And you wonder who ruined your State?
Greg Abbott’s entire career has been built in public service, sucking on the tit of the government—first as a Supreme Court Justice, then as Attorney General, and now as Governor. Over the course of his gubernatorial runs, he has raised a staggering $336 million.
A significant chunk of that money—$53 million—comes from just 10 billionaire donors who wrote single checks of $1 million or more. That includes $8.5 million originating from out-of-state donors in California and Nevada. Topping the donor list is Javaid Anwar of Midland Energy, whose contributions to only Abbott exceed $15 million. He deserves a dedicated post on his entire contributions.
Notably, these numbers leave out powerful groups whose donations only cross the million-dollar mark when added together. For instance, Texans for Lawsuit Reform gave Abbott $1.5 million over this period, but kept each individual check below $1 million. See The Trillionaire, Billionaires, and Millionaires Running the Texas GOP
Uncovering this data isn’t easy. The Texas Ethics Commission report for “Texans for Greg Abbott” contains over 73,000 pages and more than 1 million raw entries. Because the dataset is too massive to download in full, public access is limited to basic fields: contribution counts, report numbers, and dollar amounts.
Fueled by millionaires and billionaires, Abbott’s campaign machine relies on major wealthy donors to stay in power. Here are the 10 billionaire mega-donors who gave at least one $1 million donation:
| Name | Donation | City | State | Company |
| Anwar, Javaid | $15,565,278 | Midland | Texas | Midland Energy Inc. |
| Roski, Edwar | $5,850,000 | City of Industry | California | Majestic Realty Co |
| Warren ,Kelcy | $5,250,000 | Dallas | Texas | Energy Transfer |
| Pitcock ,James | $4,606,069 | Houston Texas | Texas | Williams Brothers |
| Troutt ,Kenny | $4,150,000 | Dallas | Texas | Excel Communications |
| Porter, Michael | $3,850,000 | Doss | Texas | Rancher |
| Doggett ,William | $3,400,054 | Houston | Texas | Doggestt Equipment |
| fisher, Kenneth | $3,325,430 | Plano | Texas | Fisher Investments |
| Gebbia ,Joe | $2,502,500 | West Lake Hill | Texas | Airbnb |
| Adelson, Miriam | $2,500,000 | Las Vegas | Nevada | Doctor |
| Texas Republican Leadership | $2,000,000 | Amarillo | Texas | PAC |
| $52,999,331 |
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