Forget red and blue, Obama coming to Houston for the green Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 08:24 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2012 According to Mark Jones, a political scientist at Rice University, Texas is the No. 2 donor state in the nation. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the president has raised $3.4 million in Texas for his re-election, more than any of the four remaining GOP presidential candidates has raised in the state. According to data compiled for USA Today, Obama has attended 191 fundraisers for himself and others during his first term, exceeding the pace of presidents going back to Jimmy Carter. According to the latest filings from the Federal Election Commission, Texans are the heaviest donors to the big-money groups, with $28.3 million in donations from January 2011 through January 2012. In Houston Friday evening, he will be dining with Democratic elected officials and some 60 well-heeled supporters from around the state who will have paid $38,500 for the privilege. Ellis said he was confident event organizers will surpass their fundraising goal and added that some people who did not get in because of Secret Service restrictions on the number attending inquired about future events in Atlanta and elsewhere. Mayor Annise Parker is scheduled to attend the Union Station event, although she will not be at the evening reception at the River Oaks home of Tony Chase, newly named chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership, and Dina Alsowayel, a historian and associate director of the Woman's Studies Program at the University of Houston.
Forget Red And Blue, Obama Coming To Houston For The Green
Houston and Texas, Houston Chronicle: Local
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:45pm
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