Texas · 2005 – 2015

Byron Cook

Identified in the Open States roster as Republican, House, district 8.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 16 lobbying expenditure filings, from 13 different organisations or lobbyists.

$220 across the 5 items that carry an exact figure. The other 11 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 lobbyist	Items	Disclosed
Schmitt, Stacy (Mrs.)	3	$50
Woodward, Michael L. (Mr.)	2	—
Kelley, Russell T.	1	—
Ingersoll, Deborah C.	1	—
Lewis, Ron (Mr.)	1	$66
Sperry, Bryan (Mr.)	1	$37
Schulle Jr., Gerhardt (Mr.)	1	$20
Volkening, Ronnie (Mr.)	1	—
McCarley, James (Mr.)	1	$48
English Jr., C. M. (Mr.)	1	—
Gibson, Stephanie (Ms.)	1	—
Pojman, Joseph R. (Mr.)	1	—
Walden, David (Mr.)	1	—

What it was for

Category	Items
Food and beverage	8
Gift	5
Transportation and lodging	3