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Filer / Committee

Palmer, William R. (Judge)

JCOH · District Judge 451
Filer ID: 00042761
7 reports · First filing 07/11/2017 · Latest filing 01/15/2019
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
District Judge
District / Place
451
Mailing Location
—
First Filing
07/11/2017
Latest Filing
01/15/2019
Latest Reporting Period
07/13/2018 – 12/31/2018
Reports
7

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$29,225.00
Expenditures
$58,964.82
Transactions
105
Largest Contribution
$2,200.00
Largest Expenditure
$8,945.94
COH as of 12/31/2018
$0.00
Average Contribution
$389.67
Average Expenditure
$1,965.49
First Contribution
10/10/2017
Last Contribution
03/02/2018
First Expenditure
09/20/2017
Last Expenditure
03/22/2018

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
69
Reported Payee Entities
16
Top Contributor
Lovorn & Ogle Law Frim
Top Reported Payee
Majority Strategies

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
69
93 contributions · $36,175.00
Vendor Relationships
11
36 payments · $73,120.43
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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 spentPalmer, William R. (Judge)Focal filer / committeeLovorn & Ogle Law FrimLovorn & Ogle Law Frim$3,600.00 · 2 giftsHigdon, Hardy, ZuphaltHigdon, Hardy, Zuphalt$1,000.00 · 1 giftsChris ChristiansonChris Christianson$1,000.00 · 1 giftsDavid MorganDavid Morgan$1,000.00 · 1 giftsGeorge SharmanGeorge Sharman$1,000.00 · 1 giftsMajority StrategiesMajority Strategies$14,145.44 · 3 paymentsBirdwell and HellerBirdwell and Heller$12,740.35 · 6 paymentsBoerne StarBoerne Star$6,755.00 · 2 paymentsImage 360Image 360$5,467.78 · 4 paymentsBrantleys 259Brantleys 259$4,065.14 · 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
Candidate Committee
Subclass
Judicial 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
1Lovorn & Ogle Law Frim $3,600.002
2Higdon, Hardy, Zuphalt $1,000.001
3Chris Christianson $1,000.001
4David Morgan $1,000.001
5George Sharman $1,000.001
6Gerald Hagee $1,000.001
7James Drought $1,000.001
8Kathy Rudkin $1,000.001
9Kurt Rudkin $1,000.001
10Leland McRae $1,000.001

Top Reported Payees

Reported TEC payee names within the selected analysis window. View all expenditures →
#PayeePaidPayments
1Majority Strategies $14,145.443
2Birdwell and Heller $12,740.356
3Boerne Star $6,755.002
4Image 360 $5,467.784
5Brantleys 259 $4,065.142
6Birdwell and Heller $2,500.001
7Tx GOP Store $2,390.081
8Jason Abbott $2,000.001
9Kronkosky Event Center $1,965.001
10Kendall County Republican Primary Fund $1,500.001

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2018$13,950.00 $33,682.60
2017$15,275.00 $25,282.22

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
03/02/2018Reed Greene $100.00 Attorney
02/24/2018Barbara Clark $100.00 Retired
02/23/2018Bill Brant $250.00 Attorney
02/22/2018Lance Kyle $100.00 Investor
02/21/2018William Ford $1,000.00 Attorney
02/19/2018Warren McKenney $500.00 Attorney
02/15/2018Jeannemarie Wilson $250.00 Attorney
02/15/2018Steve Hampton $100.00 CEO
02/13/2018Goode, Casseb & Jones- Attorneys $500.00
02/12/2018D.G. Mcnutt $100.00 Baylor College of Medicine
02/09/2018Samuel Ferris $50.00 unknown
02/08/2018M.E. Plaster $250.00 Retired
02/08/2018Richard Park $200.00 Retired
02/07/2018George Sharman $1,000.00 Attorney
02/07/2018Capri Shepard $50.00 self employed
02/06/2018James Drought $1,000.00 Attorney
02/01/2018Lovorn & Ogle Law Frim $1,400.00
01/26/2018William "Bill" Whitworth $100.00 Rancher
01/26/2018Wynne Whitworth $50.00 Nat. Resources Conservation Service
01/26/2018Whitney Whitworth $50.00 Livestock Consultant

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
03/22/2018Bill Palmer $602.23Loan Repayment for loan to campaign by Bill Palmer individually. Closed out Bank campaign account.
02/22/2018Majority Strategies $2,875.50mailouts
02/20/2018Birdwell and Heller $333.35consultants
02/15/2018Hill Country Weekly $840.00newspaper ads
02/15/2018Comfort News $393.80newspaper ads
02/12/2018Boerne Star $1,260.00newspaper ads
02/09/2018Majority Strategies $2,324.00print advertising
02/08/2018Image 360 $1,042.55campaign signs
02/07/2018Hill Country Weekly $420.00newspaper ads
02/05/2018Kathy Rudkin $1,000.00return of campaign donation
02/05/2018Polly Hagee $1,000.00Return of campaign donation
02/02/2018Birdwell and Heller $2,725.00consultants
02/01/2018Boerne Star $5,495.00Newspaper ads
02/01/2018Image 360 $1,548.64campaign signs
01/25/2018Image 360 $1,415.21signs
01/11/2018Image 360 $1,461.38signs
01/10/2018Majority Strategies $8,945.94Digital Ads
12/26/2017Tx GOP Store $2,390.08Campaign signs
12/15/2017Brantleys 259 $717.50Comfort Tx meet and greet
12/04/2017Birdwell and Heller $2,500.00Consulting fee
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 40 ms.