The media has widely reported that George W. Bush has put together a startlingly successful money-raising machine. At last report, Bush had pulled in more than $40 million. Much of the money has been raised through a network of Bush allies called the Pioneers. Each Pioneer pledged to recruit at least $100,000 for the Texas governor’s presidential campaign. Campaign finance laws require candidates to disclose the names of individual contributors, but not the names of the Pioneers, who promised to bring in at least 100 checks for $1,000 each. On July 19, Texans for Public Justice, a fiesty watchdog group in Austin, wrote Bush demanding that his campaign release the names of the Pioneers. Two days later Bush complied. Here’s the list of names.
Joe Allen
Houston TX
Attorney, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Alfred Austin, Tampa FL
President, The Austin Companies
Joe Barton
Ennis TX
Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
Lee M. Bass, Fort Worth TX
President, Lee M. Bass, Inc.
George Bayoud
Dallas TX
former Secretary of State for Texas
Louis A. Beecherl
investor, Texas Oil & Gas; Beecherl Investments
Dennis R. Berman
Dallas TX
president, Denitech
Wayne L. Berman, Washington DC
Lobbyist, Berman Enterprises Inc
Roland Betts,
NY, NY
Executive, Chelsea Piers Mgmt
former parnter with Bush in the Texas Rangers
Teel Bivins
Austin TX
State Senator, State of Texas
James Blosser
Ft. Lauderdale FL
Government Relations, Poole & McKinley
Michael Boone, Dallas TX
Attorney, Haynes & Boone LLP
Rudy Boschwitz,
Plymouth MN
Chairman, Home Value
Katherine Boyd
Burlingame CA
owner, Katherine Boyd Interior Decoration
Dan Branch
Dallas TX
Attorney, Langley & Branch
Stephen Brauer
Bridgeton MO
Executive, Hunter Engineering Co
Nancy Brinker
Dallas, TX
housewife, Brinker International
William Brisben, OH
Home Builder, W. O. Brisben Companies
Christopher Burnham, CT
Asset Mgmt, Columbus Circle Investors
Jonathan Bush,
Killingworth CT
Chairman, J Bush & Co Inc/Riggs Bank
George W. Bush’s uncle
William H. T. Bush
St. Louis MO
Chairman, Bush, O’Donnell & Co.
Joe Canizaro
New Orleans LA
CEO, Joseph Canizaro Inc
A. R. “Pete” Carpenter
Jacksonville FL
CEO, CSX Transportation
Claiborne Carrington
San Antonio TX
Bill Ceverha
Dallas TX
State Lobbyist
James Click, AZ
Executive, Jim Click Automotive
Herb Collins,
Boston MA
Chair, Boston Capital Partners
Peter Coneway
Houston TX
Investment Banker, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Jim Culbertson,
Winston-Salem NC
Executive, Financial Computing Inc
Robert Dedman Jr.
Dallas TX
CEO, ClubCorp International
on National Center for Policy Analysis’s Board
Bob Devlin
Houston TX
CEO, American General Financial
Bill DeWitt
Cincinnati OH
Private Investor, Reynolds, DeWitt Securities Company
Jennifer Dunn,
Seattle, WA
US Representative, Congress
Patrick Durkin
Greenwich CT
Managing Director, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette
Dick Egan
Hopkinton MA
EMC Corporation
Contributions to Bush’s Gov. Races: $0
Gov. John Engler,
Lansing, MI
Governor, State of Michigan
Marty Fiorentino
Jacksonville FL
VP of Communications, CSX Transportation
Tom Foley
Greenwich CT
Executive, The NTC Group
Sam Fox
St. Louis MO
CEO, Harbour Group
Jim Francis
Dallas TX
President, Francis Enterprises
Bradford (Brad) Freeman
Los Angeles CA
General Partner, Freeman, Spogli & Co.
David Girard-diCarlo
Philidelphia PA
Attorney/ CEO, Blank, Rome, Comisky, & McCauley LLP
D. Stephen Goddard
Houston Tx
Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP
Hank Greenberg
NY, NY
CEO, American International Group
Adele Hall
Shawnee Mission KS
Hallmark Cards
Tim Hammonds
Washington DC
president/lobbyist, Food Marketing Institute
Dick Heath
Dallas TX
CEO, BeautiControl Cosmetics
R. Steven Hicks
Austin/Dallas TX
CEO, Capstar Broadcasting Co.
Roger Hirl
Dallas TX
Pres & CEO, Occidental Chemical Co.
Alfred Hoffman
Ft. Myers FL
CEO, Watermark Communities, Inc.
Bob B. Holland III
Dallas TX
Senior VP, General Counsel, Triton Energy
R.D. Hubbard
Palm Desert CA
CEO, Hollywood Park, Inc.
James Huffines
Austin TX
Investor, Morgan Keegan; Bank of Dallas
Gaylord Hughey Jr.
Tyler TX
Attorney, Hughey Oil Company; Potter & Gunn Atty.
Robert Woods Johnson
New York NY
CEO, Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
Thomas Johnson
Austin TX
Exec. Director, AGC (Associated General Contractors) of Texas
Walter Johnson
Houston TX
President & CEO, Southwest Bank of Texas
Don Jordan
Houston TX
Exec., Reliant Energy
Shelly Kamins
Washington DC
Chairman of GOPAC; Investor, Blum Frank & Kamins
Stephen Kass
Burbank CA
Richard & Nancy Kinder, Houston TX
Chairman & CEO, Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Former CEO of Enron
Dorothy Koch, Bethesda MD
George Bush’s sister
Michael Kojaian
Southfield MI
President, Kojaian Mgmt Corp
David Laney
Dallas TX
Attorney, Jenkins & Gilchrist
James Langdon, Washington DC
Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Frank Lavin, Canton OH
Banker, Citibank
Kenneth Lay
Houston TX
CEO, Enron
Howard Leach
San Francisco CA
President, Cypress Farms Inc
Steve Letbetter
Houston TX
Executive, Reliant Energy
Tom Loeffler
San Antonio TX
Attorney, Arter & Hadden
ex-member, U.S. House of Representatives, Appointed by Bush to Univ. of Texas Board of Regents
John Mahaffey
Springfield MO
President, Mahaffey Enterprises
Thomas Marinis Jr.
Houston TX
Attorney, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
Sits on board of dirs. at Phoenix House
Robert Martinez
Tampa FL
Managing Dir.-Gov’t Relations, Carlton Fields Law
Former Governor of Florida
Dean & Andrea McWilliams
Austin TX
Spokesman for TX Sen. Mike Galloway, State of Texas
David A. Metzner
McClean, VA
Lobbyist, American Continental Group
clients include Lockheed Martin and Gov. of India
Vance Miller
Dallas TX
CEO, Henry S. Miller Co.
David Miner
Cary NC
State Representative, State of North Carolina
Philip Montgomery III
Dallas TX
Owner, P.O.B. Montgomery & Co.
Charles Nash
Austin TX
Owner – Car Dealer, Chuck Nash Chevrolet
James Nicholson
Detroit MI
President, PVS Chemicals
Dennis Nixon
Laredo TX
Banker, International Bancshares Corp.
Alan Novak
Coatesville PA
Attorney, Conrad O’Brien Gellman & Rohn
Erle Nye
Dallas TX
CEO, Texas Utilities
Appointed by Bush to Texas A&M Board of Regents
Joseph O’Donnell
Cambridge MA
CEO, Boston Concessions Group, Inc.
Joseph O’Neill III
Midland TX
Managing Partner, O’Neill Properties
Bill Owens
Denver CO
Governor of Colorado, State of Colorado
Marshall Payne
Dallas TX
Investor, Cardinal Investment Corporation
Robert Pickens
Dallas TX
Investor, Self-employed
Don Powell
Amarillo TX
President, The First National Bank
Appointed by Bush to Texas A&M Board of Regents
Heinz Prechter
Southgate MI
Chairman & CEO, ASC, Inc.
former Chairman of Pres. Bush’s Export Committee
Mercer Reynolds
Cincinatti OH
Private Investor
Dub (A.W.) Riter Jr.
Tyler TX
Managing Partner, Pinstripe Investments
Appointed by Bush to Univ. of Texas Board of Regents
Raul Romero
Houston TX
CEO, S&B Infrastructure
Appointed by Bush to Univ. of Texas Board of Regents
Evans Rose Jr.
Pittsburgh PA
Attorney, Cohen & Grigsby
Rusty (Edward) Rose III
Dallas TX
partner, Cardinal Investments
former Bush business partner
Tony (A.R.) Sanchez Jr.
Laredo TX
CEO, Sanchez-O’Brien Oil & Gas
Oil, Land, Banking magnate. Appointed by Bush to Univ. of Texas Board of Regents
Nicholas Sarafy
Brownsville TX
Business Executive, Performance Testing Services
William Scherer
Fort Lauderdale FL
Attorney, Conrad Scherer & James
Bud (Allan) Shivers Jr.
Austin TX
consultant/investor, Waste Recovery Inc
Texans for Lawsuit Reform spokesman
James Simmons
Paradise Valley AZ
Owner, James P. Simmons & Associates
Alex Spanos
Stockton CA
Owner, San Diego Chargers
Manuel Stamatakis
Wayne PA
Founder & CEO, Capital Management Enterprises
Craig Stapleton
Greenwich CT
Executive, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Peter Terpeluk Jr.
Washington DC
Lobbyist, American Continental Group
Jack Vaughn
Dallas TX
Owner, Vaughn Petroleum
Roger Wallace
San Antonio TX
Consultant, PSI
Frederick L Webber,
Alexandria, VA
CEO/president/lobbyist, Chemical Manufacturers Association
Ron Weiser
Ann Arbor MI
CEO, McKinley Associates
Mrs. Jimmy Westcott,
Dallas TX
Westcott Communications
Robert Whilden Jr.
Houston TX
Attorney, Vinson & Elkins
George Williams
Houston TX
Investment Banker, Williams Partners Inc
Roger G. Williams
Bob Wright
Harlingen TX
President, Wright Way Construction
Charles Wyly Jr.
Dallas TX
Executive, Sterling Software
Dr. Zach Zachariah
Sea Ranch Lakes FL
Physician