Thursday, Jul. 1, 2021
Did 96% of the funding for Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s 2020 reelection campaign come from outside his Texas district?
More than 96% of the funding for Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s 2020 campaign came from donors based outside his Houston district. Many House candidates raise funds outside their home districts. Crenshaw is more reliant than most, raising only 4% of his contributions from within the boundaries of his home district—well below the median of 27.4% for current House members.
Crenshaw’s top five corporate campaign donors included three firms headquartered in Houston but outside his district: a developer, a lumber company and a fossil fuel producer. The other two were Kirkland & Ellis, a large law firm, and NorPAC, a pro-Israel group.
Crenshaw, a Republican first elected in 2018, raised the sixth most money of all House candidates in 2020.
With growing pushback against corporate influence (and more small donations from online giving), 155 congressional candidates rejected corporate money in 2020.
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Sources
- Open Secrets In-district vs. out-of-district funding
- US Congress Dan Crenshaw - District Map
- Open Secrets Rep. Dan Crenshaw—campaign finance summary
- Ilan Investments About us
- Lodge Lumber Co. About us
- Enterprise Products Partners LP About us
- NORPAC About us
- Kirkland & Ellis Houston
- Open Secrets Who raised the most in 2019-2020?
- End Citizens United 155 no corporate PAC candidates are headed to the general election - End Citizens United
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