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Vela III, Jose (Mr.)

COH · State Representative 46
Filer ID: 00081137 · Austin · TX
8 reports · First filing 01/16/2017 · Latest filing 01/14/2019
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
COH
Office
State Representative
District / Place
46
Mailing Location
Austin · TX · 78723
First Filing
01/16/2017
Latest Filing
01/14/2019
Latest Reporting Period
07/01/2018 – 12/31/2018
Reports
8

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$139,533.54
Expenditures
$177,784.41
Transactions
1,152
Largest Contribution
$10,000.00
Largest Expenditure
$11,457.21
COH as of 12/31/2018
$0.00
Average Contribution
$176.18
Average Expenditure
$493.85
First Contribution
11/14/2016
Last Contribution
06/30/2018
First Expenditure
11/14/2016
Last Expenditure
07/19/2018

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
582
Reported Payee Entities
79
Top Contributor
Adam Loewy
Top Reported Payee
CDM Media

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
582
792 contributions · $139,533.54
Vendor Relationships
49
239 payments · $116,482.60
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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 spentVela III, Jose (Mr.)Focal filer / committeeAdam LoewyAdam Loewy$10,000.00 · 1 giftsWalker Gates Vela PLLCWalker Gates Vela PLLC$5,906.31 · 2 giftsPatricia VelaPatricia Vela$4,000.00 · 5 giftsUriel DrukerUriel Druker$3,500.00 · 2 giftsAndrea JuarezAndrea Juarez$2,500.00 · 1 giftsCDM MediaCDM Media$44,801.54 · 24 paymentsKelly GraphicsKelly Graphics$42,017.73 · 10 paymentsJacob AronowitzJacob Aronowitz$12,368.34 · 18 paymentsNoah ClarkNoah Clark$9,023.37 · 10 paymentsTimothy BrayTimothy Bray$8,427.50 · 8 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
1Adam Loewy $10,000.001
2Walker Gates Vela PLLC $5,906.312
3Patricia Vela $4,000.005
4Uriel Druker $3,500.002
5Andrea Juarez $2,500.001
6Greg LaMantia $2,500.001
7Solomon Ortiz $2,342.887
8Jose Vela $2,200.001
9Alisa Marrow $1,700.003
10Ricardo Lopez Guerra $1,590.374

Top Reported Payees

Reported TEC payee names within the selected analysis window. View all expenditures →
#PayeePaidPayments
1CDM Media $44,801.5424
2Kelly Graphics $42,017.7310
3Jacob Aronowitz $12,368.3418
4Noah Clark $9,023.3710
5Timothy Bray $8,427.508
6Nathan Simmons $5,708.3410
7GMF Austin $4,401.318
8Cesar Acosta $4,250.006
9Infocus Campaigns $4,164.502
10Joshua Hinojosa $3,755.007

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2018$82,646.56 $134,014.26
2017$32,595.98 $39,219.61
2016$24,291.00 $4,550.54

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
06/30/2018Walker Gates Vela PLLC $2,406.31
06/12/2018Walker Gates Vela PLLC $3,500.00
06/12/2018Jean Genevie $10.00
05/28/2018David Sullivan $50.00
05/25/2018Roger Baker $1,200.00 Self Employed · Investor
05/25/2018Adelaida Martinez $100.00
05/22/2018Israel Reyna $100.00
05/20/2018Nikhil Shimpi $10.00
05/18/2018Martha Cotera $480.00
05/18/2018Dawn Robin Rather $250.00
05/17/2018Jesse Crawford $100.00
05/16/2018Carlos Zaffirini $500.00 AHCV · President & CEO
05/16/2018E Brian Graham $50.00
05/16/2018E Brian Graham $3.00
05/15/2018Jorge Herrera $1,000.00 The Herrera Law Firm · Attorney
05/15/2018George Finley $1,000.00 Retired · Retired
05/15/2018Patricia Miller $500.00 Not Employed · Not Employed
05/15/2018Anthony Gutierrez $50.00
05/13/2018Brian Early $2.00
05/12/2018David Albert $250.00

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
07/19/2018Kelly Graphics $6,681.95Mailers
06/30/2018CDM Media $3,500.00Campaign Management
06/17/2018ActBlue $0.40Transaction fee for online donations
06/12/2018CDM Media $3,500.00Campaign Management
06/08/2018Hustle Inc. $495.25Texting program
06/03/2018ActBlue $1.98Transaction fee for online donations
05/27/2018ActBlue $3.95Transaction fee for online donations
05/24/2018Timothy Bray $2,700.00Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018InFocus Campaigns $1,664.50Live Phones
05/24/2018Nathan Simmons $718.00Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Noah Clark $634.75Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Al Anstead $603.75Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Michael Siever $513.75Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Jacob Aronowitz $488.75Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Andrew Turner $462.50Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Avery Lundy $440.00Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Spencer Lucas $366.00Contract labor for campaign
05/24/2018Time Warner Cable $300.00Internet for office
05/24/2018Mayo Pardo $180.00Contract labor for campaign
05/21/2018Wesley UMC $150.00Program advertisement
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 44 ms.