Two political action committees affiliated with the Texas Association of Realtors were in the #2 and #3 positions, with $7.2 million and $6.1 million, respectively.
The top 100 committees held a total of $109.1 million at year-end. A total of 2,617 committees had at least some money on hand; all of them together held $173.3 million at the end of the year.
The full lists are on the Texas Ethics Commission's website (look here [2]), but here's the leader board:
Top 100: Cash Balance at 2011 year-end:
1 Texans for Greg Abbott $12,037,960
2 Texas Association of Realtors Issues Mobilization PAC $7,184,852
3 Texas Association of REALTORS PAC $6,119,493
4 Friends of Susan Combs $6,056,149
5 Whitmire, John $5,113,361
6 Texans for Joe Straus $4,013,869
7 Texans For Lawsuit Reform PAC $3,942,560
8 Texans For Rick Perry $2,471,480
9 Texans for Dan Branch $1,703,144
10 Ellis, Rodney G. $1,656,688
11 Watson, Kirk P. $1,551,539
12 Texans for Todd Staples $1,514,406
13 Eltife, Kevin P. $1,443,353
14 Fraser for Texas Senate $1,408,726
15 Seliger, Kelton G. $1,309,418
16 West, Royce $1,242,274
17 Texas Dental Association PAC $1,222,224
18 Zaffirini, Judith $1,203,493
19 Wolens, Steven D. $1,178,591
20 Hegar Jr., Glenn A. $1,177,917
21 Craddick, Tom $1,158,212
22 Texans for Don Willett $1,110,936
23 Texas Farm Bureau Friends Of Agriculture Fund Inc. $1,110,383
24 Texas Medical Assn. PAC $1,073,213
25 Friends of Barry Smitherman $1,059,591
26 David Dewhurst Committee $1,039,307
27 Solomons, Burt $1,010,711
28 Texans for Dan Patrick $1,004,940
29 Nelson, Jane $950,603
30 Atmos Energy Corporation PAC $895,772
31 Greenberg Traurig, P. A. PAC $864,600
32 Paxton Jr., W. Kenneth $853,876
33 Armbrister, Kenneth $829,341
34 Farmers Employee & Agent PAC of Texas $823,114
35 Chisum, Warren D. $755,623
36 Pitts, James R. $748,979
37 Texas Society Of Certified Public Accountants PAC $733,210
38 Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund $726,739
39 Texans for Kay Bailey Hutchison $725,328
40 Texans for Joan Huffman $704,433
41 Texas Credit Union League PAC $701,883
42 Republican State Leadership Committee PAC and Individual Account $699,745
43 Davis, Wendy R. $681,362
44 Texans for Tommy Williams $676,965
45 HDR, Inc. PAC $660,64846 Mednax, Inc. Federal PAC $643,340
47 Texans for Ted Cruz $616,062
48 Eissler, W. Robert $612,736
49 Craddick, Christi L. $609,477
50 Guillen, Ryan A. $609,045
51 Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC $580,368
52 Compass Bancshares, Inc. PAC $579,938
53 Friends of Tony Garza $548,241
54 Border Health PAC $544,753
55 Hunter, Todd A. $535,275
56 United Services Automobile Association Employee PAC $531,499
57 Texas Bankers Assn. Bankers PAC $519,034
58 McCall Ph.D., James B. $511,231
59 Texas Trial Lawyers Assn. PAC $509,368
60 Service Corp. International PAC $491,587
61 MetroTex Association of REALTORS PAC (MetroTex-PAC) $491,404
62 Turner, Sylvester $490,008
63 Texas Apartment Assn. PAC $484,742
64 MAVERICK PAC TEXAS $468,922
65 Friends of Dr. Greg Bonnen $465,613
66 Harris, Chris $464,989
67 Ogden, Stephen E. $461,560
68 Citizen Leader PAC $450,638
69 Cook, Byron Curtis $447,454
70 Texas State Teachers Assn. PAC $445,510
71 Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association State PAC $444,350
72 Comerica Inc. PAC $434,667
73 Lopez, Leticia $429,561
74 Kolkhorst, Lois W. $421,061
75 Howard, Charles F. $412,142
76 Patterson, Jerry E. $411,507
77 Annie's List $386,851
78 Hinojosa, Juan $386,058
79 Nichols, Robert Lee $378,998
80 Owens Corning Better Government Fund $378,298
81 Alvarado, Carol $370,523
82 Texas Deer Association PAC $366,649
83 Jackson, James M. $364,823
84 First Command PAC $351,251
85 RNDC PAC $351,106
86 Friends of Susan King $350,786
87 Keffer, James L. $347,691
88 Chesapeake Energy For Texans $345,073
89 Martinez Fischer, Trey $333,161
90 NRG Energy Inc. PAC $330,669
91 Texas Optometric PAC $330,498
92 NuStarpac $330,152
93 Shapiro, Florence $329,966
94 Texas Federation of Republican Women PAC $329,717
95 Geren, Charles L. $321,102
96 Laubenberg, Jodie A. $319,883
97 Texas Automobile Dealers Assn. PAC $316,008
98 Ritter, Allan B. $315,294
99 Reyna, Rose Guerra $314,663
100 Duncan, Robert L. $313,085
