THE WEST TEXAS BILLIONAIRE
BUYING TEXAS

Texas’ most extreme politics are driven by a billionaire from West Texas and a group of PACs he supports. Here’s how he's doing it.

WILKS IS BUYING POLITICIANS TO PUSH A RADICAL POLITICAL AGENDA AT ODDS WITH MOST TEXANS’ VALUES
Wilks, his brother, and their PACs have spent $6 million in direct contributions to 2018 Texas Legislature House and Senate campaigns as of July 2018
THESE POLITICIANS HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING SHARES OF THEIR 2018 CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM THE WILKSES AND THEIR PACS



Sen. Bob Hall
SD-2 Rockwall
Sen. Konni Burton
SD-10 Colleyville
Angela Paxton
SD-8 Plano


Sen. Don Huffines
SD-16 Dallas
Pete Flores
SD-19 Pleasanton




Rep. Cole Hefner
HD-5 Mount Pleasant

Rep. Matt Shaheen
HD-66 Plano
Rep. Matt Schaefer
HD-6 Tyler

Rep. Jeff Leach
HD-67 Plano


Rep. Matt Krause
HD-93 Fort Worth
Rep. Tony Tinderholt
HD-94 Arlington
Deanna Metzger
HD-107 Garland

Jonathan Boos
HD-113 Richardson

Steve Toth
HD-15 The Woodlands
Rep. Mike Lang
HD-60 Granbury


Rep. Kyle Biedermann
HD-73 Fredericksburg
Rep. Jonathan Stickland
HD-92 Bedford

Rep. Bill Zedler
HD-96 Arlington

Jared Patterson
HD-106 Frisco


Lisa Luby Ryan
HD-114 Dallas
Rep. Matt Rinaldi
HD-115 Farmers Branch

Rep. Valoree Swanson
HD-150 Spring
Rep. Briscoe Cain
HD-128 Richardson

Attorney General Ken Paxton
$2,051,000
since 2014
(including $1m loan, 2014 AG primary runoff)

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
$1,458,000
since 2014
(including $300k loan, 2014 Lt. Gov. primary runoff)
The percentages above are calculated as publicly reported funds received from Farris & Dan Wilks and their PACs as of October 2018, as a percentage of overall funds raised in the 2018 campaign cycle.
These numbers will be updated after each new campaign filing deadline.