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Committee for a Qualified Judiciary

GPAC · ACTIVE
Filer ID: 00016231 · Dallas · TX
93 reports · First filing 07/12/1993 · Latest filing 07/13/2026
Political Action Committee · General Purpose · PAC

Committee Details

TEC filer identity, reporting status, geography, and analytical classification.
Committee Class
Political Action Committee
Subclass
General Purpose
Market Segment
PAC
Status
ACTIVE
Filer Type
GPAC
Office
—
District / Place
—
Mailing Location
Dallas · TX · 75201
First Filing
07/12/1993
Latest Filing
07/13/2026
Latest Reporting Period
01/01/2026 – 06/30/2026
Reports
93

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$107,275.00
Expenditures
$105,502.80
Transactions
529
Largest Contribution
$12,600.00
Largest Expenditure
$15,854.63
COH as of 06/30/2026
$23,305.38
Average Contribution
$227.76
Average Expenditure
$1,819.01
First Contribution
12/23/2009
Last Contribution
04/01/2024
First Expenditure
07/27/2009
Last Expenditure
01/08/2025

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
319
Reported Payee Entities
13
Top Contributor
Annual Meeting
Top Reported Payee
Androvett Legal Media & Marketing

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
319
471 contributions · $107,275.00
Vendor Relationships
11
52 payments · $94,749.99
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Relationship Graph

Top reported relationships in the selected analysis window: Lifetime. Arrows show the direction of reported money flow; node size is not scaled.
Top contributorsMoney receivedTop reported payeesMoney spentCommittee for a Qualified JudiciaryFocal filer / committeeAnnual MeetingAnnual Meeting$12,600.00 · 1 giftsJonathan McKinnonJonathan McKinnon$1,225.00 · 6 giftsShirley Baccus-LobelShirley Baccus-Lobel$1,225.00 · 6 giftsAaron TobinAaron Tobin$1,025.00 · 5 giftsDavid CoaleDavid Coale$1,025.00 · 5 giftsAndrovett Legal Media & MarketingAndrovett Legal Media & Marketing$32,110.73 · 4 paymentsAndrovett Legal Media and MarketingAndrovett Legal Media and Marketing$20,378.55 · 3 paymentsArdent CreativeArdent Creative$13,447.63 · 20 paymentsAndrovett Legal MediaAndrovett Legal Media$12,287.29 · 2 paymentsRobert TobeyRobert Tobey$10,200.00 · 2 payments
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Market Position

Fixed peer benchmark: 01/01/2021–06/30/2026. Peers share the same committee class. These benchmarks do not change when the dashboard analysis window changes.
Committee Class
Political Action Committee
Subclass
General Purpose
Market Segment
PAC
Spending Band
—
Peer Committees
7,401

Peer Percentiles

MetricPercentileRank
Contributions74.5th#1,890 of 7,401
Expenditures75.4th#1,822 of 7,401
Total Financial Activity74.3th#1,901 of 7,401
Transaction Volume78.3th#1,608 of 7,401

Concentration

Descriptive study-period shares for this committee; not yet peer-relative.
MeasureShare
Top 10 contributors / contributions37.7%
Top 5 reported payees / expenditures100.0%

Top Contributors

Reported TEC identities within the selected analysis window. View all contributions →
#ContributorTotalGifts
1Annual Meeting $12,600.001
2Jonathan McKinnon $1,225.006
3Shirley Baccus-Lobel $1,225.006
4Aaron Tobin $1,025.005
5David Coale $1,025.005
6Bart Wulff $800.004
7Bruce Anton $800.004
8David Carlock $800.004
9David Genender $800.004
10Dawn Estes $800.004

Top Reported Payees

Reported TEC payee names within the selected analysis window. View all expenditures →
#PayeePaidPayments
1Androvett Legal Media & Marketing $32,110.734
2Androvett Legal Media and Marketing $20,378.553
3Ardent Creative $13,447.6320
4Androvett Legal Media $12,287.292
5Robert Tobey $10,200.002
6Committee for a Qualified Judiciary $5,063.784
7Androvett $3,414.123
8Culinaire International $3,324.3010
9Ardent Creative, Inc. $2,701.922
10Culinaire International at The Belo Mansion $1,309.672

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2025$0.00 $1,350.96
2024$6,075.00 $3,861.62
2023$0.00 $1,350.96
2022$3,600.00 $3,110.39
2021$0.00 $3,305.58
2019$0.00 $500.00
2018$12,600.00 $9,600.00
2016$10,200.00 $1,788.00
2014$3,400.00 $13,454.26
2013$16,200.00 $1,853.80
2012$5,400.00 $22,229.48
2011$19,400.00 $574.71
2010$1,400.00 $37,459.26
2009$29,000.00 $5,063.78

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
04/01/2024Jonathan McKinnon $225.00 Dallas County · Legal
04/01/2024Ana Jordan $225.00 Carter Arnett · Attorney
03/01/2024Helen Yoon $225.00 Integer Holdings · Attorney
03/01/2024Ross Wiliams $225.00 Bell Nunnally · Attorney
03/01/2024Maeghan Whitehead $225.00 Kilpatrick Townsend · Attorney
03/01/2024Lakeisha Wells $225.00 Markel · Clams Adjustor
03/01/2024David Walsh $225.00 Kershaw Anderson King · Attorney
03/01/2024Peter Wahby $225.00 Greenberg Traurig · Attorney
03/01/2024Aaron Tobin $225.00 Condon Tobin · Attorney
03/01/2024Amy Stewart $225.00 Stewart Law Group · Attorney
03/01/2024Sara Staha $225.00 Holland & Knight · Attorney
03/01/2024Katie Samler $225.00 Goransan Bain Ausley · Attorney
03/01/2024Courtney Perez $225.00 Carter Arnett · Attorney
03/01/2024Newman Tim $225.00 Haynes and Boone · Attorney
03/01/2024Anne Johnson $225.00 Tillotson Johnson & Patton · Attorney
03/01/2024Tracy Dalton $225.00 Renuity Home · Attorney
03/01/2024Tom Cox $225.00 Cox Legal · Attorney
03/01/2024Bill Cobb $225.00 Cobb Martinez · Attorney
03/01/2024David Coale $225.00 Lynn Pinker · Attorney
03/01/2024Alex Bell $225.00 Ziegler Gardner Bell · Attorney

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
01/08/2025Ardent Creative $1,350.96Website hosting and maintenance fee for the year
03/18/2024Androvett $2,510.66 Social media strategy and execution
01/02/2024Ardent Creative, Inc. $1,350.96 Yearly website maintenance
09/21/2023Ardent Creative, Inc. $1,350.96Website hosting and maintenance
06/05/2022Ardent Creative $1,330.37Website maintenance
06/05/2022Androvett $515.40Publicity for committee conclusions
03/23/2022Ardent Creative $876.56Website maintenance
03/23/2022Androvett $388.06Marketing expenses to publicize committee's conclusions
10/01/2021Ardent Creative $3,305.58 Website hosting, design, and maintenance.
11/01/2019Texas Ethics Commissionn $500.00Late filing charge
02/21/2018Robert Tobey $9,600.00Reimbursement for Dallas Observer and DMN ads
01/27/2016Ardent Creative $1,188.00Yearly website hosting and design fee.
01/26/2016Robert Tobey $600.00Reimbursement for purchase of Dallas Observer advertising for the CQJ by Mr. Tobey
09/17/2014Ardent Creative $474.14Annual Domain - Renewal and Web hosting
08/27/2014Ardent Creative $925.54Annual Domain - Renewal
03/25/2014Androvett Legal Media and Marketing $11,607.58Marketing and advertising
02/26/2014JPMorgan Chase $212.00Deposited Item Returned (an NSF check from a contributor)
02/21/2014Culinaire International at The Belo Mansion $235.00Membership reception
12/12/2013Culinaire International at The Belo Mansion $1,074.67Kickoff event for CQJ members.
07/25/2013Ardent Creative $376.71Web hosting
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 90 ms.