Democratic Party of Texas

Leadership & Staff

Kendall Scudder Texas Democratic Party chair

• chair (Mar '25→?)

Manny Garcia Executive Director at Texas Democratic Party

• Executive Director (Feb '19→?) [+1]

• Deputy Executive Director (Mar 1 '15→Jan 31 '19)

Cristina Ayala Political consultant for José Garza

• Finance Director [+1]

• Finance Director

Rick Cofer Travis County Private Defense Attorney; DNC operative; Local Democratic Party Leader

• Parliamentarian

Nicholas Chu Democrat Judge in Travis County

• Chair of Rules Committee

Gilberto Hinojosa Texas DNC member; Texas Democratic Party Chairman

• Chair ('12→?)

Donors

Devan Allen Tarrant County Commissioner Precinct 2

• Money to Parties · 230 USD (Jun 19 '18)

Mario Obejas [Dem-leaning] Commissioner on the Torrance Planning Commission

• Campaign contribution · 50 USD ('20)

Betty Lieu [Dem] Candidate for Torrance City Council District 5 and TUSD Board Trustee, with prior service on city commissions and a background in education governance and public service.

• Campaign contribution · 20 USD (Oct 23 '20)*

Rick Cofer Travis County Private Defense Attorney; DNC operative; Local Democratic Party Leader

• Donation/Grant

Campaign Donors

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Dolph Briscoe Jr Former Governor of Texas

• 11 contributions · 50,500 USD ('94→'09)

Carrin F Patman Partner, Bracewell & Patterson

• 24 contributions · 45,822 USD ('92→Oct 18 '16)

Kevin I Rowe K Rowe Investments, Santa Fe New Mexico

• 9 contributions · 40,798 USD (Sep 8 '19→Mar 3 '22)

Reid Hoffman Cofounder of LinkedIn, now an investment partner with Greylock Partners

• 4 contributions · 40,000 USD (Jan 17 '20→Feb 15 '24)

Domingo A Garcia Dallas attorney, former Texas state legislator

• 10 contributions · 39,800 USD ('95→Sep 2 '16)

Lyndon L Olson Jr Citicorp

• 16 contributions · 38,500 USD ('92→'12)

Edward Allen Senior Partner and Portfolio Manager, Eagle Global Advisors

• 6 contributions · 36,555 USD (May 4 '12→Jan 4 '16)

Norman Kaplan Physician - Professor, University of Texas Medical School

• 34 contributions · 36,350 USD (Jun 16 '92→Jan 22 '16)

Michelle Yee

• 3 contributions · 30,000 USD (Dec 13 '19→Sep 24 '21)

Eric Schmidt Former Chairman, Alphabet Inc; former CEO of Google

• 4 contributions · 30,000 USD (Dec 31 '19→Aug 19 '21)

Child Organizations

Travis County Democratic Party Democratic Party governing body in Travis County, Texas 

• Child Org

Parents

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Parent Org

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• Parent Org

Members

Jaime Esparza US Attorney Western District of Texas

• Member

Juan Hinojosa Texas State Senator  District 20

• Member

Sam Rayburn Democrat Representative from Texas (1913-1961), Speaker of the House for 17 years

• Member

Services & Transactions

Shadow, Inc. Democratic political tech company

• Contractor · 125 USD (Sep 12 '19) [+1]

• Contractor · 125 USD (May 31 '19)