Former CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen, seen here taking a knee to Greg Abbott, and former President of Bay Area Economic Partnership, Bob Mitchell, are raking in outside special interest money for their race to represent the Bay Area.
Scott Bowen and Bob Mitchell are running for the Republican nomination for State Representative of the Bay Area. Both have raised significant amounts of money for the primary election to be held March 3. You probably have seen the Bowen and Mitchell signs littering the district. Most of their money is coming from outside of the district and from Political Action Committees (PACs)
Scott Bowen has raised about $213,000 with $108,000 coming from Texans for Lawsuit Reform. Only $19,774 of all of Bowen’s donations came from within the district. TLR was created by David Weekley, a homebuilder, and his brother to limit lawsuits against those who harm consumers. Another $25,000 came from Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC. This PAC is funded by the two billionaires out of Dallas, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks both featured on CNN (How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state’s far-right shift). They used to be called Defend Texas Liberty until their leadership was caught meeting with Nick Fuentes, a known extremist, white supremacist. (Go ahead and google him) Bowen recruited Defend Texas Liberty to fund candidates running for CCISD Trustee. They all lost. Defend Texas Liberty also financed the campaign for Bryan Slaton. Slaton was caught providing alcohol to an underaged staffer and having sex with her. He was the first House Representative to be removed from office.
Bob Mitchell raised $145,000 with $107,000 coming from the Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund. About $18,331 came from within the district. Early voting starts Tuesday.
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