Lobbyist Insight

Texas · 2005 – 2018

Helen Giddings

Identified in the Open States roster as Democratic, House, district 109.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 39 lobbying expenditure filings, from 29 different organisations or lobbyists.

$1,314 across the 13 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
Nichols, Steven (Mr.)4—
Alonzo, Gladys (Ms.)3$367
Sampson, DeMetris (Ms.)3$448
Bowden III, John Mance (Mr.)2—
Perkins, Arthur Val (Mr.)2—
Kuhl Jr., P. John (Mr.)2—
Townsend, Tommy (Mr.)1$157
Richardson, Jody1—
Kelley, Russell T.1—
Ingersoll, Deborah C.1—
Lewis, Ron (Mr.)1$66
Sperry, Bryan (Mr.)1$37
Yanaway, Diane1—
Busby, Heather1—
Fields, James (Mr.)1$123
Sewell, Jim I. (Mr.)1—
McDaniel, Demetrius1—
Yelkin, Kimberly A.1—
English Jr., C. M. (Mr.)1$75
James, Dwain (Mr.)1—
Romo, Joel (Mr.)1—
Brown II, Stephen (Mr.)1$8
Gibson, Stephanie (Ms.)1—
LaCroix, Damian (Mr.)1—
Evans, Gwendolyn (Ms.)1$34
Fowler, Garen Elaina (Ms.)1—
McClure, Madeline (Mrs.)1—
Vane, Mark1—
Schulze, Paul R. (Mr.)1—

What it was for

CategoryItems
Food and beverage16
Gift14
Transportation and lodging6
Entertainment3