Texas Republican candidates and officeholders have raised $164.5 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state House candidates and officeholders, Dade Phelan has raised more than any other Republican.

Phelan represents Texas House District 21 and is running for re-election in 2022. Phelan raised $2.9 million and spent $2.5 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and May 14, 2022. According to Texas Ethics Commission reports, the following individual donors and PACs gave the most money to Phelan.

Top 10 Donors to Phelan, (1/1/2021 – 5/14/2022)

Of the $2.9 million in reported donations, $733,440 came from these 10 donors.

Total Donations	Name	Type
$103,206.25	Border Health PAC	ENTITY
$100,000.00	Arch Aplin III	INDIVIDUAL
$100,000.00	Michael Porter Family Trust	ENTITY
$100,000.00	Robert B Rowling	INDIVIDUAL
$75,000.00	Thomas D Williams	INDIVIDUAL
$55,000.00	Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC	ENTITY
$50,233.61	Richard Weekley	INDIVIDUAL
$50,000.00	Catherine and Sam L Susser	INDIVIDUAL
$50,000.00	Friends of UT Southwestern Medical Center	ENTITY
$50,000.00	Gary Gates Jr	INDIVIDUAL

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Texas candidate PACs submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

See updates to Phelan’s campaign finance data after the most recent reports are available.

Texas Reports	Report Due Date
2022 Jan Semiannual	1/18/2022
2022 Pre-Primary (30 Days)	1/31/2022
2022 Pre-Primary (8 Days)	2/22/2022
2022 Primary Runoff	5/16/2022
2022 Jul Semiannual	7/15/2022
2022 Pre-General (30 Days)	10/11/2022
2022 Pre-General (8 Days)	10/31/2022
2022 Semiannual Data	1/17/2023

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.