Elon Musk is funneling over $7 million to reelect GOP Sen. Jon Husted.
Only Ken Paxton is getting more of Musk's money.
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Texas has no limits on how much an individual can give to a state candidate, which makes the state a magnet for large checks. Our Texas receipts cover the governor, the attorney general, and federal officials from the state.
State campaign finance reports in Texas are filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
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Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has renewed his border "disaster" order at least 69 times.
His agencies cited it for over $5 million in no-bid contracts, including for apartments and a Ford F-150.
Elon Musk gave Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's campaign $500,000.
About 3 months later, Abbott signed off on over $1.6 billion in tax breaks for Musk's chip plant.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton weighed in on legal matters to the benefit of 5 groups that funded his campaigns.
Some of them gave him tens of thousands of dollars.
Ken Paxton partied in Dubai on New Year's Eve with 2 fugitives indicted for healthcare fraud.
Paxton received $190,000 from the men.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 taxpayer-funded trips costing taxpayers $3.3 million.
Trump said he expected Rep. Henry Cuellar to switch parties after pardoning his bribery case.
"I guess I expected maybe he wouldn't run, or maybe he'd run maybe as a Republican."
