Below is a list of all the contributors to the reelection campaign of District 37 Texas Representative Rene Oliveira that he filed January 16 with the Texas Ethics Commission.
Of the 69 contributions, 49 were from Political Action Committees, 12 were from lobbyists, four were from lawyers (tax collections and political consultants), and only five were from Brownsville, including two from Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, LLP, one from a firefighters' PAC and two from individuals (Ernesto de Leon Sr. and Dr. Asim Zamir, 7.2 percent).
Sixty one of the 69 contributions (88.4) came from either PACs (from Texas and out-of-state) or lobbyists. Only two individuals (De Leon and Zamir) live in Brownsville. (2.9 percent). It's intriguing to note that Oliveira got $30,000 ($5,000 first, later $25,000) from the TREPAC/TX Association of Realtors PAC, Austin (#s 49 and 50 on the list below).
This has paid off well for Oliveira who has been in the legislature for 34 years and is seeking another term to make it 36. And despite his "seniority" his committee appointments in the Republican-controlled Lege are in inconsequential committees.
Oliveria's campaign and finance report for the filing period from June 1 through December 31, 2017 lists contributions of 126,107.70.
He lists expenditures of 167,756.58 and has 29,640.38 on hand. Below, by alphabetical order, is the full list of Oliveira's contributors. So who do you think he'll listen to?
1. AT&T Texas PAC, Austin, $2,500
2. American Electric Power Co - Texas - Comm. Resp. Gov PAC, Austin, $1,000
3. Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner & Engel, LLP, Austin: $2,500
4. Beer Alliance of Texas PAC, Austin: $500
5. Blackridge, (Lobbyists) Austin: $1,000
6. Blackridge, (Lobbyists) Austin: $1,000
7. Bond, Tom (Lobbyist), Georgetown: $1,000
8. Brownsville Firefighters Association, Local 970, PAC, Brownsville: $500
9. Castaneda, Jr. , Tristan (Lobbyist), Austin: $350
10. CenterPoint Energy, Inc PAC, Houston: $1,500
11. Charter Communications, Inc.Texas PAC, Austin: $1,500
12. Comcast Corporation PAC& NBC Universal PAC, Philadelphia, Pa.: $2,500
13. Congress Avenue Partners, Austin (Public Relations): $1,250
14. De Leon, Ernesto, Brownsville: $50
15. ENPAC Texas (Entergy), Austin: $1,000
16 Eli Lilly and Co PAC, Indianapolis, In.: $500
17. Enbridge (USA) Inc. PAC, Houston: $500
18. Energy Leaders PAC of Vistra Energy, Irvin: $2,500
19. Excelon PAC, Washinton, D.C., $2,500
20. Farmers Employee & Agent PAC of TX, Austin: $5,000
21. Focused Advocacy PAC, Austin: $2,500
22. Garcia , Joe (Lobbyist), Austin: $500
23. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. PAC, Albany, N.Y.: $2,000
24. Hardy, Richard, (Lobbyist) Austin: $1,000
25. HillCo PAC, Austin: $1,000
26. HomePAC of Texas (Texas Assoc. of Builders), Austin: $1,500
27. INDEPAC, Austin: $2,500
28. Landry's Restaurants, PAC, Houston: $1,000
29. Laredo Fire PAC, Laredo: $1,000
30. Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP (Delinquent tax collectors), Austin: $2,500
31. Long, Wade (Lobbyist), Austin: $250
32. Longbow Consulting Partners LLC, (Lobbyists) Austin: $500
33. McGuire Woods Federal PAC Fund, Richmond, Va.: $250
34. McLane Company, Inc. PAC, Temple: $3,500
35. NRG Energy PAC, Princeton, N.J.: $1,000
36. Oncor Texas State PAC, Dallas, $2,500
37. P. John Kuhl, Jr., P.C, (Lobbyist) Houston: $1,000
38. PAC of Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, Austin: $500
39. Prudential Financial Inc., State & Federal PAC, Newark, N.J.: $500
40. Ramirez, Rene, (Lobbyist), McAllen: $500
41. Raytheon PAC, Arlington, Va.: $750
42. Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, LLP, Brownsville: $500
43. Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, LLP, Brownsville: $500
44. Rural Friends of Electric Cooperatives PAC, Austin: $2,500
45. Southwest Airlines Co. Freedom PAC, Dallas: $1,000
46: TAPTP PAC (Property Tax Professionals), Helotes: $500
47. TBA Bank PAC - State, Austin: $1,500
48. TEXPAC (Texas Medical Assocation PAC), Austin: $1,000
49. TREPAC/TX Association of Realtors PAC, Austin: $5,000
50. TREPAC/TX Association of Realtors PAC, Austin: $25,000
51. Tenaska Employees Texas PAC, Omaha, Nebraska: $1,500
52. Tenet Healthcare Corp. PAC, Dallas: $250
53. Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC, Austin: $2,500
54. Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC, Austin: $1,500
55. Texas Agricultural Aviation Association-Air PAC, Austin: $500
56. Texas Alliance Oil & Gas PAC, Wichita Fallas: $400
57. Texas Building Branch AGC PAC, Austin: $2,000
58. Texas Mortgage Bankers PAC, Austin: $3,000
59. Texas Taxi PAC, Austin: $750
60. Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC, Austin: $2,500
61. The Storage Place, Austin: $1,500
62. Toomey, Michael (Lobbyist), Austin: $1,000
63. UPSPAC, Atlanta, Ga.: $1,000
64. USAA Employee PAC, San Antonio: $3,000
65. Undavia, Khyati (Pharmacist), Houston: $4,500
66. Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective Government PAC, Washington, D.C.: $1,500
67. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 455, PAC, Washington, D.C. : $1,000
68. Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas PAC, Austin: $1,000
69. Zamir, Asim (Physician), Brownsville: $500
To see Oliveira's complete TEC campaign report, click on link: http://204.65.203.5/public/100694002.pdf
To see Oliveira's complete TEC campaign report, click on link: http://204.65.203.5/public/100694002.pdf