8 Days Out Campaign Finance Report: Bob Mitchell (Lots of Outside Money)

Mitchell beat out Bowen on fundraising for his 8 day out report. Mitchell raised $102,869 of which only $2025 came from within the district. $86,194 came from in-kind contributions. The donation from the major donors are listed below.

Two PACs the Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund and Houston Region Business Coalition donated the $86,194. $11,500 came from other various PACs including $4,000 from the Texas Sands PAC an organization spending millions to promote gambling in Texas. Other PACs include Conservative Citizens’ Club PAC funded in part by Senator Money Mayes Middleton, HillCo PAC, Houston Police Officers Union PAC, ILA Local 24 Political Action Fund, and PAC of the Texas Hospital Assn. $2025 or about 2% came from donations within the district.

Between Bowen and Mitchell the PACs outside of the district are dominating the Republican race for the Bay Area State Representative.

DonorContribution
Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$70,694
Houston Region Business Coalition$15,500
Texas Sands PAC$4,000
Conservative Citizens’ Club PAC$1,000
HillCo PAC$1,000
Houston Police Officers Union PAC$1,000
ILA Local 24 Political Action Fund$1,500
Texas Hospital Assn PAC$3,000


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