Texas Ethics Commission data Release v1.4 Source snapshot September 17, 2026 Latest eligible reported transaction September 15, 2026
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Filer / Committee

Christopher, Tracy E. (The Honorable)

JCOH · Court of Appeals,Chief Justice 14
Filer ID: 00026754
64 reports · First filing 01/14/2000 · Latest filing 07/13/2026
Candidate Committee · Judicial Candidate · Candidate

Committee Details

TEC filer identity, reporting status, geography, and analytical classification.
Committee Class
Candidate Committee
Subclass
Judicial Candidate
Market Segment
Candidate
Status
—
Filer Type
JCOH
Office
Court of Appeals,Chief Justice
District / Place
14
Mailing Location
—
First Filing
01/14/2000
Latest Filing
07/13/2026
Latest Reporting Period
01/01/2026 – 06/30/2026
Reports
64

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$446,139.51
Expenditures
$388,108.83
Transactions
866
Largest Contribution
$40,704.75
Largest Expenditure
$50,000.00
COH as of 06/30/2026
$16,989.74
Average Contribution
$690.62
Average Expenditure
$1,764.13
First Contribution
08/02/2009
Last Contribution
11/11/2020
First Expenditure
07/21/2009
Last Expenditure
12/17/2025

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
486
Reported Payee Entities
68
Top Contributor
Republican Party of Texas
Top Reported Payee
Harris County Republican Party

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
486
681 contributions · $467,389.75
Vendor Relationships
63
249 payments · $461,500.57
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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 spentChristopher, Tracy E. (The Honorabl…Focal filer / committeeRepublican Party of TexasRepublican Party of Texas$54,292.31 · 5 giftsAndrews & Kurth Texas PACAndrews & Kurth Texas PAC$9,500.00 · 5 giftsBaker Botts Amicus FundBaker Botts Amicus Fund$7,500.00 · 3 giftsBracewell & Giuliani LLPBracewell & Giuliani LLP$5,000.00 · 2 giftsNorton Rose Fulbright US LLPNorton Rose Fulbright US LLP$5,000.00 · 2 giftsHarris County Republican PartyHarris County Republican Party$136,329.56 · 11 paymentsUpstream CommunicationsUpstream Communications$52,931.00 · 8 paymentsRepublican Party of TexasRepublican Party of Texas$47,500.00 · 4 paymentsKAP StrategiesKAP Strategies$26,704.73 · 3 paymentsMJS GroupMJS Group$20,895.28 · 28 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
Judicial Candidate
Market Segment
Candidate
Spending Band
—
Peer Committees
8,722

Peer Percentiles

MetricPercentileRank
Contributions75.5th#2,134 of 8,722
Expenditures81.9th#1,584 of 8,722
Total Financial Activity79.7th#1,772 of 8,722
Transaction Volume78.1th#1,913 of 8,722

Concentration

Descriptive study-period shares for this committee; not yet peer-relative.
MeasureShare
Top 10 contributors / contributions—
Top 5 reported payees / expenditures71.4%

Top Contributors

Reported TEC identities within the selected analysis window. View all contributions →
#ContributorTotalGifts
1Republican Party of Texas $54,292.315
2Andrews & Kurth Texas PAC $9,500.005
3Baker Botts Amicus Fund $7,500.003
4Bracewell & Giuliani LLP $5,000.002
5Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP $5,000.002
6Susman Godfrey L.L.P. $5,000.002
7Susman Godfrey LLP $5,000.002
8Vinson & Elkins $5,000.002
9Vinson & Elkins Texas PAC $5,000.002
10Cokinos Young $5,000.001

Top Reported Payees

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#PayeePaidPayments
1Harris County Republican Party $136,329.5611
2Upstream Communications $52,931.008
3Republican Party of Texas $47,500.004
4KAP Strategies $26,704.733
5MJS Group $20,895.2828
6Dudley Group LLC $16,248.3911
7Holland Taucher Consulting Group $14,888.006
8Lilly & Company $11,427.762
9Spotlight Creative LLC $7,680.4910
10Minuteman Press of Bellaire $6,918.9514

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2025$0.00 $2,000.00
2024$0.00 $4,652.38
2023$0.00 $4,466.45
2022$0.00 $1,500.00
2021$0.00 $1,000.00
2020$13,775.00 $65,333.38
2019$74,915.00 $28,492.14
2018$0.00 $497.99
2016$97,006.23 $96,808.03
2015$52,651.00 $22,762.60
2011$2,100.00 $470.00
2010$75,967.28 $139,744.35
2009$129,725.00 $20,381.51

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
11/11/2020Baker Botts Amicus Fund $2,500.00
11/11/2020VRWC $100.00
10/31/2020James Peacock $1,000.00 lawyer
10/13/2020D. Ferguson McNiel $200.00 lawyer
09/24/2020Bracewell PAC $2,500.00
09/24/2020Dobrowski, Larkin & Johnson LLP $250.00
09/23/2020Joseph Halbach $750.00 mediator/arbitrator
09/23/2020Brent Perry $500.00 Attorney
09/23/2020Gray Reed & Mcgraw PC $500.00
09/23/2020Tri county Republican Women's PAC $250.00
09/11/2020Gordon Shapiro $250.00 lawyer
09/11/2020Marty Lundstrom $250.00 Business
09/04/2020Porter Hedges LLP $1,000.00
08/25/2020George Vachris $25.00 unknown
07/13/2020NWFRW Pac $200.00
06/02/2020Lyle Asplin $500.00 unknown
03/31/2020Molly Lieberman $200.00 homemaker
03/31/2020Thomas Gray $100.00 Justice
02/26/2020Patrick Zummo $500.00 lawyer
02/24/2020Shane Carew $100.00 lawyer

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
12/17/2025Ian Finch $1,000.00holiday gift
12/17/2025Chris Connelly $1,000.00holiday gift
12/18/2024Chris Connelly $1,000.00Christmas gift
12/18/2024Ian Finch $1,000.00Holiday gift
11/15/2024Amazon $72.13Christmas lights for decorations for the courthouse
11/07/2024Amazon $19.03Christmas lights for decorations for the courthouse
11/06/2024Craftex Wholesale Distributors $688.73Decorations for the courthouse for the holidays
11/01/2024Amazon $653.84Christmas trees for decorations for the courthouse
10/30/2024Craftex Wholesale Distributors $450.04Decorations for the courthouse for the holidays
06/07/2024Otis Hotel $768.61Food and hotel for the UT appellate continuing legal education seminar
12/14/2023Chris Connelly $1,080.00end of year bonus
12/14/2023Ian Finch $1,000.00end of year bonus
12/14/2023Escalantes $383.93court holiday lunch
12/14/2023Amazon $155.68gifts at court holiday luncheon
10/28/2023Parking Hobby Airport $102.00parking at Hobby airport during conference
10/24/2023Francis Marion Hotel $961.88Hotel room at Council Chief Judges Conference
10/24/2023Council Chief Judges State Courts of Appeals $495.00registration for conference
10/24/2023Southwest Airlines $287.96travel to conference
05/10/2022TACTAS $1,500.00Purchase of table for award dinner in my honor
01/31/2021Andy Taylor $1,000.00election legal services
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 47 ms.