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

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Canonical Vendor

FRIENDS OF ROBERT ECKELS

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

Canonical vendor · Vendor ID 122141 · Resolution: Canonical Vendor Id

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Total Payments

$143,250.00

Client Filers

Payments

Activity Range

03/16/2000–04/22/2006

Largest Payment

$5,000.00

Graph: 25 connected filers · 70 payments · $143,250.00 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.

FRIENDS OF ROBERT ECKELS

Top Client Filers

Canonical client relationships from vendor_clients_canonical.

#	Filer	Paid	Payments	Last Payment
1	Hermes Reed Architects Political Action Committee	$21,000.00	5	02/04/2005
2	Halliburton Company PAC	$17,500.00	7	04/22/2006
3	Bracewell & Patterson Committee	$17,500.00	4	01/21/2005
4	Southwest Bank of Texas PAC	$10,000.00	4	03/14/2003
5	Andrews & Kurth Texas PAC	$10,000.00	2	04/13/2004
6	Carter & Burgess Inc. Political Committee	$10,000.00	2	05/14/2004
7	Houston Pilots PAC Fund	$9,750.00	6	02/08/2005
8	CLR Texas Political Action Committee	$8,500.00	5	05/04/2004
9	MAXXAM Inc. Texas Political Action Committee	$7,500.00	3	04/06/2006
10	TSC Engineering and TSC Surveying PAC Fund	$5,250.00	4	06/07/2004
11	PSI PAC	$5,000.00	3	05/18/2004
12	CenterPoint Energy Inc. Political Action Committee	$4,000.00	2	04/14/2004
13	Texas SBC Comm. Inc.& Southwestern Bell Tele.Co. Employee PAC	$3,500.00	3	06/27/2002
14	S&B Engineers and Constructors Ltd. PAC Texas Contribution Acct.	$3,000.00	3	03/22/2005
15	Continental Airlines Inc. Employee Fund For A Better America	$2,500.00	2	03/06/2001
16	Baker Botts Amicus Fund	$2,000.00	3	04/22/2004
17	PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO. 68 PAC FUND	$1,250.00	1	03/23/2001
18	Texas Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee	$1,000.00	1	03/11/2003
19	West Gulf Maritime Assn. PAC	$1,000.00	1	04/15/2002
20	Concerned Citizens for Good Government	$1,000.00	1	03/16/2000

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	18	72.0%	386	4.6%
RODNEY ELLIS CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 267559	17	68.0%	187	8.7%
Jerry Eversole Campaign Vendor ID 164373	16	64.0%	38	34.0%
ANNISE PARKER CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 18044	16	64.0%	103	14.3%
DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE Vendor ID 85094	16	64.0%	236	6.5%
WAYNE SMITH CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 349926	15	60.0%	165	8.6%
CAROL ALVARADO CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 52699	15	60.0%	252	5.7%
TEXANS FOR GREG ABBOTT Vendor ID 308629	15	60.0%	524	2.8%
ADDIE WISEMAN CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 6940	14	56.0%	35	30.4%
JON LINDSAY CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 169092	14	56.0%	53	21.9%
SYLVIA GARCIA CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 302277	14	56.0%	104	12.2%
BILL CALLEGARI CAMPAIGN Vendor ID 34515	14	56.0%	133	9.7%

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
04/22/2006	Halliburton Company PAC	$2,500.00	Robert Eckels Harris County Judge TX
04/06/2006	MAXXAM Inc. Texas Political Action Committee	$2,500.00	Political Contribution
03/22/2005	S&B Engineers and Constructors Ltd. PAC Texas Contribution Acct	$500.00	campaign contribution
02/08/2005	Houston Pilots PAC Fund	$2,500.00	Campaign Contribution
02/08/2005	Halliburton Company PAC	$2,500.00	Robert Eckels Harris County Judge TX
02/04/2005	Hermes Reed Architects Political Action Committee	$5,000.00	Political contributions
02/04/2005	Hermes Reed Architects Political Action Committee	$5,000.00	Political contributions
02/01/2005	MAXXAM Inc. Texas Political Action Committee	$2,500.00	Political Contribution
01/21/2005	Bracewell & Patterson Committee	$5,000.00	Political Contribution Robert Eckels Harris County Judge
06/08/2004	COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC EMPLOYEES PAC	$250.00	CONTRIBUTION TO POLITICAL COMMITTEE
06/08/2004	COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC EMPLOYEES PAC	$250.00	CONTRIBUTION TO POLITICAL COMMITTEE
06/07/2004	TSC Engineering and TSC Surveying PAC Fund	$2,500.00	contribution
05/18/2004	PSI PAC	$2,500.00	Campaign Contribution
05/14/2004	Carter & Burgess Inc. Political Committee	$5,000.00	Political Contribution
05/05/2004	Houston Pilots PAC Fund	$1,250.00	Campaign Contribution
05/04/2004	CLR Texas Political Action Committee	$2,500.00	Contribution
04/29/2004	MAXXAM Inc. Texas Political Action Committee	$2,500.00	Political Contribution
04/22/2004	Baker Botts Amicus Fund	$500.00	Contribution-Officeholder. Harris County County Judge.
04/14/2004	CenterPoint Energy Inc. Political Action Committee	$2,000.00	Robert Eckels LOCAL TX
04/13/2004	Andrews & Kurth Texas PAC	$5,000.00	In support of officeholder position-Harris County Judge

Evidence basis: The canonical vendor was opened by stable vendor ID. 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.