Below is a list of the Texas State Influencers from the August issue of Campaigns & Elections and links to check them out for yourself:
Top 10 Democrats
Matt Angle – The Texas Democratic Trust
Lisa Blue – The Baron & Blue Foundation
Tommy Townsend – Texas Trial Lawyers Association
John Eddie Williams – Williams & Kherkher
Bill White – Bill White for Texas Governor
Karl-Thomas Musselman – The Burnt Orange Report
Leland Beatty – Find Your Voters.com
Dan McClung – Campaign Strategies Inc.
Ron Kirk – U.S. Trade Representatives
Top 10 Republicans
Rick Perry – Texas State Governor
Mike Toomey – Texas Lobby Group
Dan Patrick – Host KVCE Radio, State Senator
James Huffines – Plains Capital Bank
Bill Hammond – Texas Association of Business
Susan Combs – Texas State Comptroller
Joe Straus – Speaker, State House of Representatives
David Dewhurst – Texas State Lieutenant Governor
Deirdre Delisi – Texas Transportation Commission
Dave Carney – Political Consultant
Next 20 Democrats
Rosie Castro – Columnist, Mother to Castro Twins
Ben Barnes – Former Lieutenant Governor
Kirk Watson – Texas State Senator
Scott McCown – Center for Public Policy Priorities
Leticia Van de Putte – Texas State Senator
Robert Jones – Annie’s List
Lisa Turner – The Turner Group
Tom “Smitty” Smith – Texas Office of Public Citizen
Rodney Ellis – Texas State Senator
Trey Martinez Fischer – Texas State Representative
Garnet Coleman – Texas State Representative
Wendy Davis – Texas State Senator
Jack Martin – Public Strategies Inc.
Katie Naranjo – College of Democrats of America
John Sharp – Former State Comptroller, Former Senate Candidate
Amiee Boone – Texas Democratic Trust
Sylvia Garcia – Harris County Commissioner
David Matthiesen – Matthiesen and Associates
Hector Gutierrez – Influential Former Lobbyist
Marc Stanley – Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Next 20 Republicans
Peggy Venable – Americans for Prosperity
Kelly Shackelford – Liberty Institute
Brooke Rollins – Texas Public Policy Foundation
Rusty Kelley – Lobbyist, Former Aide to Texas House Speaker Bill Clayton
Randy Erben – Erben & Yarbrough
Reggie Bashur – Lobbyist
Dick Weekly – Texans for Lawsuit Reform
Greg Abbott – State Attorney General
Carol Reed – Carol Reed Associates, Inc.
Todd Olsen – Olsen and Shuvalov Marketing
Neal T. “Buddy” Jones – Hillco Partners
Steve Munisteri – Texas Republican Party Chairman
Cathie Adams – Former State Republican Party Chairwoman
Rob Johnson – Campaign Manager, Rick Perry for Governor
Michael Quinn Sullivan – Empower Texans
Bob Perry – Donor, Contributor
Hector De Leon – Associated Republicans of Texas
John Colyandro – Texas Conservative Coalition
Last 20 Democrats
Senfronia Thompson – Texas State Representative
Ed Martin – former Executive Director, Texas Democratic Party
Tom Meredith – former CFO, Dell Inc.
Alexa Wesner – Austin-Area Donor
Anna Bennett – Bennett, Petts & Normington
Bernard Rapoport – Waco Insurance, Rapoport Foundation
Eddie Aldrete – Consultant, IBC Bank
Julian Castro – San Antonio Mayor
Cecilia Boone – Former Chairwoman, Planned Parenthood of North Texas
Mark Homer – Texas State Representative
Alonzo Cantu – Donor, Cantu Corporation
Nelson Wolff – Bexar County Judge
Garry Mauro – Former Gubernatorial Candidate, Austin Lawyer
Glenn Smith – Texas Progress Council
Rafael Anchia – Texas State Representative
Jim Dunnam – Texas State Representative
Jose Rodriguez – Nominee, U.S. Senate
Marc Campos – Campos Communications
Harold Cook – Former Executive Director, Texas Democratic Party
Last 20 Republicans
Michael Willimas – Texas Railroad Commission, U.S. Senate Candidate
Luis Saenz – Former Assistant Secretary of State
Allen Blakemore – Blakemore & Associates
Ernest Angelo – Former Midland Mayor, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Ted Cruz – Former State Solicitor General
Debra Medina – Former Gubernatorial Candidate
Mike Baselice – Baselice & Associates
Tom Pauken – Texas Workforce Commission
Rick Scarborough – Vision America
James Leininger – Donor, School Choice Advocate
Daron Shaw – Pollster, Professor University of Texas
Bryan Eppstein – The Eppstein Group
Joe Pojman – Texas Alliance for Life
Tim Lambert – Texas Home School Coalition
Steve Hotze – Conservative Republicans of Texas
Tom Philips – Texas Supreme Court
John Coppedge – Physician
Tom Craddick – Texas State Representative, Former Speaker