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Williams III, Kemper Stephen (The Honorable)

JCOH · JUDGEDIST 135
Filer ID: 00032222
67 reports · First filing 01/15/1996 · Latest filing 06/26/2026
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
JUDGEDIST
District / Place
135
Mailing Location
—
First Filing
01/15/1996
Latest Filing
06/26/2026
Latest Reporting Period
01/01/2026 – 06/30/2026
Reports
67

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$49,890.00
Expenditures
$56,138.44
Transactions
156
Largest Contribution
$3,000.00
Largest Expenditure
$8,891.09
COH as of 06/30/2026
$2,630.14
Average Contribution
$380.84
Average Expenditure
$2,245.54
First Contribution
01/04/2016
Last Contribution
02/26/2016
First Expenditure
01/04/2016
Last Expenditure
11/17/2023

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
130
Reported Payee Entities
20
Top Contributor
Cole, Easley, Sciba & Williams
Top Reported Payee
Victoria Advocate

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
130
131 contributions · $49,890.00
Vendor Relationships
17
21 payments · $44,130.86
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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 spentWilliams III, Kemper Stephen (The H…Focal filer / committeeCole, Easley, Sciba & WilliamsCole, Easley, Sciba & Williams$3,000.00 · 1 giftsRoberts Roberts Odefey & WitteRoberts Roberts Odefey & Witte$3,000.00 · 1 giftsmike cranemike crane$2,500.00 · 1 giftsBernard KlimistBernard Klimist$1,000.00 · 2 giftsABC BondingABC Bonding$1,000.00 · 1 giftsVictoria AdvocateVictoria Advocate$10,693.09 · 3 paymentsK C StrategiesK C Strategies$8,354.70 · 1 paymentsKC StrategiesKC Strategies$8,020.00 · 1 paymentsKemper WilliamsKemper Williams$7,615.45 · 2 paymentsAquecs, IncAquecs, Inc$5,762.56 · 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
Judicial Candidate
Market Segment
Candidate
Spending Band
—
Peer Committees
8,722

Peer Percentiles

MetricPercentileRank
Contributions75.5th#2,134 of 8,722
Expenditures74.3th#2,239 of 8,722
Total Financial Activity73.2th#2,338 of 8,722
Transaction Volume71.7th#2,470 of 8,722

Concentration

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

Top Contributors

Reported TEC identities within the selected analysis window. View all contributions →
#ContributorTotalGifts
1Cole, Easley, Sciba & Williams $3,000.001
2Roberts Roberts Odefey & Witte $3,000.001
3mike crane $2,500.001
4Bernard Klimist $1,000.002
5ABC Bonding $1,000.001
6Cullen Carsner Seerden & Cullen $1,000.001
7April Braman $1,000.001
8August Lentz $1,000.001
9Brent Dornburg $1,000.001
10Charles Newton $1,000.001

Top Reported Payees

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#PayeePaidPayments
1Victoria Advocate $10,693.093
2K C Strategies $8,354.701
3KC Strategies $8,020.001
4Kemper Williams $7,615.452
5Aquecs, Inc $5,762.561
6John Pierce $4,000.001
7Republican Party of Texas $3,000.002
8Moonshine Drinkery $2,000.001
9Middleton outdoor Advertising $1,508.252
10American Institute for Justice $1,300.001

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2023$0.00 $1,500.00
2019$0.00 $1,500.00
2016$49,890.00 $53,138.44

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
02/26/2016ABC Bonding $1,000.00
02/26/2016G P Hardy $1,000.00 Attorney
02/26/2016Jay Lack $500.00 retired/self
02/26/2016Errol Dietze $300.00 Attorney
02/26/2016Jim Hartman $250.00 Owner Victoria Communications
02/26/2016Michael McLeod $200.00 Physician
02/26/2016Paul Janda $25.00 professor
02/25/2016Zoe Braman $1,000.00 self/ranching
02/25/2016Thomas Braman $1,000.00 self/ranching
02/25/2016Shannon Salyer $300.00 Asst. DA
02/25/2016Dan Heard $100.00 District Attorney
02/25/2016Richard Cullen $100.00 Bank President
02/25/2016H.C. Wehmeyer $100.00 retired
02/25/2016Charles Kouba $100.00 retired/self
02/25/2016Virgil Martin $70.00 retired/self
02/25/2016Anna Kabela $50.00 District Clerk
02/25/2016William Harvey $50.00 retired
02/25/2016Fred Knipling $50.00 retired
02/12/2016April Braman $1,000.00 self/ranching
02/12/2016Joe Braman $1,000.00 self /ranching

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
11/17/2023Republican Party of Texas $1,500.00Filing fee
11/15/2019Republican Party of Texas $1,500.00Filing fee
10/07/2016Kemper Williams $1,171.50Judicial conference travel reimbursement
08/15/2016West High School Booster Club $150.00Football program
04/01/2016American Institute for Justice $1,300.00judicial education
03/05/2016Kemper Williams $6,443.95advertising expenses
03/01/2016Victoria Advocate $142.00newspaper
02/25/2016KC Strategies $8,020.00mailouts
02/25/2016John Pierce $4,000.00Catering
02/25/2016Moonshine Drinkery $2,000.00Victory party
02/25/2016Victoria Advocate $1,660.00Newspaper
02/25/2016Jackson County herald Tribune $1,140.00Newspaper
02/25/2016Victoria County Bar Assn $500.00sponsorship
02/25/2016Victoria County Republican Party $500.00Sponsorship
02/25/2016Victoria County Republican Women $300.00sponsorship
02/25/2016UPS Store $29.63signs
02/17/2016K C Strategies $8,354.70Mailout
02/17/2016Victoria Area Homeless Coalition $100.00Name sponsorship
02/09/2016Victoria Advocate $8,891.09Newspaper ads
02/03/2016M & R Computerized Screen Printing $334.49t shirts
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 56 ms.