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Texas Freedom Caucus

LEG · ACTIVE
Filer ID: 00081406 · Austin · TX
22 reports · First filing 07/15/2017 · Latest filing 07/15/2026
Legislative Organization · Legislative Caucus · Legislative

Committee Details

TEC filer identity, reporting status, geography, and analytical classification.
Committee Class
Legislative Organization
Subclass
Legislative Caucus
Market Segment
Legislative
Status
ACTIVE
Filer Type
LEG
Office
—
District / Place
—
Mailing Location
Austin · TX · 78767
First Filing
07/15/2017
Latest Filing
07/15/2026
Latest Reporting Period
01/01/2026 – 06/30/2026
Reports
22

Overview

Activity within the selected analysis window.
Analysis Window Current: Lifetime
Contributions
$268,269.02
Expenditures
$857,257.64
Transactions
603
Largest Contribution
$100,000.00
Largest Expenditure
$50,000.00
COH as of 06/30/2026
—
Average Contribution
$5,707.85
Average Expenditure
$1,541.83
First Contribution
12/31/2017
Last Contribution
12/16/2024
First Expenditure
01/26/2017
Last Expenditure
06/22/2026

Relationships

Reported Contributor Entities
34
Reported Payee Entities
105
Top Contributor
Darlene Pendry
Top Reported Payee
Mikael Garcia

Graph Relationships

Materialized relationship totals from the verified entity graph.
Contributor Relationships
34
55 contributions · $268,585.32
Vendor Relationships
86
499 payments · $187,267.33
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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 spentTexas Freedom CaucusFocal filer / committeeDarlene PendryDarlene Pendry$100,000.00 · 1 giftsFarris WilksFarris Wilks$50,000.00 · 1 giftsDarlene PenderyDarlene Pendery$50,000.00 · 1 giftsCharles SaulsburyCharles Saulsbury$30,000.00 · 1 giftsTim DunnTim Dunn$15,000.00 · 1 giftsMikael GarciaMikael Garcia$392,538.76 · 42 paymentsShane BirdwellShane Birdwell$86,934.88 · 19 paymentsTeresa BeckmeyerTeresa Beckmeyer$64,083.05 · 20 paymentsFarris WilkesFarris Wilkes$50,000.00 · 1 paymentsBerry CommunicationsBerry Communications$34,633.00 · 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
Legislative Organization
Subclass
Legislative Caucus
Market Segment
Legislative
Spending Band
—
Peer Committees
69

Peer Percentiles

MetricPercentileRank
Contributions73.9th#19 of 69
Expenditures88.4th#9 of 69
Total Financial Activity84.1th#12 of 69
Transaction Volume81.2th#14 of 69

Concentration

Descriptive study-period shares for this committee; not yet peer-relative.
MeasureShare
Top 10 contributors / contributions97.4%
Top 5 reported payees / expenditures87.7%

Top Contributors

Reported TEC identities within the selected analysis window. View all contributions →
#ContributorTotalGifts
1Darlene Pendry $100,000.001
2Farris Wilks $50,000.001
3Darlene Pendery $50,000.001
4Charles Saulsbury $30,000.001
5Tim Dunn $15,000.001
6Empower Texans PAC $5,000.001
7Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC $5,000.001
8Texas Right to Life Committee $5,000.001
9Grassroots America We the People $3,000.001
10CemterPoint Energy $2,500.001

Top Reported Payees

Reported TEC payee names within the selected analysis window. View all expenditures →
#PayeePaidPayments
1Mikael Garcia $392,538.7642
2Shane Birdwell $86,934.8819
3Teresa Beckmeyer $64,083.0520
4Farris Wilkes $50,000.001
5Berry Communications $34,633.001
6Corinne Murdock $34,004.5410
7Justin Williamson $32,000.0011
8Paycom $17,473.0723
9Group M7 $17,224.3132
10Omni Resorts Barton Creek $14,086.532

Financial Activity by Year

Annual totals are descriptive aggregates, not narrative interpretation.
YearContributionsExpenditures
2026$0.00 $12,849.60
2025$0.00 $21,164.55
2024$9,060.00 $1,157.39
2023$29.30 $116,102.96
2022$435.00 $195,487.25
2021$307.00 $171,895.86
2020$137.72 $149,840.26
2019$0.00 $115,929.40
2018$258,250.00 $61,098.32
2017$50.00 $11,732.05

Recent Contributions

DateContributorAmountEmployer / Occupation
12/16/2024Texas Nurse Practitioners $1,000.00
12/12/2024Steve Koebele $500.00
12/11/2024James White $50.00
12/02/2024Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC $5,000.00
11/22/2024CemterPoint Energy $2,500.00
07/24/2024Jan Johnston $10.00
07/24/2023Jan Johnston $9.30
06/24/2023Jan Johnston $10.00
06/20/2023Jan Johnston $10.00
11/24/2022Jan Johnston $10.00
11/07/2022Bill Beth $100.00
10/24/2022Jan Johnston $10.00
09/24/2022Jan Johnston $50.00
07/19/2022Jason Mueller $100.00
04/28/2022Ed Martin $6.00
03/28/2022Ed Martin $6.00
03/01/2022Chris Robert $50.00
02/28/2022Ed Martin $6.00
02/20/2022Reynaldo Cazares $50.00
02/08/2022Vanda Mathis $35.00

Recent Expenditures

DatePayeeAmountDescription
06/22/2026Justin Williamson $2,000.00June Salary
06/03/2026Justin Williamson $4,000.00April & May Salary
04/10/2026Justin Williamson $2,000.00March Salary
02/18/2026Justin Williamson $2,000.00February Salary
02/11/2026GroupM7 Inc. $639.60Website Domain and Email Hosting
01/23/2026Justin Williamson $2,000.00January Salary
01/02/2026GroupM7 Inc. $210.00Website Domain Registration
12/15/2025Justin Williamson $2,000.00December Salary
11/17/2025Justin Williamson $4,000.00October/November Salary
09/15/2025Justin Williamson $2,000.00September Salary
07/21/2025Justin Williamson $4,000.00July/August Salary
06/02/2025Justin Williamson $4,000.00May & June Salary/Wages
06/02/2025Justin Williamson $4,000.00March & April Salary/Wages
03/04/2025Group M7 $559.65Website Design
01/27/2025Larry Hicks $250.00Accounting Services
01/27/2025Larry Hicks $195.00Accounting Services
01/06/2025Group M7 $79.95Website Design
01/03/2025Group M7 $79.95Website Design
12/27/2024GroupM Design $79.95Website Maintenance
07/24/2024Anedot $123.60Credit Card Processing Fees 07/24/2024 - 12/12/2024
Evidence basis: All statistics on this page are computed directly from public Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance records. Analysis window: Lifetime. Dashboard query time: 134 ms.