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Contributions Maintained As Of The Last Day Of The Reporting Period July SemiAnnual Report Due July 15, 2015 Sorted By Name Printed March 01, 2016 Filer ID Report # Filer Name Cash On Hand Date Filed 00070233 100262058 1836 PAC, $2,319.48 7/14/2015 00066927 100263796 427 PAC (INACTIVE), $3,025.43 7/15/2015 00019650 100260862 Abascal, Amado J. $24,650.28 7/3/2015 00019652 100261053 Abbott, Greg $0.00 7/15/2015 00055276 100263537 ABC - Southeast Texas PAC, $9,158.58 7/15/2015 00067076 100262357 A Better Community Political Action Committee, $40.00 7/13/2015 00068179 100262964 A Better Grapevine, $1.15 7/14/2015 00051036 100261482 abetterlubbock.org, $65.00 7/7/2015 00039020 100603696 Abilene PAC, $70.00 7/15/2015 00068956 100263464 Accountability First, $8,303.44 7/15/2015 00034189 100262815 Across The Track PAC, $0.00 7/14/2015 00059791 100260353 ActBlue Texas, $0.00 7/13/2015 00065033 100262801 Action Dallas Political Action Committee, $500.00 7/14/2015 00051412 100260949 Adams, Donald C. $6,849.02 7/5/2015 00037517 100603406 Adams, Gordon G. $0.00 7/2/2015 00070334 100263556 Addison Public Safety PAC, $7,155.16 7/15/2015 01 March 2016 Page 1 of 114 Filer ID Report # Filer Name Cash On Hand Date Filed 00069406 100262040 Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc. Political $415,825.52 7/15/2015 00063954 100606834 Advocates for Education, $0.00 10/31/2015 00067487 100258491 AFT Lone Star Committee on Political Education, $465.32 7/13/2015 00016365 100261647 Ag Air PAC, $28,388.68 7/8/2015 00051320 100263659 Aguilar, Luis $1,000.00 7/15/2015 00070285 100262693 Aguillon, Melissa P. $340.81 7/15/2015 00068732 100262753 Aguirre & Fields LP Political Action Committee, $11,795.29 7/14/2015 00069492 100262847 Ahlschwede, Tonya Spaeth $139.78 7/14/2015 00067986 100603774 AIA Engineers PAC, $0.00 7/13/2015 00067967 100607588 Alamo City Democrats PAC, $0.00 11/6/2015 00015898 100262075 Alamo City Republican Women, $36,986.45 7/14/2015 00037807 100263507 Alamo PAC Republican Legislative Defenders, $594.29 7/15/2015 00062184 100263618 Alaniz, Isidro R. $47,443.25 7/15/2015 00039401 100260866 Alcala, Elsa $0.00 7/3/2015 00055407 100258668 Aldine American Federation of Teachers, $10,448.48 7/13/2015 00051156 100263345 Alejandro, Leonel $145,540.99 7/15/2015 00055659 100260946 Alief Democrats, $40.00 7/5/2015 00063388 100263439 Alief Federation of Teachers Committee on Political $17,503.32 7/15/2015 00055499 100263791 Aliseda, Jose L. $12,388.88 7/15/2015 00019673 100260912 Allen, Alma A. $25,554.70 7/12/2015 00069323 100260139 Alley, Court C. $108.68 7/8/2015 00064955 100262522 Alliance Against Sexual Assault, $0.00 7/14/2015 00065136 100261369 Alliance for Republican Leadership PAC (DISSOLVED), $195.20 7/7/2015 00016492 100262915 Alliance of Dallas Educators United Teachers Political $70,633.73 7/14/2015 01 March 2016 Page 2 of 114 Filer ID Report # Filer Name Cash On Hand Date Filed 00070465 100262905 Alonzo, Nathan A. $251.54 7/15/2015 00019681 100262355 Alonzo, Roberto R. $77,736.75 7/15/2015 00024376 100262043 Alvarado, Carol $123,172.28 7/15/2015 00057429 100262546 Alvarado, Maria Luisa $443.10 7/13/2015 00065843 100262054 Alvarado, Rosemarie $0.00 7/10/2015 00053284 100261711 Alvarez, Patricia O. $19,811.05 7/15/2015 00016555 100262566 Amarillo Association of REALTORS Political Action $9,618.03 7/14/2015 00067034 100262844 Amarillo Citizens for Property Rights, $13.36 7/14/2015 00059080 100261131 Amarillo Federation of Teachers Committee on $5,388.45 7/6/2015 00025544 100261175 Amarillo Police Officer's Assn. PAC, $2,084.64 7/6/2015 00066774 100261382 American Airlines Federal Credit Union PAC, $7,975.75 7/14/2015 00016651 100262811 American Airlines PAC, $82,962.70 7/14/2015 00017304 100262344 American Collectors Association of Texas Political $7,806.49 7/13/2015 00066476 100260517 American Kennel Club Political Action Committee, $8,526.00 7/1/2015 00015632 100260561 American National Insurance Company Employee $16,335.00 7/10/2015 00070311 100603788 American Protection Specialists - PAC, $0.00 7/14/2015 00059203 100261792 American Subcontractors Association of Texas PAC, $45,681.12 7/9/2015 00059798 100261550 A&M Political Action Committee, $73,520.88 7/15/2015 00041293 100261567 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Political Action $217,667.35 7/13/2015 00054808 100263034 Anchia, Rafael M. $259,730.13 7/15/2015 00051449 100262041 Anderson, Charles $25,459.57 7/10/2015 00016553 100260870 Anderson County Republican Party, $5,379.18 7/3/2015 00063521 100603753 Anderson County Republicans, $9,250.67 6/8/2015 00065480 100262244 Anderson County Texas Democratic Women, $1,450.22 7/12/2015 01 March 2016 Page 3 of 114 Filer ID Report # Filer Name Cash On Hand Date Filed 00024990 100262403 Anderson, John S. $21,220.11 7/13/2015 00026976 100262625 Anderson, Mike L. $331.78 7/13/2015 00066277 100263102 Anderson, Rodney Earl $0.00 7/15/2015 00059847 100606700 Andrews County Republican Women, $0.00 10/28/2015 00067227 100603770 Angelina County Democratic Club, $2,847.34 7/6/2015 00055926 100259909 Angelina County Republican Club, $3,111.68 7/10/2015 00034276 100260887 Angelini, Karen A. $1,325.80 7/12/2015 00016031 100603491 Angleton Republican Women's PAC Fund, $5,388.98 6/30/2015 00053715 100259824 Annie's List, $473,562.78 7/15/2015 00080031 100260782 Anyiam, Chika A. $50.00 7/8/2015 00016121 100262585 Apartment Association of Central Texas PAC, $5,926.38 7/15/2015 00016482 100262474 Apartment Association of Greater Dallas Political $500,256.26 7/14/2015 00016576 100263497 Apartment Association of Southeast Texas Political $13,427.88 7/15/2015 00015762 100261958 Apartment Association of Tarrant County Political $43,825.86 7/14/2015 00060006 100261955 Apartment Association of the Panhandle PAC, $13,256.97 7/10/2015 00034213 100260494 Apollo Education Group, Inc., Political Organization for $9,760.00 7/2/2015 00067669 100263348 Appelt, Joseph P. $1,811.89 7/15/2015 00051510 100261966 APRx PAC, $5,850.82 7/10/2015 00068729 100260999 Aquatic Professional Education Council PAC, $0.00 7/5/2015 00053455 100606407 Aquifer Alliance, $0.00 10/24/2015 00068227 100262487 Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots PAC, $29,410.90 7/13/2015 00023651 100263640 Aransas County Republican Party (P), $1,647.00 7/15/2015 00015843 100263718 Area 5 Democratic Club, $3,795.16 7/15/2015 00070476 100263739 Arevalo, Diana $200.00 7/15/2015 01 March 2016 Page 4 of 114 Filer ID Report # Filer Name Cash On Hand Date Filed 00063627 100260280 Arlington Alliance for Responsible Government, $413.00 7/2/2015 00062071 100262451 Arlington Alliance PAC, $2,012.35 7/13/2015 00016561 100610692 Arlington Professional Firefighters Assn. PAC, $110,316.56 12/21/2015 00019704 100260661 Armbrister, Kenneth L. $783,177.72 7/2/2015 00037384 100603479 Armstrong, Don R. $0.00 7/16/2015 00021101 100603478 Armstrong, Ernie B. $0.00 7/7/2015 00069450 100263501 Arnold, George H. $0.00 7/15/2015 00070230 100262630 Arrington, Jodey $0.00 7/15/2015 00065022 100261448 Arteaga, Antonia $46,081.51 7/10/2015 00020796 100259990 Ashby, Anne $0.00 7/7/2015 00067800 100260032 Ashby, Trenton E. $285,848.95 7/14/2015 00060065 100262108 Asian American Democrats of Texas PAC, $1,224.80 7/11/2015 00070354 100608354 Asian American Political Outreach Action Committee, $1,595.00 11/16/2015 00028200 100603678 Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc., Texas Coastal $2,310.86 7/10/2015 00016601 100261555 Associated General Contractors of Southeast Texas, $3,158.60 7/15/2015 00016409 100261181 Associated General Contractors of Texas PAC, $299,325.54 7/7/2015 00016126 100262971 Associated Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors Of $0.00 7/14/2015 00015555 100262509 Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund, $481,732.04 7/15/2015 00017277 100611832 Association of Fire & Casualty Cos. of Texas PAC, $32,761.06 12/31/2015 00070183 100262918 Association of Retired Houston Municipal Employees $0.00 7/14/2015 00067908 100263646 Associations, Inc. PAC (DEACTIVATED), $18,951.39 7/15/2015 00067781 100261631 Aston, Sonya L. $696.26 7/8/2015 00016097 100260147 ATTACK - PAC: the anti-crime pac, $1,258.42 7/8/2015 00035370 100262765 Austin Board of REALTORS Political Action Committee- $271,796.08 7/15/2015 01 March 2016 Page 5 of 114 Filer ID Report # Filer Name Cash On Hand Date Filed 00063721 100262026 Austin Chapter Associated General Contractors PAC, $2,348.00 7/10/2015 00051035 100603712 Austin Community College/American Federation of $6,645.85 7/10/2015 00068221 100611284 Austin Environmental Democrats Political Action $3,652.14 12/22/2015 00063441 100260177 Austin Human Capital PAC, $0.00 6/25/2015 00070868 100603796 Austinites for Tax Relief, $543.09 7/14/2015 00068575 100261722 Austin Kids First PAC, $10,061.78 7/15/2015 00015792 100263797 Austin Progressive Coalition, $317.37 7/15/2015 00042459 100262652 Austin Tejano Democrats PAC, $13,116.08 7/13/2015 00068631 100263806 Austin Young Democrats, $2,052.01 7/15/2015 00017365 100261799 Automotive Wholesalers of Texas PAC, $3,571.80 7/9/2015 00057861 100263723 AutoNation, Inc. Political Action Committee, $79,015.40 7/15/2015 00057872 100259606 Aycock, Jimmie Don $153,833.02 7/14/2015 00070370 100262951 Azul, $0.00 7/14/2015 00066773 100260954 Back to Basics PAC, $2,843.75 7/15/2015 00019733 100263593 Bagley, Michael J.
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    Official Results as of 16:04:19 on 11/17/10 Bell County General Election - 11/02/10 Provisional Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race #Votes Cast *None 22881 100.00 Total Votes for Race 22881 STRAIGHT PARTY Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race REPUBLICAN PARTY (Rep) 17295 65.79 DEMOCRATIC PARTY (Dem) 8750 33.29 LIBERTARIAN PARTY (Lib) 198 .75 GREEN PARTY (Gen) 44 .17 Total Votes for Race 26287 United States Representative, Dist 31 Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race John R. Carter (Rep) 32786 84.15 Bill Oliver (Lib) 6174 15.85 Total Votes for Race 38960 Governor Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race Rick Perry (Rep) 26318 56.62 Bill White (Dem) 17159 36.92 Kathie Glass (Lib) 1104 2.38 Deb Shafto *None 195 .42 WRITE-IN *None 1702 3.66 Total Votes for Race 46478 Lieutenant Governor Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race David Dewhurst (Rep) 30256 65.22 Linda Chavez-Thompson (Dem) 14480 31.21 Scott Jameson (Lib) 1308 2.82 Herb Gonzales, Jr. (Gen) 350 .75 Total Votes for Race 46394 Attorney General Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race Greg Abbott (Rep) 31759 68.47 Barbara Ann Radnofsky (Dem) 13457 29.01 Jon Roland (Lib) 1171 2.52 Total Votes for Race 46387 Comptroller of Public Accounts Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race Susan Combs (Rep) 32522 83.87 Mary J. Ruwart (Lib) 4585 11.82 Edward Lindsay (Gen) 1668 4.30 Total Votes for Race 38775 Commissioner of the General Land Office Candidate Party Votes Received % of Race Jerry Patterson (Rep) 29900 65.61 Hector Uribe (Dem) 14122 30.99 James L.