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Thomas "Chet" Edwards Democrat (Elected 1990), TX House district 17

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No longer in office

Total Campaign Contributions Received by Thomas "Chet" Edwards: $2,712,353

Top 10 Interests Funding

InterestContributions
Lawyers/Law Firms$378,782
Oil & Gas$135,680
Electric Utilities$96,700
Securities & Investment$76,600
Lobbyists$76,186
Real Estate$74,620
Misc Finance$72,150
Public Sector Unions$71,000
Health Professionals$65,850
Banks and Credit$58,100

Top 10 Organizations Funding

OrganizationContributions
Nix Patterson and Roach$52,800
Madison Dearborn Partners$26,400
Baron and Budd$18,900
Trinity Industries$18,600
Contran Corporation$15,100
Akin Gump$14,850
Mostyn Law Firm$14,400
Kirby Corporation$12,200
Rcs Investments$11,700
Energy Future Holdings Corporation$10,900

Contributions above are for the last two years of available data, Jul 1, 2009 - Jun 30, 2011. Contributions from political parties and from other candidates are not included in the "Top 10" lists.

Geographic Sources of Contributions to Thomas "Chet" Edwards

Thomas "Chet" Edwards received 78% of campaign contributions ($2,864,469) from outside his district. (Rank: 245 out of 421.)

Thomas "Chet" Edwards received 52% of campaign contributions ($1,919,108) from outside his state. (Rank: 249 out of 421.)

Total Campaign Contributions, 2005-2007: $3,658,546

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Top 10 Contributing Zip Codes

Waco, TX 76710$257,154
Washington, DC 20006$163,771
Washington, DC 20001$157,651
Washington, DC 20036$139,736
Washington, DC 20005$122,410
Washington, DC 20004$93,600
Alexandria, VA 22314$71,500
Woodway, TX 76712$64,150
Waco, TX 76708$48,000
Dallas, TX 75201$45,750

Top 5 Contributing States

Texas$1,725,188
District Of Columbia$791,218
Virginia$346,451
California$134,649
Illinois$101,500

Geographic section above includes reported contributions from from Jan 2005 through Dec 2007, excluding individual contributions of less than $200 and contributions from political parties, other candidates and leadership PACs. See full report for more details.

Map of contributions to Thomas "Chet" Edwards

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This map depicts the total amount of campaign contributions to U.S. Representative Thomas "Chet" Edwards (Texas District 17), based on the House District in which each contribution originated. This map includes all contributions from January 2005 through December 2007, excluding individual contributions of less than $200 and contributions from political parties, other candidates, and leadership PACs. Contribution data supplied by MapLight from analysis of Center for Responsive Politics data. Map created 10/16/2008 by Azavea Inc. For more details, see full report at http://www.maplight.org/remotecontrol08. This map may be freely reproduced provide credit is given to “MapLight.”

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