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.

Since 2000, 16 cents of every dollar in Texas politics has come 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

2025–26 cycle

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

Texas (destination)Less More outside money

19.8%of the money is from outside Texas

29.6%of individual donations are from outside Texas

32.2%of individual donors are from outside Texas

A further 3.5% 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

314 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. Each outside-Texas share reflects contributor addresses on public filings, not verified residency, and is not a claim about who wins or about any person's conduct.

John R. Huffman

95.1%outside Texas$3.2M of $3.4M

Julie M. Pickren

State Board of Education

79.7%outside Texas$109K of $136K

Jose Nathanael Loya

Land Commissioner

69.8%outside Texas$76K of $108K

Robin J. Lerner

State Representative

65.6%outside Texas$72K of $109K

Lieutenant Governor

64.1%outside Texas$443K of $691K

Staci D. Childs

State Board of Education

60.9%outside Texas$138K of $226K

State Representative

56.3%outside Texas$237K of $420K

Attorney General

53.4%outside Texas$111K of $208K

State Representative

50.1%outside Texas$464K of $925K

Nathan E. Watkins

State Representative

48.8%outside Texas$651K of $1.3M

Stephanie Limon Bazan

State Board of Education

45.6%outside Texas$70K of $154K

Attorney General

44.6%outside Texas$163K of $365K

Kenneth P. King

State Representative

43.4%outside Texas$1.3M of $3.0M

State Representative

43.0%outside Texas$62K of $144K

Julio Mauricio Salinas

State Representative

42.5%outside Texas$118K of $279K

State Representative

40.2%outside Texas$614K of $1.5M

Angelia Duke Orr

State Representative

39.9%outside Texas$931K of $2.3M

State Representative

37.4%outside Texas$253K of $676K

Jeremy Hendricks

State Representative

37.0%outside Texas$52K of $140K

Charlene Ward Johnson

State Representative

36.3%outside Texas$54K of $148K

Harold V. Dutton Jr

State Representative

35.7%outside Texas$87K of $243K

County Party Chair

35.5%outside Texas$40K of $113K

Ronald E. Reynolds

State Representative

34.8%outside Texas$40K of $115K

Barbara Hawkins

State Representative

33.4%outside Texas$50K of $149K

State Representative

33.1%outside Texas$738K of $2.2M

State Representative

31.5%outside Texas$196K of $623K

State Representative

29.7%outside Texas$46K of $154K

Kelly G. Peterson

State Representative

29.7%outside Texas$202K of $681K

Montserrat Garibay

State Representative

29.2%outside Texas$162K of $555K

Lisa D. McEntire

State Representative

27.9%outside Texas$163K of $582K

Venton C. Jones Jr

State Representative

27.8%outside Texas$121K of $435K

27.5%outside Texas$402K of $1.5M

George J. Kopser Jr

State Representative

27.3%outside Texas$52K of $189K

State Representative

27.1%outside Texas$46K of $169K

Katherine O'Brien Duzan

State Representative

27.0%outside Texas$39K of $143K

Stanley Arthur Gerdes

State Representative

26.6%outside Texas$340K of $1.3M

25.5%outside Texas$39K of $152K

25.4%outside Texas$405K of $1.6M

William C. Rowland II

State Representative

24.4%outside Texas$26K of $107K

Cecil I. Bell Jr

State Representative

24.3%outside Texas$252K of $1.0M

Showing the top 40 of 314 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.