As I have said in the past, before you run for office make sure you know the laws concerning campaign donations.
City of Houston elections will be in November. The Houston Chronicle has a list of candidates that have filed. The filing deadline is in August so this list can change. Also candidates will have the opportunity to move to different positions until the deadline.
A couple of notes. I believe there is a $5000 limit on donations from individuals and PACs. Robin Williams, who is running for Mayor, has a number of donations, including one from herself, that has violated this limit. An amount of NA means the candidate has not filed a report yet. I only included At Large and the District E race which includes Clear Lake. For incumbents I included the figures only from their last report. Some of the candidates have reported fundraising numbers over the past year and some have raised money only over the last few months. Senator Whitmire has listed Cash on Hand including his donations from his previous years in office, as did Martin and Kubosh. Here are the totals for Houston City Council races:
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Loans | COH |
| John Whitmire | $1,148,015 | $249,142 | $0 | $10,100,086 |
| Amanda Edwards | $1,356,232 | $291,636 | $0 | $1,044,338 |
| Chris Hollins | $167,034 | $607,220 | $0 | $1,062,754 |
| Lee Kaplan | $1,300,390 | $340,962 | $200,000 | $1,164,527 |
| Robert Gallegos | $48,837 | $27,626 | $0 | $133,471 |
| Derrick Broze | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Naoufal Houjami | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Raykey Tezino | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Robin Williams | $188,995 | $0 | $52,700 | $188,995 |
| At Large 1 | ||||
| Conchita Shelly Reyes | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Isaiah Martin | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Leah Wolfthal | $43,812 | $16,683 | $0 | $24,953 |
| Melanie Miles | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| At Large 2 | ||||
| Danielle Bess | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Marina Coryat | $13,714 | $4,063 | $0 | $1,562 |
| Holly Flynn Vilascea | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Julian Ramirez | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Nick Hellyar | $65,854 | $6,772 | $0 | $44,710 |
| At Large 3 | ||||
| Donnell Cooper | $25,977 | $17,631 | $0 | $9,189 |
| Ericka Mczcrutcheon | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| James Joseph | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Obes Nwabara | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Richard Cantu | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Twila Carter | $85,926 | $9,456 | $4,000 | $78,768 |
| At Large 4 | ||||
| Letitia Plummer | $4,125 | $10,309 | $0 | $24,741 |
| John Branch | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Roy Morales | $0 | $465 | $5,838 | $0 |
| At Large 5 | ||||
| Sally Alcorn | $155,531 | $28,187 | $0 | $206,273 |
| Undeclared | ||||
| Charles Onwuche | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mark McGee | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| District E | ||||
| Fred Flickinger | $0 | $1,933 | $50,000 | $0 |
| Martina Lemond Dixon | $254 | $254 | $100 | $84 |
| Patricia Olivares | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Controller | ||||
| Dave Martin | $8,250 | $12,493 | $0 | $161,851 |
| Michael Kubosh | $22,900 | $3,612 | $196,000 | $54,289 |
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