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</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Texas money has played an important part in Donald Trump’s campaign for president. Texans provided nearly 35 percent of the contributions to Trump Victory in the second quarter of the year when the general election fundraising operation was just getting underway. For the third quarter, Texas accounted for just under 14 percent of all its contributions.</span></div><div>
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</div><div>Texas donors also gave $7 million directly to Republican nominee through the end of August — more than any state, although less than half of what Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign raised in the Lone Star State.</div><div>
</div><div>While individual donors cannot give more than $2,700 to his campaign committee, they can give up to $449,400 to Trump Victory, a joint fund raising committee of the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and a number of state Republican parties, not including Texas, which divide the proceeds.</div><div>
</div><div>Among the top Texas contributors to Trump Victory:</div><div>
</div><div><b>Houston Texans owners Bob McNair</b> and his wife, Janice, were the biggest Texas contributors to the <b>Trump Victory Committee</b> this quarter, with each contributing $449,000. McNair originally made his fortune in cogeneration.</div><div>
</div><div><b>Julianna Holt of Corpus Christi, who with her husband, Peter, owns the San Antonio Spurs, </b>made a third-quarter contribution of $249,400 bringing her to the maximum of $449,400. Peter Holt is CEO of HoltCat, the largest <b>Caterpillar</b> dealership in the United States and Julianna Holt is the Spurs CEO.</div><div>Daniel Andrew “Andy” Beal, chairman of Beal Bank in Dallas, made a $50,000 contribution this quarter that brought him to the $449,400 limit.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Shale oil billionaire George Bishop of The Woodlands was close behind with a contribution of $446,500.</span></div><div>Houston attorney Tony Buzbee, who hosted a Trump fundraiser at his River Oaks home in June, contributed $250,000.</div><div>Oil and gas money...</div></div></div>