2020 general election
Texas 12th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$3.4M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Texas 12th District race: $3.4M raised by the campaigns, $1.5M of it from PACs, plus $5K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Kay Granger (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$3.4M
Raised by campaigns
$3.4M
PAC checks
$1.5M
Outside money
$5K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Kay GrangerRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.2M
- Spent
- $3.4M
- From individuals
- $1.8M
- From PACs
- $1.5M
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $5K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 45% of Granger's money came from PACs
Corporate $725K (52%)Trade group $224K (16%)Leadership PAC $225K (16%)Membership $85K (6%)Union $30K (2%)Super PAC $6K (0%)Other $106K (8%)
- Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC) Corporate$10K
- Honeywell International Corporate$10K
- L3 Technologies, Inc. PAC Corporate$10K
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate$10K
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation Corporate$10K
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Corporate$10K
- General Dynamics Corporation Corporate$10K
- Deloitte Political Action Committee Other$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $5K supporting
Lisa WelchDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $122K
- Spent
- $122K
- From individuals
- $65K
- From PACs
- $16K
- From party
- $4K
- Own money & loans
- $32K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 13% of Welch's money came from PACs
Union $10K (69%)Party $4K (28%)Other $500 (3%)
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund Union$5K
- Dollars for Democrats Party$4K
- Iuoe Local 965 Pef Union$3K
- Communications Workers of America Union$3K
- Parker County Active Democrats Other$500
Trey HolcombLibertarian
✗ Lost- Raised
- $967
- Spent
- $457
- From individuals
- $867
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $100
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Texas 12th District race?
- $3.4M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Texas 12th District race: $3.4M raised by the campaigns, $1.5M of it from PACs, plus $5K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Kay Granger (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Texas 12th District race?
- Kay Granger (Republican) raised $3.2M and had $5K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Texas 12th District race?
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund ($5K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Texas 12th District race?
- Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC) gave $10K to Kay Granger; Honeywell International Political Action Committee gave $10K to Kay Granger; L3 Technologies, Inc. PAC gave $10K to Kay Granger.