Lobbyist Insight

Texas · 2005 – 2011

Aaron Pena

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 38 lobbying expenditure filings, from 19 different organisations or lobbyists.

$928 across the 12 items that carry an exact figure. The other 26 are filed as a bracket rather than an amount, so the real total is higher and cannot be calculated from what the state publishes.

What this is and is not. These are items that lobbyists and their employers reported spending, naming this person as a recipient. The filings themselves never say whether a named person is a legislator, a member of staff, a family member or a guest at the same event — Texas codes every one of them "INDIVIDUAL" — so any role shown above comes from matching the name against a published roster, and its absence means only that no match was found. Nothing here is a payment to them.

Who reported spending on them

Organisation or lobbyistItemsDisclosed
Arnold, Michelle (Mrs.)9—
Reese, Russell (Mr.)5$10
Caballero-Lopez, Elvia (Ms.)4$528
Caballero-Lopez, Elvia3$38
Gibson, Stephanie (Ms.)2—
Barrett, Gary (Mr.)2$43
Finch, Daniel (Mr.)1—
Lewis, Ron (Mr.)1$66
Herzog, Greg (Mr.)1—
Contreras, Sergio (Mr.)1$200
Edmonds, Shannon (Mr.)1—
Sanchez, Joe (Mr.)1$12
Gilbert, Robert (Mr.)1$31
Kowalski, Thomas (Mr.)1—
Cheng, Karen (Mrs.)1—
Flores, Theresa (Ms.)1—
Opelt, Jonathon (Mr.)1—
Liendo, Raul G.1—
Contreras, Sergio1—

What it was for

CategoryItems
Food and beverage17
Transportation and lodging9
Gift8
Entertainment4