Primary candidates file latest campaign finance reports

By John Mangalonzo, Abilene Reporter-News, Texas

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

Feb. 26--Paul Rotenberry, a family law attorney vying for the Republican nomination for 326th District Court judge, led his two opponents in contributions, according to the latest candidate campaign finance report filings with the Texas Ethics Commission.

In the most crowded local race in Tuesday's GOP primary, Rotenberry listed his contributions at $10,390 received between Jan. 24 and Saturday. Rotenberry had $23,586 in expenditures during the same period.

Including previous reporting periods, state documents indicated Rotenberry's campaign had a balance of $8,213 as of Monday.

Claire Mehaffey, also running for the position, listed contributions at $2,525 and expenditures of $10,630. Her balance was $939.

Another candidate, Mary Ann Fergus, reported $3,475 in contributions and $16,645 in expenditures. Her report listed a zero balance. The three candidates are seeking the position being vacated by Judge Aleta Hacker, who is retiring.

Justice, Place 3, 11th Court of Appeals

Expenditures were running high in the Big Country race for Place 3 iustice on the 11th Court of Appeals between Cade Browning of Abilene and John Bailey of Cisco.

Ethics Commission papers show Bailey with total contributions from Jan. 24-Saturday of $13,362, and expenditures of $101,723.

Browning reported $9,925 in contributions during the period and $57,033 in expenditures.

Gov. Rick Perry appointed Bailey in October to the Place 3 seat following the resignation of Justice Terry McCall.

State Representative

For District 71, incumbent Susan King faces a challenge from Hamlin Mayor Isaac Castro.

According to her latest filing, King had $46,493 in contributions and $114,101 in expenditures. King's total contribution balance as of Monday was $424,511.

Castro had $5,485 in contributions and $10,829 in expenditures. His balance as of Monday was $10,140.

Taylor County races

On the Taylor County political scene, incumbent County Court-at-Law No. 2 Judge Sam Carroll topped the contribution list. According to campaign finance reports filed Monday with the Taylor County Elections Office, Carroll listed contributions at $6,100 and expenditures of $13,930.

Carroll's Republican primary opponent, William "Tim" Ladyman reported $4,875 in contributions and $5,175 in expenditures.

Taylor County Precinct 2 Commissioner Kyle Kendrick, who is seeking re-election, is facing former County Commissioner Dwayne Tucker.

Kendrick reported no contributions and $1,725 in expenditures while Tucker had no contributions and spent $1,689.

Another contested race in the GOP primary is for Precinct 4 Commissioner, with incumbent Chuck Statler reporting $3,585 in contributions and $861 in expenditures; while challenger Ron Harris picked up $2,900 in contributions and spent $906.

BY THE NUMBERS

Following are campaign contributions of $50 or more in contested races listed on reports filed Monday:

County Court-at-Law No. 2

-- Sam Carroll

Abilene Police Officers Association -- $1,000

Matthew Robinson, Abilene -- $500

Floyd and Carol Chisum, Abilene -- $50

G. Randy Nicholson, Abilene -- $100

Robert Wayne Cockrell, Abilene -- $100

Larry C. Smith, Abilene -- $250

Tami and William Burton, Abilene -- $500

Galbreath Law Firm, Abilene -- $500

Chris Carnoham, Abilene -- $50

Paul W. Hannerman, Sweetwater -- $100

Russell and Jane Varner Beard, Abilene -- $250

Cleber Massey, Abilene -- $250

Christopher and Sandra McNair, Abilene -- $100

Paul and Norma Washinsky, Abilene -- $50

Bon Lindsey, Abilene -- $300

Lynn Ingalsbe, Abilene -- $700

Mike and Marsha Hammack, Abilene -- $300

Billy W. Boone, Abilene -- $200

Tucker Birdwell, Abilene -- $500

Raymond and Gloria McDaniel, Abilene -- $200

-- William "Tim" Ladyman

Jack M. Wilson, Abilene -- $100

Cynthia Ladyman, Abilene -- $100

Cathy Moore, Abilene -- $100

Iva Hughes, Abilene -- $500

Donna Hanna, Abilene -- $500

Lynette Woods, Abilene -- $500

Maria Gonzalez, Abilene -- $500

Jon Hanna, Abilene -- $500

David Copeland, Abilene -- $100

Flo Ladyman, Lometa -- $500

Darrell Breland, Abilene -- $100

Gregory L. Allen, Abilene -- $500

Jerry Anderson, Abilene -- $100

Mike Baker, Abilene -- $50

Dr. Jim Wilson, Abilene -- $100

Jerry Mullins, Abilene -- $100

Claude Clifton, Abilene -- $500

Taylor County Pct. 4 Commissioner

-- Chuck Statler

Brent and Cheryl Ballard, Abilene -- $75

Rusty and Jane Beard, Abilene -- $250

Tommy and Vicki Blair, Abilene -- $100

David and Suzanne Carter, Abilene -- $100

Don and Carlene Harrison, Abilene -- $100

Jim and Myra Holmans, Abilene -- $250

Royce and Pam Money, Abilene -- $100

Clinton and Janet Nix, Abilene -- $100

David and Melinda Pitzer, Abilene -- $100

Bert Rains, Abilene -- $150

Ruth Robinson, Abilene -- $200

Ron and Joan Smith, Abilene -- $100

Harlam and Dian Stai, Abilene -- $1,000

John and Linda Stearns, Abilene -- $250

Paul and Gail Thames, Abilene -- $100

Jim and Susan Wilson, Abilene -- $100

-- Ron Harris

Ron Batts, Abilene -- $250

Sam Chase, Abilene -- $250

Vic Corley, Abilene$500

Filtration Specialties, Abilene -- $500

Pat Fite, Abilene -- $100

Mark Harris, Abilene -- $200

Josh Ensor Agency, Abilene -- $100

Charles Slack, Abilene -- $500

Coy Tate, Abilene -- $100

Troy Limbaugh, Abilene -- $300

Dub Vinson, Abilene -- $100

326th District Court Judge

-- Paul Rotenberry

Abilene Police Officers Association -- $1,000

Mike Alexander, Abilene -- $150

Gregory Allen, Abilene -- $500

William Burke III, Abilene -- $1,000

William Burton, Abilene -- $500

Paul Cannon, Abilene -- $200

Chris Carnohan, Abilene -- $100

Sam Chase, Abilene -- $100

Thomas Choate, Abilene -- $250

Robert Cockrell, Abilene -- $100

Charles Ezzell, Abilene -- $200

Kelly Gill, Abilene -- $500

Rob Hailey, Abilene -- $100

Darrell Horn, Abilene -- $100

Peter Lauve, Abilene -- $200

Angie Marsalis, Abilene -- $500

Susan McCool, Abilene -- $500

Martin Moore, Abilene -- $100

Tommy Morris, Abilene -- $300

Robert Pace, Abilene -- $1,000

Linda Phillips, Abilene -- $100

Randy Reese, Abilene -- $250

Sam Reyes, Abilene -- $250

Larry Smith, Abilene -- $250

Mark Spurlock, Abilene -- $100

David Thedford, Abilene -- $1,000

James Thompson, Abilene -- $100

Richard Waldraff, Abilene -- $100

Charles Walls, Abilene -- $100

Gene Wasemiller, Abilene -- $100

-- Claire Mehaffey

Yvonne Batts, Abilene -- $100

Jill Bishop, Abilene -- $100

Debbie Blake, Abilene -- $50

Sherry Brown, Abilene -- $100

Dr. S. Daggubati, Abilene -- $500

Allen Daughtery, Abilene -- $50

Jamie Dunn, Abilene -- $100

Jane Jones, Abilene -- $100

Nolan Kelley, Abilene -- $50

Sharon Kelly, College Station -- $100

Clyde Kieschnick, Abilene -- $150

Cindy McCarty, Abilene -- $50

Cheryl Purcell, Abilene -- $50

Sharon Rathbun, Abilene -- $125

Susetta Rockett, Abilene -- $50

Barbara Schriever, Abilene -- $100

Nelda Sims, Abilene -- $50

Kimberly Snyder, Abilene -- $100

John Stowe, Abilene -- $200

Thomas Barret, Sweetwater -- $50

Willys Treanor, Abilene -- $100</money>

John Young, Sweetwater -- $250

-- Mary Ann Fergus

Dan Fergus Jr., Abilene -- $2,000

Anita Fergus, Abilene -- $1,000

David Bell, Abilene -- $100

Evelyn Ferguson, Abilene -- $100

Margaret Jackson, Abilene -- $200

James Tittle, Abilene -- $50

State District 71 Representative

-- Susan King

Associated General Contractors- Texas Building Branch Political Action Committee, Austin -- $1,000

Allison, Bass & Associates, Austin -- $100

AT&T Texas PAC, Austin -- $2,500

Virginia H. Boyd, Abilene -- $1,000

Verna Brister, Abilene -- $50

Charles C. Butt, San Antonio -- $2,500

Susan R. Calvo, Abilene -- $100

Jaime Capelo, Austin -- $1,000

Chevron Employees PAC, San Ramon, Calif. -- $1,000

Lauren Clark, Abilene -- $200

John Cary Cooke III, Abilene -- $50

Jody DePriest, Abilene -- $1,000

Energy PAC, Dallas -- $1,000

Gardere Wynne Swell LLP Campaign Fund, Dallas -- $500

William P. Gollihar Sr., Abilene -- $250

Taurig Greenberg PAC, Albany -- $1,000

Health Care Service Corporation Employees' PAC -- Chicago, Ill. -- $500

HeartPlace PAC, Dallas -- $2,500

R.F. Heaven, Abilene -- $100

Independent Bankers Association of Texas PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Johnson & Johnson PAC, New Brunswick, N.J. -- $1,000

Junior and Community College PAC, Austin -- $500

K & L Gates LLP Committee for Good Government, Dallas -- $500

Nanci Liles, Abilene -- $500

Mark Maxwell, Abilene -- $500

Dr. A. Nafrawi, Abilene -- $50

Newman Ranches, Sweetwater -- $100

Rex Nutt, Abilene -- $150

Vincent J. Priestner, Abilene -- $200

Diana Richert, Abilene -- $200

Keith N. Robinson Jr., Abilene -- $100

Dean A. Schultz Jr., Abilene -- $100

Kent Strain, Tye -- $500

Steve Strain, Abilene -- $500

Bob Surovik, Abilene -- $100

Texas Osteopathic Medical Association PAC, Austin -- $500

Texas Academy of Physicians Assistants PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Austin -- $1,000

Texas Alliance for Life PAC, Austin -- $2,875.07

Texas Apartment Association PAC, Austin -- $1,500

Texas Architects Committee, Austin -- $1,000

Texas Association of Realtors PAC, Austin -- $2,500

Texas Dental Association PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Texas farm Bureau AgFund Inc., Waco -- $1,018.03

Texas Funeral Directors Association PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Texas Medical Association PAC, Austin -- $5,100

Texas Restaurant Association PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Texas farm Agents PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Texas Surplus Lines Association PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Texas Wildlife Association PAC, San Antonio -- $250

Bob Trotter, Abilene -- $100

Carl Trusler, Abilene -- $500

Texas Society of Anesthesiologist PAC, Austin -- $1,000

Darrell Ueckert, Merkel -- $250

Weatherl & Associates, Abilene -- $500

Allen Wright, Abilene -- $50

-- Isaac Castro

Accountability First PAC, Austin -- $3,000 split between Feb. 1 and Feb. 21

Don Bailey, Hamlin -- <money>$100

Melba Bailey, Hamlin -- $100

Gerald Barnett, Hamlin -- $250

Don Bierwagen, Stamford -- $50

Chris Carnohan, Abilene -- $100

Joe Ford, $100

Lionel Gonzalez, Hamlin -- $100

James Kiser, Hamlin -- $50

Joye Mayo, Hamlin -- $250

Raymond Medford, Stamford -- $200

Mallory Miller, Lubbock -- $500

Jimmy Pickens, Abilene -- $100

Norman Ruotanen, Abilene -- $260

Ronnie Shoemaker, Hamlin -- $200

James West, Stamford -- $100

Place 3 Justice, 11th Court of Appeals

-- John Bailey

Vicki Bradley, Eastland -- $2,500

Douglas Baker, Seymour -- $50

Russell Beard, Abilene -- $100

George Bishop, Abilene -- $50

Diane Bowden, Eastland -- $100

Brockett & McNeel LLP, Midland -- $250

Ernest Cannon, Stephenville -- $1,000

Robert Clark, Abilene -- $100

Joan Dickenson, Abilene -- $1,000

Derrick Elliot, Eastland -- $50

Johnette Ervin, Brownwood -- $1,000

Charles Erwin, Abilene -- $100

Jim Farrar, Eastland -- $250

Glasgow, Taylor, Isham & Glasgow, Stephenville -- $500

Gravley & Leggett PLLC, Abilene -- $100

Gilbert Guerrero, Abilene -- $250

Courtney Hansen, Eastland -- $50

Paul Hoch, Highland Village -- $250

David HurstAbilene -- $50

Emmett Lasater, Eastland -- $100

Garry Lewellen, Stephenville -- $500

Linda Lightfoot, Abilene -- $250

Forrest McCray, Abilene -- $50

Alan Nash, Stephenville -- $100

Miles Nelson, Midland -- $100

Sally Nicholas, Eastland -- $100

Terry Rhoads, Midland -- $100

Charles Rice, Abilene -- $100

John Ritchie, Mineral Wells -- $50

Matthew Ritchie, Abilene -- $50

Mike Siebert, Eastland -- $500

Bobby Smith, Cisco -- $100

Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Austin -- $161.55

Gloria Thompson, El Paso -- $50

Al Walvoord, Midland -- $400

Tommy Walford, Eastland -- $150

Dan Wilks, Cisco -- $2,500

James Wilks, Sweetwater -- $250

-- Cade Browning

Texas Farm Bureau AgFund PAC, Waco -- $1,000

Gordon Asbury III, Abilene -- $150

Rusty Beard, Abilene -- $100

Randy Bibb, Abilene -- $50

Grace Carroll, Abilene -- $100

Tom Choate, Abilene -- $250

Snehal Doshi, Beaumont -- $500

Keeton Eoff, Buffalo Gap -- $250

Ted Evans III, Abilene -- $750

Charles Ferguson, Abilene -- $250

Richard Alyn Ford, Los Alamos, N.M. -- $100

Helen Groves, Baird -- $500

Larry Hall, Abilene -- $500

George Harvick, Albany -- $250

Steven Hayes, Fort Worth -- $100

Karl Koen, Plano -- $100

Paul J. Manning, Lubbock -- $250

Brandon Mascorro, Abilene -- $500

Vance McCracken, Wimberley -- $100

George McKearin, Richardson -- $50

Philip Morehead, Tuscola -- $75

Jimmy Parker, Abilene -- $250

Mike Parsons, Albany -- $500

Kristin Postell, Abilene -- $50

Holly Priestner, Austin -- $100

Sam Reyes, Abilene -- $500

Philip Ricketts, Austin -- $200

Yanell Rieder, Abilene -- $250

Joe Will Ross, San Angelo -- $500

Barry Sall, Weatherford -- $50

Clint Sandidge, Houston -- $100

Louis Sandidge, Navasota -- $100

Vern Sauter, Waco -- $50

Scott Senter, Abilene -- $50

Nick Shepherd, Abilene -- $100

Sam Vinson, Abilene -- $250

Bill Voelter, Abilene -- $50

Dennis Von Willer, Tuscola -- $500

Tiffany Wagstaff, Abilene -- $50

Coleman Ward, Grapevine -- $100

Sources: Texas Ethics Commission and Taylor County Elections Office.

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