ 1,000 State Senate OK R T. J. Marti for State House 2020 $ 1,000 State House OK R Toby Overdorf Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Travaris McCurdy Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL D Wyman Duggan Campaign $ 1,000 State House FL R Al Anderson for State Senate $ 500 State Senate ND R Erbele for State Senate $ 500 State Senate ND R Grueneich for House $ 500 State House ND R Jay Elkin for State Senate $ 500 State Senate ND R TOTAL: $ 234,500 .
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