Texas Ethics Commission data Release v1.4 Source snapshot September 17, 2026 Latest eligible reported transaction September 15, 2026

Search/CHET EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS

Canonical Vendor

CHET EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS

Resolved vendor identity assembled from reviewed Texas Ethics Commission payee records.

Campaign Committee

Canonical vendor · Vendor ID 59444 · Resolution: Indexed Canonical Identity

View relationships →Reported names

Total Payments

$326,899.54

Client Filers

Payments

201

Activity Range

07/07/2000–10/20/2010

Largest Payment

$5,000.00

Graph: 45 connected filers · 201 payments · $326,899.54 represented

Canonical vendor assembled from reviewed Texas Ethics Commission reported payee identities. Source records remain unchanged.

Reported Names

Payee names preserved from the reported/curated source layer and resolved to this canonical vendor.

Chet Edwards for Congress

Top Client Filers

Canonical client relationships from vendor_clients_canonical.

#	Filer	Paid	Payments	Last Payment
1	Valero Energy Corporation Political Action Committee	$46,000.00	12	07/22/2009
2	Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. Political Action Committee	$31,000.00	7	03/03/2010
3	Power Political Action Committee of Texas Utilities Company d/b/a TXU Corp	$28,500.00	17	11/20/2009
4	Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective Government	$25,000.00	18	04/22/2010
5	Oncor Political Action Committee of TXU Corp	$19,850.54	13	09/21/2009
6	TEXAS FARM BUREAU FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE FUND (AGFUND) INC.	$14,500.00	3	08/26/2010
7	Halliburton Company PAC	$14,000.00	11	01/20/2010
8	Occidental Petroleum Corporation Political Action Committee	$14,000.00	10	05/26/2010
9	TXU Corp. Political Action Committee	$12,000.00	8	11/20/2009
10	ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC	$12,000.00	8	09/28/2010
11	NRG Energy Political Action Committee	$11,500.00	8	09/08/2010
12	Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee	$11,500.00	4	10/20/2010
13	Texas and Southwestern Cattleraisers Association Political Action Committee	$10,500.00	4	09/10/2010
14	CONTRAN CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$10,500.00	4	09/25/2009
15	Lone Star Fund	$10,000.00	7	09/17/2010
16	Professionals PAC HDR Inc.	$7,000.00	5	08/05/2010
17	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Inc. Political Action Committee	$6,500.00	7	06/01/2010
18	Coleman, Garnet (Mr.)	$5,400.00	8	08/25/2010
19	Devon Energy Corporation Political Action Committee	$5,000.00	3	06/09/2009
20	Greenberg Traurig P.A. PAC	$4,000.00	3	10/15/2010

Shared Client Network

Other canonical vendors paid by the same filer clients. Ranked by shared-client count. This is a structural overlap measure, not evidence of affiliation or coordination.

Vendor	Shared Clients	Focal Coverage	Peer Clients	Network Overlap
TEXANS FOR RICK PERRY Vendor ID 308841	28	62.2%	386	6.9%
TEXANS FOR GREG ABBOTT Vendor ID 308629	27	60.0%	524	5.0%
BRADY FOR CONGRESS Vendor ID 40578	25	55.6%	66	29.1%
LAMPSON FOR CONGRESS Vendor ID 186073	24	53.3%	28	49.0%
TEXANS FOR HENRY CUELLAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 308661	24	53.3%	55	31.6%
TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITH Vendor ID 308767	24	53.3%	55	31.6%
TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN Vendor ID 308866	24	53.3%	73	25.5%
JIM KEFFER CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 165367	24	53.3%	187	11.5%
TOM CRADDICK CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 329477	24	53.3%	230	9.6%
PHIL KING CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 243362	24	53.3%	295	7.6%
CHARLIE GEREN CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 58258	24	53.3%	325	6.9%
CONGRESSMAN JOE BARTON COMMITTEE Vendor ID 73340	23	51.1%	39	37.7%

Method: Focal Coverage = shared clients ÷ this vendor's client count. Network Overlap = Jaccard similarity: shared clients ÷ union of both client sets.

Recent Reported Payments

Date	Client Filer	Amount	Description
10/20/2010	Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee	$5,000.00
10/15/2010	Greenberg Traurig P.A. PAC	$2,000.00	Political Contribution
09/28/2010	ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC	$3,000.00	Direct Contribution
09/21/2010	The Dow Chemical Co. Employee PAC	$2,500.00	Desc:Direct Contribution
09/17/2010	Lone Star Fund	$1,500.00	Federal Contribution
09/10/2010	Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association PAC	$5,000.00	Support for U.S. House
09/08/2010	NRG ENERGY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$1,500.00
09/06/2010	Brazos County Democratic Party	$250.00	campaign contribution
08/26/2010	TEXAS FARM BUREAU FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE FUND (AGFUND) INC.	$4,500.00	FEDERAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION-SUPPORT OFFICEHOLDER-GENERAL 2010-DIST 17
08/26/2010	Denbury Resources Inc. Political Committee	$1,000.00	reception
08/25/2010	Coleman, Garnet (Mr.)	$2,400.00	Campaign Donation
08/24/2010	Lucio Jr., Eduardo A.	$1,000.00	Political Contribution
08/10/2010	Davis, Wendy R.	$250.00	Contribution
08/05/2010	HDR Inc. PAC	$1,500.00	Desc:Direct Contribution
08/02/2010	NRG ENERGY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$1,000.00
07/29/2010	Texas Instruments Incorporated Political Action Committee	$1,000.00	Political contribution
06/23/2010	Greenberg Traurig P.A. PAC	$1,000.00
06/21/2010	CenterPoint Energy Inc. Political Action Committee	$500.00	contribution to federal candidate Chet Edwards
06/07/2010	Naishtat, Elliott	$100.00	political contribution to Chet Edwards for Congress campaign
06/01/2010	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Inc. Political Action Committee	$1,000.00	GENERAL

Evidence basis: A canonical vendor identity was resolved using the curated vendor layer. Raw reported-payee statistics remain separate from canonical vendor statistics so the source record and analytical identity are distinguishable.