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

JCOH · Criminal District Court Judge, Dallas Co.
Filer ID: 00066445
31 reports · First filing 01/18/2018 · Latest filing 01/15/2026
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
JCOH
Office
Criminal District Court Judge, Dallas Co.
District / Place
—
Mailing Location
—
First Filing
01/18/2018
Latest Filing
01/15/2026
Latest Reporting Period
07/01/2025 – 12/31/2025
Reports
31

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$4,132.46
Expenditures
$44,810.00
Transactions
88
Largest Contribution
$1,000.00
Largest Expenditure
$10,000.00
COH as of 12/31/2025
—
Average Contribution
$375.68
Average Expenditure
$581.95
First Contribution
07/16/2017
Last Contribution
12/20/2019
First Expenditure
07/21/2017
Last Expenditure
02/22/2020

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
11
Reported Payee Entities
61
Top Contributor
Judy Vetter
Top Reported Payee
Y.D. Associates

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
11
12 contributions · $4,160.80
Vendor Relationships
55
110 payments · $63,173.37
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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 spentWatson, Mark (Mr.)Focal filer / committeeJudy VetterJudy Vetter$1,000.00 · 1 giftsTom CoxTom Cox$1,000.00 · 1 giftsFrank PerezFrank Perez$500.00 · 1 giftsPhillip "Rusty" RicePhillip "Rusty" Rice$500.00 · 1 giftsBill FunderburkBill Funderburk$250.00 · 1 giftsY.D. AssociatesY.D. Associates$10,000.00 · 1 paymentsYD AssociatesYD Associates$6,500.00 · 2 paymentsDemocratic Party of TexasDemocratic Party of Texas$3,750.00 · 1 paymentsMark WatsonMark Watson$3,000.00 · 2 paymentsDallas County Democratic PartyDallas County Democratic Party$2,750.00 · 3 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
1Judy Vetter $1,000.001
2Tom Cox $1,000.001
3Frank Perez $500.001
4Phillip "Rusty" Rice $500.001
5Bill Funderburk $250.001
6Clark Birdsall $250.001
7Paul Heller $250.001
8Rick Harrison $200.001
9Susan Bradley $100.001
10Mary Snider $54.121

Top Reported Payees

Reported TEC payee names within the selected analysis window. View all expenditures →
#PayeePaidPayments
1Y.D. Associates $10,000.001
2YD Associates $6,500.002
3Democratic Party of Texas $3,750.001
4Mark Watson $3,000.002
5Dallas County Democratic Party $2,750.003
6Kim Schlossberg $2,500.001
7Texas Ethics Commission $1,500.003
8J.A.P.P. $1,300.001
9Texas Workers Relief Fund $1,000.001
10Reilly Echols $821.001

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2020$0.00 $4,413.60
2019$850.00 $5,839.24
2018$3,254.12 $14,162.87
2017$28.34 $20,394.29

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
12/20/2019Bill Funderburk $250.00 Retired
12/16/2019Phillip "Rusty" Rice $500.00 Sydri Operating LLC · VP
10/21/2019Susan Bradley $100.00 Accounting Clerk
03/15/2018Judy Vetter $1,000.00 Retired
03/02/2018Clark Birdsall $250.00 Attorney
03/01/2018Tom Cox $1,000.00 Attorney
02/22/2018Frank Perez $500.00 attorney
02/22/2018Paul Heller $250.00 retired
02/22/2018Rick Harrison $200.00 Attorney
02/21/2018Mary Snider $54.12 court reporter
07/16/2017Mark Watson $28.34 Attorney

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
02/22/2020Japp Marketing $400.00poll workers
02/22/2020one hour business cards inc. $230.57literature
02/21/2020David Pennington $120.00reimbursement for printing literature
02/18/2020Shell Service $33.79gas
02/18/2020Petro Carls $15.00gas
02/16/2020southwest airlines $497.00Travel to Houston for newspaper interview.
02/14/2020Reilly Echols $821.00campaign literature
02/14/2020Larry Praeger $124.00hotel expense, Hilton Hotel, Houston Texas
02/14/2020Fred Lake $71.00name tags
02/14/2020Buc-ees $33.23 gas and BBQ
02/13/2020Chevron $32.54gas
02/07/2020Harris County Democratic Party $250.00Banquet
01/24/2020Cefco $24.82gas
01/24/2020HEB $23.15gas
01/21/2020Austex Websites $812.00web design
01/14/2020Austex $811.00web design
01/14/2020Host Gator $114.50webpage hosting
12/07/2019Democratic Party of Texas $3,750.00filing fee
12/07/2019Godaddy $12.17domain name
10/22/2019GoDaddy $255.84domain name, design
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