Texas Ethics Commission data Release v1.4 Source snapshot September 17, 2026 Latest eligible reported transaction September 15, 2026
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Merritt, Thomas C. (Mr.)

SPK · STATESEN 1
Filer ID: 00023181 · Kilgore · TX
79 reports · First filing 01/12/1996 · Latest filing 11/15/2018
Candidate Committee · Candidate · Candidate

Committee Details

TEC filer identity, reporting status, geography, and analytical classification.
Committee Class
Candidate Committee
Subclass
Candidate
Market Segment
Candidate
Status
—
Filer Type
SPK
Office
STATESEN
District / Place
1
Mailing Location
Kilgore · TX · 75662
First Filing
01/12/1996
Latest Filing
11/15/2018
Latest Reporting Period
07/01/2018 – 11/15/2018
Reports
79

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$1,649,843.58
Expenditures
$3,101,894.80
Transactions
5,194
Largest Contribution
$80,000.00
Largest Expenditure
$393,959.44
COH as of 11/15/2018
$0.00
Average Contribution
$505.47
Average Expenditure
$1,607.20
First Contribution
01/05/2000
Last Contribution
05/28/2014
First Expenditure
01/10/2000
Last Expenditure
06/30/2014

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
1,367
Reported Payee Entities
422
Top Contributor
Tommy Merritt
Top Reported Payee
CSG Inc.

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
1,374
4,068 contributions · $1,960,215.50
Vendor Relationships
336
1,705 payments · $2,830,908.82
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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 spentMerritt, Thomas C. (Mr.)Focal filer / committeeTommy MerrittTommy Merritt$106,600.00 · 4 giftsTrevor Rees-JonesTrevor Rees-Jones$50,000.00 · 1 giftsRuben MartinRuben Martin$35,557.56 · 14 giftsHeidi LangeHeidi Lange$34,150.00 · 3 giftsTexas Parent PACTexas Parent PAC$29,604.99 · 7 giftsCSG Inc.CSG Inc.$832,722.19 · 13 paymentsGreen Ad AgencyGreen Ad Agency$814,062.57 · 215 paymentsThomas C MerrittThomas C Merritt$199,127.88 · 50 paymentsMesa MediaMesa Media$191,586.33 · 6 paymentsTommy MerrittTommy Merritt$188,432.00 · 1 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
Candidate Committee
Subclass
Candidate
Market Segment
Candidate
Spending Band
—
Peer Committees
8,722

Peer Percentiles

MetricPercentileRank
Contributions75.5th#2,134 of 8,722
Expenditures69.8th#2,631 of 8,722
Total Financial Activity69.4th#2,674 of 8,722
Transaction Volume69.3th#2,678 of 8,722

Concentration

Descriptive study-period shares for this committee; not yet peer-relative.
MeasureShare
Top 10 contributors / contributions—
Top 5 reported payees / expenditures—

Top Contributors

Reported TEC identities within the selected analysis window. View all contributions →
#ContributorTotalGifts
1Tommy Merritt $106,600.004
2Trevor Rees-Jones $50,000.001
3Ruben Martin $35,557.5614
4Heidi Lange $34,150.003
5Texas Parent PAC $29,604.997
6Texans for Lawsuit Reform $24,000.007
7Texas State Teachers Assoc PAC $19,873.898
8B.G. Hartley $17,000.0011
9A.P. Merritt $15,800.008
10Debbie Griffin $15,100.0012

Top Reported Payees

Reported TEC payee names within the selected analysis window. View all expenditures →
#PayeePaidPayments
1CSG Inc. $832,722.1913
2Green Ad Agency $814,062.57215
3Thomas C Merritt $199,127.8850
4Mesa Media $191,586.336
5Tommy Merritt $188,432.001
6Cerqa LLC $150,466.2816
7The Eppstein Group $146,636.1816
8TAAPCO Commercial Printing $50,446.1116
9Jennifer Foster $28,330.30118
10Pack 'N' Mail $24,557.1188

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2014$176,051.16 $1,072,873.64
2013$37,350.00 $6,598.25
2012$266,600.00 $432,226.17
2011$16,570.00 $5,428.98
2010$83,045.00 $202,471.93
2009$78,200.32 $36,286.21
2008$120,677.24 $138,267.40
2007$57,395.00 $79,351.15
2006$279,589.99 $256,998.60
2005$62,390.00 $68,508.31
2004$143,154.45 $409,767.26
2003$97,907.00 $147,346.51
2002$115,765.76 $183,375.99
2001$52,950.00 $33,230.51
2000$62,197.66 $29,163.89

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
05/28/2014Conservative Voters of Texas PAC $11,612.95
05/28/2014Robert Saunders $1,000.00 Self · Governmental Affairs
05/28/2014Bryan Eppstein $1,000.00 The Eppstein Group · Public Affairs
05/28/2014Cammack & Strong PC $1,000.00
05/27/2014Bill Stephenson $50.00
05/22/2014Richard Rossow $250.00 Gregg Industrial Insulators · Engineer
05/22/2014Les Mendicello $100.00
05/21/2014John Ben Blackburn $750.00 Martin Gas · Attorney
05/16/2014Delwin Jones $3,000.00 Self · Farmer
05/16/2014Gary Walker $1,000.00 Sandy Land UWCD · Water Conservation District Manager
05/15/2014B.C. Spradlin $100.00
05/14/2014Heidi Lange $7,650.00 H.M. Lange Consulting · President
05/14/2014John Coppedge $500.00 Retired
05/14/2014Sayojirao Kodali $100.00
05/13/2014Michael Keeling $500.00 The ESOP Association · President
05/13/2014Amy Dyer $250.00
05/12/2014Skip Trimble $1,000.00 Catlyn Capital Corp · Lawyer
05/12/2014Randy Brogoitti $250.00
05/12/2014Clint Brogoitti $250.00
05/12/2014Charles Newkirk $100.00

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
06/30/2014Tommy Merritt $188,432.00Loan repayment
06/30/2014CSG Inc. $144.68Advertising
06/26/2014Green Ad Agency $60.00Advertising
06/26/2014Visa $34.26Late fee
06/11/2014Nathan Wood $2,000.00Contract labor
06/05/2014Piryx, Inc. $57.50Online donation fee
06/04/2014CSG Inc. $13,375.63Advertising
06/04/2014Conservative Voters of Texas $11,612.95Advertising
06/04/2014Green Ad Agency $850.39Advertising
06/03/2014Matthew Burke $1,050.00Pilot services
05/30/2014Piryx, Inc. $14.38Online donation fee
05/29/2014Jennifer Foster $2,400.00Contract labor
05/15/2014Piryx, Inc. $57.50Online donation transaction fee
05/12/2014CSG Inc. $393,959.44Advertising
05/06/2014The What's Up Program $15,000.00Advertising
04/28/2014Piryx, Inc. $28.75Online donation transaction fee
04/23/2014CSG Inc. $15,000.00Advertising
04/15/2014Kristi Bogle-Sherman $550.00Contract labor
04/14/2014CSG Inc. $109,966.88Advertising
04/14/2014Kilgore News Herald $130.00Adversiting paid by Tommy Merritt and reimbursed by campaign
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 167 ms.