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Lawmakers Line Up
To End Frack Attacks
Industry Gave Lawmakers $5.5 Million in Latest Cycle
he Energy and Natural Resources industry was the No. 1 funder of Texas politicians in the 2014 cycle, supplying 17
cents of every non-judicial campaign dollar. No
wonder swarms of lawmakers rushed to the rescue when the industry complained about local
governments restricting fracking operations. As
state officials indulge such fracking hazards as
earthquakes, air, noise and water pollution, local
governments are fighting back.
Oil and gas interests gave 31 Texas Senators a
total of $1.7 million in the 2014 cycle, or an average of more than $56,000 apiece. They gave
$3.8 million to 144 Texas House membersor
an average of more than $25,000 each. Researchers did not find oil and gas money in the
war chests of five members: Roberto Alonzo,
Ana Hernandez, Celia Israel, Gilbert Pena and
Ron Reynolds (district 124 is currently vacant).
At least five bills have been introduced to curtail
local regulation of the oil and gas industry.1 HB
40 and an identical SB 1165 are the greased
frontrunners. Lead authors Drew Darby and
Troy Fraser chair the House Energy Resources
City
Dallas
Cisco
OK City
Austin
Fort Worth
Washington
San Antonio
Midland
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Tyler
Dallas
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
Dallas
Fort Worth
Omaha
Midland
Cisco
Dallas
Austin
Abilene
Corpus
Houston
Beeville
Warrenville IL
El Paso
Houston
OK City
Irving
Dallas
Plano
Houston
Dallas
Houston
Dallas
Odessa
Austin
Tulsa OK
Houston
Irving
Midland
San Antonio
Woodlands
Odessa
Favorite
Lawmakers
Straus, Hinojosa
Burton, Shaheen
Straus, Fraser
Straus, Keffer
Straus, Nelson
Straus, Hunter
Straus, Fraser, Hunter
Burton, Krause
Sc. Turner, Creighton, Perry
Straus, Alvarado, Uresti
Keffer, Straus
Straus, Cook, Keffer
Keffer, Meyer, Villalba
Straus, Creighton, Geren
Seven-way tie
Huffines, Meyer
Straus, Nelson
Straus
Sc. Turner, Stickland
Schaefer, Buton
Straus, Estes, Nichols
Four-way tie
Fraser, Keffer
Hinojosa, Straus
Straus, Fraser
Straus, Hunter, Otto
Seliger, Kolkhorst, Turner
Huffines, Marquez
Sc. Turner, Hall
Straus
Straus
V. Taylor, Straus
V. Taylor, E. Thompson
Straus, Huffman, Seliger
Straus, Koop, Meyer
Straus, Seliger
Seliger, Straus
Seliger, Craddick
Fraser, Straus, Darby
Straus, Fraser, Isaac
Straus, Fraser, Hinojosa
Five-way ties
Straus, Darby, Seliger
Straus, Menendez
Creighton, Straus
Stickland, Landgraf, Burton
Oil-Gas
% of Total
35.1%
35%
31.3%
20.4%
18.7%
18.6%
15.1%
14.6%
14.4%
14.3%
13.8%
13.3%
13.2%
13.1%
13.1%
12.6%
12.4%
12.2%
12.2%
12.2%
11.4%
10.2%
9.3%
9.3%
8.9%
8.7%
8.6%
8.6%
8.3%
8.3%
8.2%
8.2%
8.1%
8.1%
8%
7.7%
7.7%
7.7%
7.5%
7.4%
7.4%
7.4%
7.1%
6.9%
6.9%
6.7%
6.5%
6.4%
Representative
*Scott Turner
Tom Craddick
*Matt Krause
*Brooks Landgraf
*Jim Keffer
*David Simpson
Ken King
*Matt Schaefer
*James Frank
*Chris Paddie
Terry Canales
*Bryan Hughes
Charlie Geren
Myra Crownover
Gene Wu
*Jason Villalba
*Phil King
John Frullo
*Jonathan Stickland
Matt Shaheen
Joe Straus
*Tony Dale
*Morgan Meyer
Abel Herrero
Byron Cook
Stephanie Klick
Jim Murphy
Lyle Larson
*B Allen Fletcher
*Drew Springer
*Bill Zedler
*Tracy King
Dennis Bonnen
*Drew Darby
*Patricia Harless
Dustin Burrows
Susan King
Ruth Jones McClendon
*Stuart Spitzer
Doug Miller
*Trent Ashby
*Scott Sanford
*Molly White
*James White
House Average
Wayne Smith
John Kuempel
Craig Goldman
Dist.
(Party)
33 (R)
82 (R)
93 (R)
81 (R)
60 (R)
7 (R)
88 (R)
6 (R)
69 (R)
9 (R)
40 (D)
5 (R)
5 (R)
64 (R)
137 (D)
114 (R)
61 (R)
84 (R)
92 (R)
92 (R)
121 (R)
136 (R)
108 (R)
34 (D)
8 (R)
91 (R)
133 (R)
122 (R)
130 (R)
68 (R)
96 (R)
80 (D)
25 (R)
72 (R)
126 (R)
83 (R)
71 (R)
120 (D)
4 (R)
73 (R)
57 (R)
70 (R)
55 (R)
19 (R)
128 (R)
44 (R)
97 (R)
Koch Industries
Dan Hughes (Dan A. Hughes Co.)
Good Gov. Fund (Bass Bros.)
$36,501
$40,100
$86,051
$24,450
$2,500
$13,000
$28,000
$38,000
$12,750
$17,500
$9,000
$6,000
$10,000
$14,750
$15,501
$12,000
$37,098
$38,916
$14,500
$25,048
$25,751
$9,000
$11,000
$10,500
$23,517
$3,500
$7,750
$11,601
$19,800
$5,750
$5,250
$16,751
$4,250
$9,250
$18,750
$45,451
$5,925
$3,750
$8,750
$4,500
$5,000
$2,200
$3,000
$6,500
$6,600
$7,501
$3,750
$6,750
$6,500
$6,500
$6,600
6.4%
6.4%
6.3%
6.2%
6.1%
6.1%
5.7%
5.7%
5.5%
5.3%
5.2%
5.2%
5.2%
5%
4.9%
4.9%
4.6%
4.6%
4.6%
4.2%
4.2%
4.2%
4.1%
4%
4%
3.9%
3.9%
3.9%
3.9%
3.9%
3.7%
3.6%
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
3.4%
3.4%
3.4%
3.3%
3.3%
3.2%
3.2%
3.1%
3.1%
3.1%
3.1%
3%
2.9%
2.9%
2.7%
John Otto
Walter Four Price
Todd Hunter
*Travis Clardy
Leighton Schubert
*Matt Rinaldi
*J M Lozano
Richard Raymond
*Jeff Leach
Rafael Anchia
Ed Thompson
Geanie Morrison
*Tony Tinderholt
Tan Parker
*Kyle Kacal
Chris Turner
Kenneth Sheets
*Sarah Davis
*Ryan Guillen
Cindy Burkett
*Jason Isaac
Justin Rodriguez
Eddie Lucio III
*Dwayne Bohac
Marisa Marquez
Doc Anderson
Dan Huberty
John Wray
Linda Koop
Joe Deshotel
Harold Dutton Jr
Angie Chen Button
Marsha Farney
Mike Schofield
Rodney Anderson
*Carol Alvarado
*Cecil Bell Jr
*Oscar Longoria Jr
Bobby Guerra
*Giovanni Capriglione
Phil Stephenson
*Mark Keough
Dawnna Dukes
*Jimmie Don Aycock
John Raney
Larry Phillips
*Ron Simmons
Joe Pickett
*Dan Flynn
Pat Fallon
Dade Phelan
18 (R)
87 (R)
32 (R)
11 (R)
13 (R)
115 (R)
43 (R)
42 (D)
67 (R)
103 (D)
29 (R)
30 (R)
94 (R)
63 (R)
12 (R)
101 (D)
107 (R)
134 (R)
31 (D)
113 (R)
45 (R)
125 (D)
38 (D)
138 (R)
77 (D)
56 (R)
127 (R)
10 (R)
102 (R)
22 (D)
142 (D)
112 (R)
20 (R)
132 (R)
105 (R)
145 (D)
3 (R)
35 (D)
41 (D)
98 (R)
85 (R)
15 (R)
46 (D)
54 (R)
14 (R)
62 (R)
65 (R)
79 (D)
2 (R)
106 (R)
21 (R)
$7,426
2.7% Will Metcalf
$7,501
2.5% Greg Bonnen
$2,500
2.3% Rick Miller
$2,000
2.1% *Poncho Nevarez
$5,361
2% DeWayne Burns
$5,250
2% *Paul Workman
$5,750
2% *Rene Oliveira
$2,500
1.9% Donna Howard
$2,500
1.8% Gary Elkins
$3,100
1.8% Jessica Farrar
$2,000
1.8% Nicole Collier
$6,000
1.8% Ramon Romero
$2,750
1.7% Dennis Paul
$4,000
1.7% Larry Gonzales
$3,250
1.7% *Armando Martinez
$5,500
1.7% Sergio Munoz
$14,500
1.7% Trey Martinez Fischer
$6,500
1.6% Garnet Coleman
$8,251
1.6% *Senfronia Thompson
$5,500
1.5% J D Sheffield
$1,500
1.5% John Smithee
$7,500
1.4% John Zerwas
$1,000
1.3% Armando Walle Jr
$1,000
1.3% Diego Bernal
$2,500
1.3% Eddie Rodriguez
$1,500
1.3% Toni Rose
$4,000
1.3% Yvonne Davis
$10,201
1.2% Sylvester Turner
$3,750
1.1% *Andrew Murr
$1,000
0.9% Alma Allen
$1,500
0.9% Helen Giddings
$4,000
0.8% Cesar Blanco
$750
0.8% Joe Moody
$1,000
0.7% *Debbie Riddle
$1,000
0.7% Gary VanDeaver
$500
0.7% Joe Farias
$11,350
0.6% Wayne Faircloth
$1,550
0.5% *Rick Galindo
$500
0.5% Elliott Naishtat
$1,750
0.5% Eric Johnson
$1,250
0.5% Mary Edna Gonzalez
$500
0.5% Roland Gutierrez
$250
0.3% John Cyrier
$500
0.2% *Jodie Laubenberg
$250
0.2% Borris Lee Miles
$300
0.1% Hubert Vo
$3,777,135
6.90% TOTAL
Bold = Sits on Energy Resources Committee.
*Author or coauthor of House Bill 40.
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16 (R)
24 (R)
26 (R)
74 (D)
58 (R)
47 (R)
37 (D)
48 (D)
135 (R)
148 (D)
95 (D)
90 (D)
129 (R)
52 (R)
39 (D)
36 (D)
116 (D)
147 (D)
141 (D)
59 (R)
86 (R)
28 (R)
140 (D)
123 (D)
51 (D)
110 (D)
111 (D)
139 (D)
53 (R)
131 (D)
109 (D)
76 (D)
78 (D)
150 (R)
1 (R)
118 (D)
23 (R)
117 (R)
49 (D)
100 (D)
75 (D)
119 (D)
17 (R)
89 (R)
146 (D)
149 (D)
Valero
Koch Industries
Energy Transfer Partners/Jim Wise
Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy
Koch Industries
Tenaska
NuStar Energy
Koch Industries
Atmos Energy/Charles Grichar
Atmos Energy
Five-way tie
Pat Black (Apache Corp)
Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy
Occidental Petroleum/Valero
Charles Matthews (Exxon)
William Hill (Houston Oil Producing)
NuStar Energy
TX Oil & Gas Assn.
Atmos Energy
Chesapeake Energy
Atmos Energy
Valero
MJB Operating/Tenaska
Atmos Energy
PSEL PAC (Bass Bros.)
BP North America
Stephen King (King Energy)
Three-way tie
Chevron
Paul Foster (Western Refining)
MJB Operating
Chevron
ExxonMobil Corp
NuStar Energy
Marathon Oil Co.
ExxonMobil Corp
Oneok
Tenaska
Lee Fikes (Bonanza Oil)
NuStar Energy
Jimmy Luecke (Luecke Ranching)
Chevron
Hugo Gutierrez (Marathon Oil)
John Martinez (Production Associates)
HB 40 (Darby), SB 1165 (Fraser), SB 440 (Burton) and HB 539 and HB 540 (both by Phil King).