Lobbyist Insight

Texas · 2005 – 2023

Charles Anderson

Identified in the Open States roster as Republican, House, district 56 · roster lists service 2005 to 2024.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 50 lobbying expenditure filings, from 22 different organisations or lobbyists.

$3,580 across the 18 items that carry an exact figure. The other 32 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
Bessent, Kody (Mr.)10—
Copeland, Christopher (Mr.)7$1,300
Odom, James (Mr.)6—
Choate, Elizabeth4$1,222
Erwin, Donna (Ms.)3$244
Choate, Elizabeth (Ms.)3—
Choate, Elizabeth (Mrs.)2$525
Kelley, Russell T.1—
Ingersoll, Deborah C.1—
Lewis, Ron (Mr.)1$66
Dreyer, Lauren (Mrs.)1$24
Williams, Tony (Mr.)1$35
Schulle Jr., Gerhardt (Mr.)1$20
Arlene, Wohlgemuth (Mrs.)1$17
Whalen, Kenneth (Mr.)1—
Hull, Stacey (Mrs.)1—
Smith, Todd (Mr.)1—
Barber1$7
Lewis, Jesse (Mr.)1$120
McCarthy Jr., Edmond R. (Mr.)1—
Hightower, Trent (Mr.)1—
Alexander, Troy R. (Mr.)1—

What it was for

CategoryItems
Food and beverage38
Gift8
Entertainment2
Transportation and lodging2