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GOP heavy hitters in the lieutenant governors race

Five of GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbotts 25 biggest contributors have stayed completely out of Tuesdays heated

Republican primary for lieutenant governor. Seven have made six-figure donations to at least one of the four hopefuls for the states

No. 2 political office. The remaining 13, who have written checks ranging from $2,000 to $75,000, may be waiting to see which two

candidates make it to an expected May runoff:

Rank as

Abbott

donor

Gave to

Abbott

Name Hometown Business

interest

Dewhurst Patrick Staples Patterson

1 $551,000 Kelcy Warren Dallas oil and gaspipelines

$25,000 0 0 $50,000

2 $502,000 Ray and

Nancy Hunt

Dallas oil and gas $25,000 0 0 $10,000

3 $450,000 Kenny Troutt Dallas telecom,

horses

$300,000 0 0 0

4 $401,000 Drayton

McLane

Temple Houston

Astros,

trucking

$150,000 0 0 $5,000

5 $360,000 Jay and

Carissa Ray

The

Woodlands

pharmacy

owners

$10,000 $10,000 0 0

6 (tie) $350,000 T. DanFriedkin

Houston Toyotadistributor

$100,000 0 $2,500 0

6 (tie) $350,000 Robert

McNair

Houston Houston

Texans

$50,000 $2,000 0 0

8 $325,000 Stuart

Stedman

Houston oil, gas,

ranching

0 0 0 0

9 $301,000 S. Reed

Morian

Houston chemicals 0 $5,000 0 0

10 (tie) $300,000 Nancy and

Rich Kinder

Houston oil and gas

pipelines

$100,000 0 0 0

10 (tie) $300,000 Curtis

Mewbourne

Tyler oil and gas

production

0 0 $100,000 0

10 (tie) $300,000 James

Doug

Pitcock

Houston road

contracting

$500,000 0 $100,000 0

13 (tie) $275,000 Paul Foster El Paso refinery

executive

$100,000 0 0 0

13 (tie) $275,000 Al G. Hill Dallas real estate, oil

and gas

0 0 0 0

15 $264,000 Javaid Anwar Midland oil and gas $75,000 0 0 $25,000

16 $250,200 Ardon Moore Fort Worth president,

Lee M. Bass

Inc.

0 0 $10,000 0

17 (tie) $250,000 Jim and

Cherie Flores

Houston oil and gas $20,000 0 0 0

17 (tie) $250,000 Laurence

Hirsch

Dallas private equity $25,000 0 0 0

17 (tie) $250,000 John Nau Houston beer

distributor

$75,000 0 $10,000 0

17 (tie) $250,000 Trevor Rees-

Jones

Dallas oil and gas $10,000 0 $10,000 0

21 $225,000 Marcus and

Nancy Hiles

Grand Prairie apartments,

townhomes

0 0 0 0

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22 (tie) $200,000 T. Boone

Pickens

Dallas energy,

hedge fund

0 0 0 $75,000

22 (tie) $200,000 Richard R.

Scott

Wimberley given by

horse

breeders

trust

0 0 0 0

24 $192,000 Windi and

David Grimes

Houston oil and gas 0 0 0 0

25 $182,000 NorthCypress

Medical

Center and

Robert Behar

Cypress hospital andits founder

0 $15,000 0 0

NOTE: All figures have been rounded.

SOURCES: Texas Ethics Commission,

Dallas Morning Newsresearch.