gathering for candidates. Here are three Super PACs that have been onboard for Cruz since back
in 2015. Their orginal start up money was millions from three different families in TX.
|
Mid-year reports (to June 30, 2015) | Receipts |
Disbursements |
COH |
|
|
[FEC] | Keep the Promise PAC |
$ 1,826,500.00 | $96,944.26 | $ 1,729,555.74 |
|
[FEC] |
Keep the Promise I |
$11,007,096.00 | $536,169.90 | $10,470,926.10 |
|
[FEC] |
Keep the Promise II |
$10,000,000.00 |
- |
$10,000,000.00 |
|
[FEC] |
Keep the Promise III |
$15,000,000.00 | $5,025.00 |
$14,994,975.00 |
|
Keep the Promise I - $11,000,000 from Robert Mercer, co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund.
Keep the Promise II - $10,000,000 from Toby Neugebauer, co-founder of Quantum Energy Partners, a Houston private equity firm.
Keep the Promise III - $15,000,000 from the Wilks family: $5,000,000 each from Farris and Jo Ann Wilks, and $2,500,000 each from Daniel and Staci Wilks. Farris and Daniel Wilks are brothers, based in Texas, who founded Frac Tech, and sold the firm in May 2011 for $3.5 billion according to Forbes.