The chart below shows which economic sectors are contributing the most money to campaigns in the state. You can do more detailed searches at www.followthemoney.org.

Texans for Public Justice summary of the top individual donors during the 2004 election cycle.

http://www.tpj.org/press_releases/pdf/topdonors04.pdf

As this study shows, wealthy school districts were also campaign cash cows. They accounted for a disproportionately high percentage of total campaign contributions in the 2001-2002 campaign cycle.

Campaigns for People's press release regarding their Texas Democracy Awards. The awards were given to people who were instrumental in passing an ethics reform and campaign disclosure bill.

• Average amount raised by winning candidates for a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court in 1994: $287,000.