Texas elections: Big donors power legislative campaign contributions
By Marty Schladen, El Paso Times, Texas | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The reports were due Monday, 30 days before the
January donations for
Of that, 90 percent is from groups associated with trial lawyers. Ness-Garcia received
In the last six months of 2013, Ness-Garcia received 74 percent of her contributions from the association of consumer lawyers.
By contrast, Márquez got no big contribution from
Márquez raised
Márquez outspent Ness-Garcia
Ness-Garcia raised her money from a larger pool of contributors -- 48 -- than Márquez, who got money from 25 different people or groups.
In what is perhaps
Gonzalez received
Gonzalez received contributions from just seven separate donors while one of her opponents for the
The third candidate, former state Rep.
Gonzalez spent just more than
Most of Gonzalez's spending,
At the end of the reporting period, Chávez had the most cash on hand,
State Rep.
The Mostyn Law firm contributed
Sepulveda reported only one contribution
In the
His opponent,
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