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TopicTexas has no limits on how much an individual can give to a state candidate, so large checks are common. Our Texas receipts cover the governor, the attorney general, and federal officials from the state.
State campaign finance reports in Texas are filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
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As its tax debts piled up, the business wired the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars.
In the days after, the industry gave his campaign nearly $24,000.
Only Ken Paxton is getting more of Musk's money.
His agencies cited it for over $5 million in no-bid contracts, including for apartments and a Ford F-150.
About 3 months later, Abbott signed off on over $1.6 billion in tax breaks for Musk's chip plant.
Some of them gave him tens of thousands of dollars.
Paxton received $190,000 from the men.
"I guess I expected maybe he wouldn't run, or maybe he'd run maybe as a Republican."
