Who is really paying for Texas politics?

A public index of where Texas political money comes from: every itemized contribution classified by the donor's reported state, and each candidate's PAC money traced back to its own sources, to show how much comes from outside Texas.

Live dataData through 2026-07-15

A foreign national cannot spend one dollar to influence a Texas election. Not from Beijing, not from Mexico City.

Then explain California.

19 cents of every dollar in Texas politics comes from outside the state, from people who will never vote here. It does not decide who wins. It decides who the winner owes.

Texas elections should be decided by Texans, and Texans alone.

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Where the outside money comes from

Every state shaded by how much money it sent into Texas politics. Darker is more. Texas is the destination. Select a state for its biggest Texas recipients.

Texas (destination)Less More outside money

19.1%of the money is from outside Texas

29.2%of individual donations are from outside Texas

29.7%of individual donors are from outside Texas

A further 7.1% of the money can't be traced to a place under the current rules. It stays in the total and is counted as neither Texas nor outside.

The index

335 active this cycle · people

The office beside each name is a seat that filer has held or run for, not necessarily one they hold now. PACs are listed as political committees.

Nathan A. Alonzo

99.9%outside Texas$166K of $167K

96.9%outside Texas$245K of $253K

John R. Huffman

95.1%outside Texas$3.2M of $3.4M

State Representative

86.6%outside Texas$264K of $305K

Lieutenant Governor

83.5%outside Texas$577K of $691K

State Representative

75.1%outside Texas$1.4M of $1.9M

Jose Nathanael Loya

Land Commissioner

70.8%outside Texas$77K of $108K

Nathan E. Watkins

State Representative

66.6%outside Texas$1.4M of $2.1M

Robin J. Lerner

State Representative

65.6%outside Texas$72K of $109K

State Representative

64.4%outside Texas$333K of $517K

Staci D. Childs

State Board of Education

60.9%outside Texas$138K of $226K

Kenneth P. King

State Representative

57.0%outside Texas$2.6M of $4.5M

Julie M. Pickren

State Board of Education

53.4%outside Texas$109K of $205K

Attorney General

53.4%outside Texas$111K of $208K

David Jones Hardaway

State Representative

48.2%outside Texas$2.1M of $4.3M

Attorney General

44.5%outside Texas$162K of $365K

Stephanie Limon Bazan

State Board of Education

44.3%outside Texas$70K of $158K

Oliver S. Kitzman Jr.

State Representative

44.1%outside Texas$2.5M of $5.8M

Julio Mauricio Salinas

State Representative

43.3%outside Texas$121K of $279K

State Representative

43.1%outside Texas$62K of $144K

State Representative

40.2%outside Texas$614K of $1.5M

Jimmy R. Wright

Chief Justice, Court of Appeals

38.9%outside Texas$1.0M of $2.6M

Criminal District Attorney, Coleman Co.

37.2%outside Texas$54K of $145K

Jeremy Hendricks

State Representative

36.2%outside Texas$52K of $145K

County Party Chair

36.1%outside Texas$41K of $113K

Jamie L. Haynes

State Representative

35.7%outside Texas$165K of $463K

Lisa D. McEntire

State Representative

35.7%outside Texas$233K of $653K

Harold V. Dutton Jr.

State Representative

35.5%outside Texas$87K of $244K

Angelia Duke Orr

State Representative

35.3%outside Texas$1.6M of $4.4M

Charlene Ward Johnson

State Representative

35.3%outside Texas$52K of $148K

Barbara Hawkins

State Representative

33.4%outside Texas$50K of $149K

Ronald E. Reynolds

State Representative

33.1%outside Texas$38K of $116K

Desi I. Martinez

State Representative

32.4%outside Texas$169K of $522K

Trenton E. Ashby

State Representative

31.2%outside Texas$1.8M of $5.8M

Montserrat Garibay

State Representative

30.8%outside Texas$173K of $560K

State Representative

30.7%outside Texas$198K of $645K

State Representative

29.7%outside Texas$46K of $154K

State Representative

29.6%outside Texas$789K of $2.7M

Kelly G. Peterson

State Representative

29.5%outside Texas$201K of $682K

Venton C. Jones Jr.

State Representative

28.1%outside Texas$124K of $440K

Showing the top 40 of 335 filers above $100k, by share outside Texas. Sort by outside dollars to include smaller filers.

Every score splits the money three ways.

Texas

Resolved to an in-state source from the reported contributor address.

Outside Texas

Resolved to an out-of-state source. This is the money the index exists to surface.

Unresolved

Untraceable under the current rules, including unitemized lump sums. Never guessed, never forced onto a side.

The exact direct share and the modeled PAC-inherited share are always shown apart. Read the full methodology.

The same rule for everyone.

Every filer is measured with the same calculation. Party, office, and political alignment do not change the result.

Direct contributions come from reported contributor addresses. The inherited portion follows money through political committees. It is a model, and the site labels it that way.

See something wrong? Each published profile links to a correction and dispute path.