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Who’s Got The Money?
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By Britt E. Stafford
People Newspapers Texas has voted red for the past four presidential elections, and local money is trying to ensure that continues. Based on data reported by the Center for Responsive Politics and the Federal Election Commission, donations to presidential campaigns from Park Cities and Preston Hollow zip codes totaled more than $2 million through October 2015. The CRP’s Open Secrets website showed that Dallas as a whole has donated more than $4.6 million to all candi-
dates combined, about 43 percent of which comes from the Park Cities and Preston Hollow. About 75 percent, or $1.5 million, of those contributions have gone to somebody in the large GOP field. Despite that fact, Hillary Clinton has garnered more than $493,000, the largest amount of money donated to any single campaign from the area. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is the favored Republican candidate across the board in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow — following close behind Clinton — with more than $469,000 through October. Year-end fig-
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ures aren’t yet available. While former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign was cut short, he managed to gain the two largest monetary contributions from the area. In addition to money given directly to his three-month campaign, the two largest contributions reported by the CRP were made to the Opportunity and Freedom political-action committee, which backed Perry. Preston Hollow resident Kelcy Warren donated $6 million, while University Park’s Darwin Deason contributed $5 million.
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G A G E S K I D M O R E A N D C R U Z , C L I N T O N , & R A N D C A M PA I G N S
Local backers bankroll presidential race
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PA C B A C K E R S
$6 MILLION
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Kelcy Warren — of Klyde Warren Park fame — gave to the Opportunity and Freedom PAC, which backed Rick Perry.
$5 MILLION
Billionaire Darwin Deason also gave to Opportunity and Freedom PAC.
$2 MILLION
Trevor Rees-Jones, founder and chairman of Chief Oil and Gas, gave to the Right to Rise — a pro-Bush PAC.
SOURCE: THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE P O L I T I C S ( A S O F O C T. 2 0 1 5 )
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