Direct Contacts

From 1995 until she departed the lobby in 2002, Christi Craddick billed 28 clients a total of up to $665,000 (Texas lobbyists report incomes in ranges). During some of these years, Rep. Craddick chaired the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, prompting recurring media questions about whether his daughter’s clients received special treatment. Christi Craddick may have fed such speculation when she named her consulting firm “Direct Contacts, Inc.”