Texas Republican State Senate candidates and officeholders have spent $22.2 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state senators and candidates, Dawn Buckingham has spent more than any other Republican.

Buckingham is the representative for Texas State Senate District 24 and is running for Texas Land Commissioner in 2022. Buckingham raised $2.8 million and spent $3.7 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. According to Texas Ethics Commission reports, Buckingham spent the most money with the following individual payees and PACs.

Dawn Buckingham’s Top 10 Payees, (1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022)

Of the $3.7 million in reported expenditures, $3.1 million went to these 10 payees:

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Texas PACs submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

See updates to Dawn Buckingham’s campaign finance data after the next reports are available.

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