“What makes RCP think that was a swipe at Perry?”
Because they WANT it to be so.
Anything to help the liberal anti-Perry ‘narrative’. I’ve got the picks of Sarah smiling with some college-aged “Americans for Perry” t-shirt wearers to suggest otherwise.
Amount | Contributor | Company | City |
$4,000,000 | Republican Governors Association PAC | ||
$2,531,799 | Bob & Doylene Perry | Perry Homes | Houston |
$1,120,000 | Harold C. Simmons | Contran Corp. | Dallas |
$750,000 | Republican National State Elections Committee | Washington | |
$715,308 | Thomas Dan Friedkin | Friedkin Companies Inc. | Houston |
$705,000 | Kenny & Lisa Troutt | Mt. Vernon Investments LLC | Dallas |
$612,000 | Friends of Phil Gramm PAC | Friends of Phil Gramm PAC | Helotes |
$563,334 | George Brint & Amanda Ryan | Ryan & Co. P.C. | Dallas |
$537,740 | Peter & Julianna Hawn Holt | Holt Companies/San Antonio Spurs | Blanco |
$506,740 | AT&T, Inc. PAC | AT&T | Austin |
$496,668 | Lonnie A. 'Bo' Pilgrim | Pilgrim's Pride Poultry | Pittsburg |
$490,258 | Robert Sr & Michelle 'Mica' Mosbacher Sr. | Mosbacher Energy Co. | Houston |
$421,000 | James Doug Pitcock Jr. | Williams Brothers Construction | Houston |
$420,000 | J. Ralph & Joy Ellis Jr. | Belmont Oil & Gas Corp. | Irving |
$416,546 | Larry Anders | Summit Alliance Companies | Dallas |
$410,000 | Texas Association of Realtors PAC (TREPAC) | Texas Association of Realtors | Austin |
$408,758 | Paul L. Foster | Western Refining Co. | El Paso |
$400,500 | Gary R. Petersen | EnCap Investments LP | Houston |
$398,625 | B.J. 'Red' & Charline McCombs | Red McCombs Automotive Group | San Antonio |
$395,070 | Charles W. & Judy Tate | Capital Royalty LLC | Sugarland |
$390,111 | L. E. Simmons | SCF Partners | Houston |
$382,889 | Jeff Davis Sandefer | Sandefer Capital Partners LP | Austin |
$378,967 | Charles Wood Jr. | Dallas Fire Insurance Co. | Dallas |
$377,500 | T. Boone Pickens | BP Capital | Dallas |
$372,500 | S. Reed Morian | DX Holding Company Inc. | Houston |
$369,144 | Woody L. & Gayle G. Hunt | Hunt Corp. | El Paso |
$365,002 | R. Steven & Donna Hicks | Capstar Partners LLC | Austin |
$361,533 | Robert & Terry Rowling | TRT Holdings, Inc. | Irving |
$355,000 | North Cypress Medical Center | North Cypress Medical Center | Houston |
$337,027 | Lee Bass | Bass Brothers Enterprises | Fort Worth |
$336,000 | Alice L. Walton | Wal-Mart | Mineral Wells |
$331,000 | Stevan Hammond | Marketing Investors Corp. | Dallas |
$330,578 | Charles Berndon Lawrence | Kirby Corp. | Houston |
$330,000 | Robert C. McNair Jr. | Cogen Technologies/Houston Texans | Houston |
$327,910 | Tilman J. Fertitta | Landry's Restaurants Inc. | Houston |
$327,500 | James D. & Shirley M. Dannenbaum | Dannenbaum Engineering | Houston |
$320,136 | Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC | Texas Association of Builders | Lubbock |
$317,179 | Richard Scott | Trans-Global Solutions (TGS), Inc | Houston |
$310,000 | Robert Waltrip | Service Corporation International | Houston |
$305,000 | Gulf States Toyota Inc. PAC | Gulf States Toyota | Houston |
$301,000 | Clifton L. Thomas Jr. | Speedy Stop Convenience Stores/Thomas Petroleum | Victoria |
$300,000 | Moshe Azoulay | Skyrise Properties, LLC | Dallas |
$290,000 | Forrest E. Hoglund | SeaOne Maritime Corp. | Dallas |
$289,593 | Phil D Adams | Phil Adams Company | Bryan |
$287,750 | H. Ross Perot Jr. | Hillwood Development Group/Dell Perot | Plano |
$286,400 | Lowry & Peggy Mays | Clear Channel Entertainment | San Antonio |
$285,000 | Jeffery D. Hildebrand | Hilcorp Energy Company | Houston |
$283,919 | John L. & Barbara E. Nau III | Silver Eagle Distributors L.P. | Houston |
$283,888 | Dan L. Duncan | Enterprise Products Partners | Houston |
$281,127 | Robert T. Brockman | Universal Computer Systems | Houston |
$279,000 | Dian Owen Graves Stai | Owen Healthcare Inc. | Abilene |
$275,000 | J. Dan Brown | Brown Distributing Co. Ltd. | Austin |
$275,000 | Richard & Jill Salwen | Dell Inc | Austin |
$272,653 | Larry Martin | USA Waste | Houston |
$269,000 | Richard Wallrath | Champion Window, Inc.; Champion Ranch | Centerville |
$268,500 | Stanley K. Harper | Lenders & Members Service Group Inc. | Arlington |
$268,000 | Louis A. & Julie Beecherl III | Beecherl Companies | Dallas |
$267,902 | J. Robert & Sherry Brown n/a | Desert Eagle Distributing Co. | El Paso |
$266,290 | L. Frederick Francis | Bank of the West | El Paso |
$265,000 | Ray L. Hunt | Hunt Consolidated, Inc. | Dallas |
$262,000 | Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable | Texas Friends of Time Warner Cable | Houston |
$261,652 | Ned S. Holmes | Parkway Investments/Texas Inc. | Houston |
$258,000 | Erle A. & Alice Nye | TXU Energy Corp. | Dallas |
$257,126 | Drayton McLane Jr. | McLane Company Inc. | Temple |
$255,000 | BG Distribution Partners PAC | BG Distribution Partners, Ltd. | Houston |
$253,837 | HillCo PAC | Hillco Partners | Austin |
$250,000 | Charles C. Butt | HEB Grocery Co. | San Antonio |
$250,000 | National Republican Senatorial Committee | Washington | |
$248,333 | Johnny Baker | Baker Managers LLC | Houston |
$247,401 | John McStay | McStay & Associates | Dallas |
$245,000 | Peter & Edith Jones O'Donnell Jr. | O'Donnell Foundation | Dallas |
$239,233 | James R. & Cecelia Leininger | Kinetic Concepts Inc. | San Antonio |
$238,635 | Lee Roy Mitchell | Cinemark USA Inc. | Plano |
$235,000 | James C. Flores | Plains Exploration & Production Co. | Houston |
$233,500 | Texas Dental Association (DENPAC) | Texas Dental Association | Austin |
$231,500 | Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Huddleston | Hyperion Resources Inc. | Dallas |
$231,000 | George C. 'Tim' & Karen Hixon | Hixon Properties | San Antonio |
$229,422 | Gerald Rubin | Helen of Troy | El Paso |
$225,000 | Border Health PAC (BHPAC) | Border Health PAC | McAllen |
$221,500 | William A. & Wendy J. Boothe MD | Boothe Eye Care | Dallas |
$221,295 | Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLR) | Texans For Lawsuit Reform | Austin |
$221,000 | Brad & Stephanie Tucker | Mustang Tractor & Equipment Co. | Houston |
$218,115 | Bobby and Phyllis Ray | Hovnanian Ent. | Plano |
$215,000 | Texas Apartment Association PAC | Texas Apartment Association | San Antonio |
$215,000 | Sam Wyly | Ranger Capital | Dallas |
$209,094 | Vance & Geraldine 'Tincy' Miller | Henry S. Miller Companies | Dallas |
$207,000 | Morton L. Topfer | Castletop Capital Management | Austin |
$206,000 | Donald J. Carter Jr. | Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc. | Addison |
$205,000 | Hushang Ansary | Stewart & Stevenson | Houston |
$203,375 | Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson | Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair Graham Pena & Samson | Austin |
$202,500 | TXU Energy PAC | TXU Energy Corp. | Dallas |
$201,879 | James L. Huffines Jr. | Huffines Auto Dealerships | Dallas |
$201,463 | James Dondero | Highland Capital Management LP | Dallas |
$200,000 | James Schneider | Dell Inc | Austin |
$193,682 | Fulbright & Jaworski LLP | Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. | Houston |
$190,402 | James Lee | Ascendant Advisors, LLC | Houston |
$190,000 | Vinson & Elkins Texas | Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | Houston |
$188,900 | Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) | Associated General Contractors | Austin |
$187,000 | Joe R. & Teresa Long | First State Bank Central Texas | Austin |
$185,500 | William P. Clements Jr. | SEDCO | Dallas |
$185,000 | United Services Automobile Association Group (USAA) | United Services Automobile ASN | San Antonio |
$184,946 | Frank & Mary Yturria | Yturria Ranch | Brownsville |
$182,720 | Bobby D. and Leona Cox | Bobby Cox Companies Inc. | Ft. Worth |
$178,419 | Danny Janecka | J&B Foods | Flatonia |
$177,300 | James P. Wilson | Rice Sangalis Toole & Wilson (RSTW Partners) | Sugar Land |
$174,926 | Texas Medical Association TEXPAC | Texas Medical Association | Austin |
$173,300 | Robert D. Gillikin | Cummins Southern Plains Inc. | Dallas |
$167,500 | Bank of America PAC | Bank of America Corp. | Austin |
$166,918 | SBC Corp. | SBC | Austin |
$165,291 | Harold & Beth A. Hahn | Rocky Mortgage Company | El Paso |
$165,211 | Clayton W. & Modesta Williams Jr. | Clayton Williams Energy Inc. | Midland |
$165,000 | Mickey & Renee Long | Westex Well Services | Midland |
$165,000 | Joe Sanderson Jr. | Sanderson Farms | Laurel |
$165,000 | H. B. 'Bartell' Jr. & Mollie Zachry Jr. | Zachry Construction Corp. | San Antonio |
$163,946 | Richard W. Weekley | Weekley Properties/Texans for Lawsuit Reform | Houston |
$161,500 | W. Marvin & Barbara Rush | Rush Enterprise Inc. | San Antonio |
$159,336 | Texas Optometric PAC | Texas Optometric PAC | Austin |
$156,000 | Gerald Stool | Greenway Investment Co. | Dallas |
$155,000 | Ronald Steve Letbetter | Reliant Energy Inc. | Houston |
$155,000 | Union Pacific Fund | Union Pacific Railroad | Washington |
$152,500 | Bennett Joe Glazer | Glazer's Family of Companies | Dallas |
$151,000 | Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IMPACT) | Independent Insurance Agents of Texas | Austin |
$150,000 | Gallagher Law Firm (Gallagher Serafin Kim & Lewis) | Gallagher Law Firm | Houston |
$150,000 | Kent R. Hance | Texas Tech University System | Lubbock |
$150,000 | John Herschel McCall | Armstrong McCall Beauty Supply | Spicewood |
$150,000 | Curtis W. Mewbourne | Mewbourne Oil Company | Tyler |
$150,000 | James R. Moffett | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | New Orleans |
$150,000 | Trevor D. Rees-Jones | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Dallas |
$150,000 | Michael Stevens | Michael Stevens Interests Inc. | Houston |
$148,500 | Morris Foster | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Houston |
$148,000 | Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | Houston |
$147,925 | Jerry and Glenda Kane | Sam Kane Beef Processors Inc. | Corpus Christi |
$147,500 | Chickasaw Nation | Chickasaw Nation | Ada |
$145,150 | Clayton Reaser | Texas Teachers, LLC | Dallas |
$143,500 | Texas Consumer Finance Association (TCFA) | Texas Consumer Finance Association | Austin |
$142,115 | David & Teresa Disiere | Deep South Holding L.P. | Southlake |
$140,578 | Valero PAC | Valero Energy Corp | San Antonio |
$140,284 | Republican Party of Texas | Republican Party of Texas | Austin |
$140,000 | Texas Oil & Gas PAC (TXOGA) | Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) | Austin |
$137,067 | Anne W. Marion | Burnett Oil Co. | Fort Worth |
$136,616 | R. Michael Ward | Double Diamond Companies | Dallas |
$135,953 | Nathan E. Crain | Crain Information Systems | Dallas |
$135,000 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. | Fort Worth |
$133,333 | J. Frank Miller III | JPI Companies | Irving |
$130,230 | Harlan R. & Katherine Crow | Crow Holdings | Dallas |
$128,090 | H. Gary and Diane Heavin | Curves International, Inc. | Gatesville |
$128,000 | J. O. Stewart Jr. | Community Capital Corp. | El Paso |
$127,549 | Independent Bankers Association | Independent Bankers Association | Austin |
$127,500 | Allan Polunsky | Polunsky & Beitel LLP | San Antonio |
$126,000 | William A. & Nancy F. McMinn | Sterling Group | Houston |
$125,000 | Gene Phillips | Prime Income Asset Mgt | Dallas |
$125,000 | Polunsky & Beitel LLP | Polunsky & Beitel LLP | San Antonio |
$125,000 | Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) | Texas Automobile Dealers Association | Austin |
$125,000 | Michael Vollman | Vignette Corp. | Austin |
$125,000 | Charles J. Wyly Jr. | Ranger Capital | Dallas |
$124,000 | Chaz Glace | Chasco Contracting Co. | Round Rock |
$123,700 | Eugene H. Dawson Jr. | Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. | San Antonio |
$122,500 | Vernon & Emily Reaser III | Texas Teachers, LLC | Houston |
$120,000 | Robert Stillwell | BP Capital | Houston |
$120,000 | Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACPAC) | Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association | Austin |
$119,500 | Richard Sheldon | Rick Sheldon Real Estate | Waco |
$116,500 | W Jonas | Holland & Knight | San Antonio |
$115,502 | Gordon T. Graves | Graves Management, Inc. | Austin |
$115,000 | Richard Fant | New Process Steel | Houston |
$115,000 | Farmers Employee & Agent PAC | Farmers Insurance Co | Austin |
$115,000 | Julia Jones Matthews | Dodge Jones Foundation | Abilene |
$112,500 | Baker Botts Amicus Fund | Baker Botts LLP | Houston |
$112,500 | Christopher (Kit) Goldsbury Jr. | Silver Ventures Inc. | San Antonio |
$112,300 | Weldon R. Denman | Denman & Company | Austin |
$112,228 | Republican Party of Texas Victory 2002 | Austin | |
$112,000 | Mike G. Rutherford Sr. | Rutherford Oil Co. | Houston |
$110,848 | Thomas O. Hicks | Hicks Muse Tate & Furst | Dallas |
$110,250 | Toby and Melissa Neugebauer | Quantum Energy Partners | Lubbock |
$110,000 | Teamsters DRIVE Committee (IBT) | International Brotherhood of Teamsters DRIVE Committee | Washington |
$109,500 | David and Jennifer Spencer | Mandelbrot Ventures Inc (prev On Board Software Inc.) | San Antonio |
$108,700 | John Victor Lattimore Jr. | Lattimore Materials | McKinney |
$107,688 | Leslie Doggett | WL Doggett LLC | Houston |
$107,500 | Gary & Susan Farmer | Heritage Title Company of Austin Inc. | Austin |
$107,083 | Winstead P.C. | Winstead PC | Dallas |
$106,250 | S. Wil Vanloh Jr. | Quantum Energy | Houston |
$106,000 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Austin |
$105,000 | Texas Society of Architects Committee | Texas Society of Architects | Austin |
$104,225 | Texas Hospital Association HOSPAC | Texas Hospital Association | Austin |
$104,000 | Jack A. Cardwell | Petro Stopping Centers | El Paso |
$103,587 | William F. Scott | Trans-Global Solutions (TGS), Inc | Nederland |
$102,500 | Texas Bankers Association (TBA) BankPac | Texas Bankers Association | Austin |
$102,000 | Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) | Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants | Dallas |
$101,000 | J. Kyle Bass | Hayman Advisors, LP | Dallas |
$101,000 | Ray Davis | Energy Transfer Partners | Dallas |
$101,000 | Grande Communications PAC | Grande Communications | San Marcos |
$100,000 | ACC Capital Holdings - PAC | ACC Capital Holdings | Austin |
$100,000 | Sid Bass | Bass Brothers Enterprises | Fort Worth |
$100,000 | Glenn Collins | NeoDyme Technologies | College Station |
$100,000 | Darwin Deason | Affiliated Computers Services, Inc. (ACS) | Dallas |
$100,000 | Dlloyd Investments LTD | Houston | |
$100,000 | Mark W. Eidman | Scott Douglas & McConnico LLP | Austin |
$100,000 | Foster Friess | Brandywine Financial | Jackson |
$100,000 | Marcus Hiles | Western Rim Investments | Coppell |
$100,000 | KOCH PAC | Koch Industries | Washington |
$100,000 | Scott Kubitz | EP Fitness | El Paso |
$100,000 | John McHale | Tipping Point Co. | Austin |
$100,000 | Charles & Beth Miller | Meridian Advisors | Houston |
$100,000 | Ira Rennert | Renco Group | New York |
$100,000 | Texas Health Care Association PAC (THCA) | Texas Health Care Association | Austin |
I believe that pic was taken at the Iowa State Fair. What would you have her do, shoot ‘em the bird?