Filemon Vela
United States House of Representatives (Congress)
Political Campaign Contributions
Campaign Finance Information
'12 Election Cycle

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Candidate Name

Filemon Vela

Contributions Received
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$831,847	Total Money Receipts
$358,086	From Individuals (Amounts over $200)
$142,350	From Political Action Committees
$0	From Indian Tribes
$290,000	Self-Funded

Office Running For

United States House of Representatives (Congress)

State

Texas (TX)

Party

Democrat

Election Year

'12

District

Campaign Address

333 EBONY AVENUE
BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520

Candidate Committee

Filemon Vela For Congress

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Campaign Contribution Totals/Summary as of 11/26/2012

Category	$ Dollar Amount
Cash on Hand	$71,253
Total Money Receipts	$831,847
Total Individual Contributions	$376,349
Total Disbursements	$760,594
Loans From Candidate	$290,000
Other Loans	$0
Candidate Loan Repayments	$17,500
Debts Owed By	$278,373
Refunds to Individuals	$500
Refunds to Committees	$0
Contributions from Other Political Committees	$136,350
Contributions from Party Committees	$0

Contributions From Individuals by State (contribution amounts of $200 or more)

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State	Contribution Count	Contribution $ Amount	Percent of Total
Texas	358	$351,254	98.09%
District Of Columbia	5	$3,282	0.92%
New York	1	$1,000	0.28%
Virginia	2	$1,000	0.28%
Nevada	1	$500	0.14%
Louisiana	1	$300	0.08%
North Carolina	1	$250	0.07%
Ohio	1	$250	0.07%
Washington	1	$250	0.07%

Contributions From Poltical Action Committees

Committee Interest Group Type	Contribution Count	Contribution $ Amount	Percent of Total
Corporation	21	$32,000	22.48%
Labor	6	$23,500	16.51%
Non-Connected	5	$16,000	11.24%
Trade/Memership/Health	8	$7,250	5.09%
Cooperative	2	$1,500	1.05%
Corp.w/o Capital Stock	1	$1,000	0.70%
Other	26	$61,100	42.92%
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Contributions From Indian Tribes

Indian Tribe/ Location	Contribution $ Amount	Primary/ General	Date
None Yet Reported/Available

Top 150 Donors/Individual Financial Contributors (contribution amounts of $200 or more)

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Name/ Location	Employer/ Occupation	Contribution $ Amount	Primary/ General	Date
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$5,283	G	08/01/2012
MOORE, PRUETT III CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414	Self Employed/Attorney	$2,500	P	01/20/2012
RHODES, TOM SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205	Tom Rhodes Law Firm P.C./Attorney	$2,500	P	01/31/2012
CONSTANT, ANTHONY CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404	Constant Law Firm/Attorney	$2,500	P	02/07/2012
GONZALEZ, VICENTE MCALLEN, TX 78501	Law Office Of V. Gonzalez & Assoc. P.C/Attorney	$2,500	P	02/12/2012
MATTHEWS, DAVID HOUSTON, TX 77098	Matthews & Associates/Partner	$2,500	P	02/16/2012
BRAUGH, ROGER CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404	Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh Llp/Lawyer	$2,500	P	02/28/2012
BOTTOM, BRENT CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401	San Jacinto Title Services/President	$2,500	P	02/29/2012
SICO, BARBARA R. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404	Not Employed/Homemaker	$2,500	P	02/29/2012
WHITE, BRANTLEY W. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411	Sico White & Braugh Llp/Attorney	$2,500	P	02/29/2012
WATTS, MIKAL SAN ANTONIO, TX 78257	Watts Guerra Craft, Llp/Attorney	$2,500	P	03/21/2012
HARRIS, BRYAN K. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78403	Harris & Mejia/Attorney	$2,500	P	03/28/2012
LAMANTIA, JOE III MCALLEN, TX 78501	L & F Distributors, Llc/Partner	$2,500	P	03/29/2012
LAMANTIA, JOE JR. MCALLEN, TX 78501	L & F Distributors, Llc/Partner	$2,500	P	03/29/2012
HORNE, DANIEL PORTLAND, TX 78374	Stone & Horne Llp/Attorney	$2,500	P	03/30/2012
LEVINE, LARRY HOUSTON, TX 77027	Levcor,Inc./Real Estate	$2,500	P	03/30/2012
STONE, NINA PORTLAND, TX 78374	Stone & Horne Llp/Attorney	$2,500	P	03/30/2012
RUIZ, MATILDA DONNA, TX 78537	Dos Logistics/Manager	$2,500	P	03/31/2012
VELA, BLANCA BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Not Employed/Retired	$2,500	P	03/31/2012
YBARRA, ERIC C SANTA ROSA, TX 78593	Self Employed/Businessman	$2,500	P	03/31/2012
FINLEY, GEORGE CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411	Cc Distributors, Inc./Ceo	$2,500	P	05/05/2012
FINLEY, PHYLLIS CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411	Self Employed/Artist	$2,500	P	05/05/2012
ROGERS, DAVID EDINBURG, TX 78540	Vtrading Company/Investor	$2,500	P	05/11/2012
LILES, KEVIN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401	Liles Harris Pllc/Attorney	$2,500	P	05/22/2012
GONZALEZ, VIVIAN EDINBURG, TX 78539	Dos Logistics/Project Controls Specialist	$2,500	P	05/29/2012
VELA, ROGELIO JR. EDINBURG, TX 78539	Dos Logistics/Construction Manager	$2,500	P	05/29/2012
YBARRA, CORINA DONNA, TX 78537	Not Employed/Retired	$2,500	P	05/29/2012
BERTUZZI, BETTY CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78466	Not Employed/Retired	$2,500	P	06/01/2012
SUSSER, SAM CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469	Ssp Partners/President	$2,500	G	09/12/2012
HOCKEMA, DAVID H EDINBURG, TX 78541	Self Employed/Attorney	$2,500	G	09/18/2012
ESCOBEDO, JAIME BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	American Surveillance Co/President	$2,500	G	09/29/2012
BEGUM, ALEXANDER BROWNSVILLE, TX 78526	Begum Law Group/Attorney	$2,500	G	10/10/2012
TREVINO, EDDIE JR. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Trevino And Bodden/Partner	$2,500	G	10/10/2012
VILLARREAL, JAVIER BROWNSVILLE, TX 78526	Law Offices Of Javier Villarreal, Pllc/Attorney	$2,500	G	10/10/2012
ALEJANDRO, CHRISTINE RANCHO VIEJO, TX 78575	Self Employed/Counselor	$2,500	G	10/15/2012
GONZALEZ, ROLANDO A. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Self Employed/Engineer	$2,500	G	10/15/2012
ROGERS, MICHAEL EDINBURG, TX 78540	Butch's Oilfield Services/Construction	$2,500	G	10/15/2012
SALINAS, JESUS MISSION, TX 78572	Tesdi Infrastructure Group/Principal	$2,500	G	10/15/2012
LANGE, TIMOTHY CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78426	Corpus Christie Ice Rays/Co-Owner	$2,500	G	10/16/2012
BRAUGH, ROGER CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404	Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh Llp/Attorney	$2,500	G	10/17/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$2,100	G	09/01/2012
KRISMER, MIKE CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78412	Krismer Consulting/Construction Consultant	$2,000	P	03/21/2012
REED, ERIC HOUSTON, TX 77008	Reed Law Firm Pllc/Attorney	$2,000	P	03/23/2012
GARZA, RUFINO MISSION, TX 78574	Magic Valley Concrete/Owner	$2,000	P	05/21/2012
SANCHEZ, DANIEL HARLINGEN, TX 78552	Cameron County/County Commissioner	$2,000	G	10/01/2012
STARR, DAVID SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216	Ds Chisolm General Partners/Partner	$2,000	G	10/01/2012
HOLDER, BILL BLANCO, TX 78606	Swk Llc/Government Relations	$1,500	P	02/02/2012
MOLINA, JUAN WESLACO, TX 78596	Law Office Of Juan R. Molina/Attorney	$1,500	P	02/13/2012
GIGNAC, RAYMOND CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401	Gignac & Associates/Architect	$1,500	P	02/27/2012
ANDERSON, AUSTIN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404	Anderson , Patterson, Pllc/Attorney	$1,500	P	03/30/2012
GARZA, ROBERT J. WESLACO, TX 78596	Salazar Insurance/Broker	$1,500	P	03/31/2012
EVERITT, JEFFREY WESLACO, TX 78596	Jeff Everett And Associates/Insurance Salesman	$1,500	P	05/26/2012
ORTEGA, SAUL EDINBURG, TX 78539	First National Bank/Banker	$1,500	G	10/16/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$1,469	G	08/25/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$1,238	P	05/27/2012
SERRA, RUTH GOMEZ BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Law Offices Of Ruth Gomez Serra/Attorney	$1,200	G	10/15/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$1,179	G	09/03/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$1,159	P	03/31/2012
PENA, RUBEN BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Self Employed/Attorney	$1,001	P	05/25/2012
MOLINA, JUAN WESLACO, TX 78596	Law Office Of Juan R. Molina/Attorney	$1,000	P	01/31/2012
STAFFORD, JAMES HOUSTON, TX 77002	Self Employed/Attorney	$1,000	P	02/01/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$1,000	P	02/01/2012
GORENA, DAVID EDINBURG, TX 78539	Self Employed/Attorney	$1,000	P	02/09/2012
SHIDLOFSKY, LEE AUSTIN, TX 78732	Shidlofsky Law Firm Pllc/Attorney	$1,000	P	02/23/2012
HOELSCHER, JASON CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404	Self-Employed/Attorney	$1,000	P	02/28/2012
SERNA, BALTAZAR SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205	Serna And Serna/Attorney	$1,000	P	02/28/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$1,000	P	03/01/2012
LYONS, CLEM SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205	Law Offices Of Clem Lyons, P.C./Attorney	$1,000	P	03/28/2012
LYONS, SEAN AUSTIN, TX 78703	Hendlerlaw, Pc/Attorney	$1,000	P	03/29/2012
GONZALEZ, HUGO EDINBURG, TX 78539	Dos Logistics/Pe	$1,000	P	03/31/2012
PHILLIPS, JOHN MCALLEN, TX 78502	Self Employed/Developer	$1,000	P	03/31/2012
SANCHEZ, JOHN JAY LA FERIA, TX 78559	Self Employed/Entrepreneur	$1,000	P	05/01/2012
DE LA GARZA, JAVIER BROWNSVILLE, TX 78526	Self Employed/Physician	$1,000	P	05/08/2012
RURANGIRWA, CHARLES BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Self Employed/Physician	$1,000	P	05/11/2012
GARZA, GODFREY EDINBURG, TX 78541	Hidalgo County/District Manager	$1,000	P	05/21/2012
ELIZONDO, LUIS F. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Elizondo Pest Control/Owner	$1,000	P	05/24/2012
MCCUMBER, BRAD R. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Breeden Mccumber Advertising & Design/Owner	$1,000	P	05/24/2012
JONES, LOUIS HOUSTON, TX 77098	Dannebaum Engineering Corp./Engineer	$1,000	P	05/29/2012
COWEN, JOHN JR. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Roser & J. Cowen Logistical Services,/Partner	$1,000	G	08/15/2012
LEMUNYON, GLENN WASHINGTON, DC 20002	Lemunyon Group, Llc/Government Relations	$1,000	G	08/21/2012
HINOJOSA, ALEJANDRO HARLINGEN, TX 78551	Hino Gas/Owner	$1,000	G	10/01/2012
PERALEZ, ILENE EDINBURG, TX 78539	Self Employed/Attorney	$1,000	G	10/01/2012
PEREZ, NOLAN HARLINGEN, TX 78550	Self Employed/Physician	$1,000	G	10/01/2012
SHEPARD, BOB HARLINGEN, TX 78552	Shepard Walton King Insurance Group/Insurance	$1,000	G	10/01/2012
SOLIS, HECTOR HARLINGEN, TX 78550	Help America Corporation/Owner	$1,000	G	10/01/2012
COWEN, MICHAEL BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	The Cowen Law Group/Attorney	$1,000	G	10/10/2012
JUDKINS, JAMES K. RIO HONDO, TX 78583	Jkj Workforce Agency, Inc./President	$1,000	G	10/10/2012
SALINAS, ROBERT DONNA, TX 78537	Self Employed/Attorney	$1,000	G	10/10/2012
GONZALEZ, RAUL A. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Gobar Systems Inc./Owner	$1,000	G	10/15/2012
MCCARTHY, MICHAEL EDINBURG, TX 78540	First National Bank/Banker	$1,000	G	10/16/2012
SALINAS, BETO MISSION, TX 78572	El Salinas Ranch/Owner	$1,000	G	10/16/2012
YZAGUIRRE, ROBERTO MCALLEN, TX 78504	Self Employed/Attorney	$1,000	G	10/16/2012
GUTIERREZ, BALDEMAR ALICE, TX 78332	Self Employed/Attorney	$750	G	10/12/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$714	G	09/03/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$700	P	02/01/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$700	P	03/01/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$700	P	04/01/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$700	G	08/01/2012
CLINE, JOHN WASHINGTON, DC 20004	The C2 Group/Partner	$694	G	08/08/2012
CRAWFORD, TOM WASHINGTON, DC 20004	The C2 Group/Partner	$694	G	08/08/2012
MURRAY, JEFF WASHINGTON, DC 20004	The C2 Group/Partner	$694	G	08/08/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$650	P	04/01/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$567	G	08/01/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$563	G	08/25/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$513	G	09/03/2012
RUBINSKY, ABRAHAM HOUSTON, TX 77024	Schwartz, Page & Harding, Llp/Attorney	$500	P	01/30/2012
LEWIS III, CHARLES BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Filemon Vela Law Group/Attorney	$500	P	02/06/2012
ADAMS, EDWARD HOUSTON, TX 77005	Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P./Attorney	$500	P	02/22/2012
LAWS, RAYMOOD TAFT, TX 78390	R. Gary Laws, Pc/Attorney	$500	P	03/15/2012
ANTHONY, BRETT CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414	Anthony & Peterson Llp/Attorney	$500	P	03/22/2012
PEREZ, BOBBY SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205	Shelton Valadez/Attorney	$500	P	03/28/2012
SERNA, CESAR SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205	Serna And Serna/Attorney	$500	P	03/28/2012
LEAL, OMAR CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414	Branscomb Pc/Attorney	$500	P	03/29/2012
PETERSON, DOUGLAS PIERCE CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78713	Anthony Peterson, Llp/Attorney	$500	P	03/29/2012
WEBB, CHARLES C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401	Self Employed/Attorney	$500	P	03/29/2012
BANDAS, CHRISTOPHER CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413	Bandas Law Firm, P.C./Attorney	$500	P	03/30/2012
GARZA, GODFREY EDINBURG, TX 78541	Hidalgo County/District Manager	$500	P	03/31/2012
OLIVARES, SAMUEL MCALLEN, TX 78504	Texas Pro Staffing/Owner	$500	P	03/31/2012
RIOS, DAN MCALLEN, TX 78504	S&B Infrastructure Ltd./Senior Vice President	$500	P	03/31/2012
SEVILLA, RENITA PHARR, TX 78577	Electronic Medical Services/Manager	$500	P	03/31/2012
ZAMIR, ASIM BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Self Employed/Doctor	$500	P	03/31/2012
MARIA DE JESUS VELA, S. HARLINGEN, TX 78550	Not Employed/Retired	$500	P	05/08/2012
JONES, MATTHEW L. WESLACO, TX 78596	Jones, Galligan, Key & Lozano, Llp/Partner	$500	P	05/11/2012
PEREZ, IVAN WESLACO, TX 78596	Jones, Galligan, Key & Lozano, Llp/Partner	$500	P	05/11/2012
RONEY, GLEN MCALLEN, TX 78502	Self Employed/Investor	$500	P	05/11/2012
SALINAS, NORBERTO MISSION, TX 78572	Self Employed/Ranch Owner	$500	P	05/11/2012
REED, ERIC HOUSTON, TX 77002	Self Employed/Attorney	$500	P	05/16/2012
LEAL, OMAR CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414	Branscomb Pc/Attorney	$500	P	05/17/2012
GARZA, CESAR A. BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Decorative Concrete/Owner	$500	P	05/24/2012
GONZALEZ, MARCELA ELIZONDO RENO, NV 89523	Real Estate/Realtor	$500	P	05/24/2012
HINOJOSA, ALBERTO VAZQUEZ BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Rio Grand Forklift/Owner	$500	P	05/24/2012
MCCUMMER, GREGG S OLMITO, TX 78575	Burton Mccummber And Cortez/Accountant	$500	P	05/24/2012
VARELA, LORNA SAN ANTONIO, TX 78256	Pronto Insurance/Owner	$500	P	05/24/2012
ZAYAS, JOE D. RANCHO VIEJO, TX 78575	Self Employed/Dentist	$500	P	05/24/2012
FILISOLA, RICARDO BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Fnb Wealth Management/Broker	$500	P	05/25/2012
JONES, LOUIS HOUSTON, TX 77098	Dannebaum Engineering Corp./Engineer	$500	G	07/31/2012
RHOADS, BARRY MCLEAN, VA 22101	Cassidy & Associates/Government Relations	$500	G	08/02/2012
LAWS, RAYMOND TAFT, TX 78390	R. Gary Laws, Pc/Attorney	$500	G	09/10/2012
HOGAN, JOSEPH ARLINGTON, VA 22207	Ogilvygr/Consultant	$500	G	09/28/2012
GARCIA, JOE MCALLEN, TX 78504	Garcia & Villarreal/Attorney	$500	G	10/01/2012
VILLARREAL, CRISTIAN HARLINGEN, TX 78550	Cristian P Villarreal Cpa/Accountant	$500	G	10/01/2012
WHITTINGTON, RANDOLPH KIMBLE HARLINGEN, TX 78550	Self Employed/Attorney	$500	G	10/01/2012
MALDONADO, YASMINE OLMITO, TX 78575	Self Employed/Physician	$500	G	10/10/2012
BOWLIN, BILL SUGAR LAND, TX 77479	Clean Air Solutions/Managing Partners	$500	G	10/15/2012
DIEZ, MARIA LUISA BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521	Not Employed/Homemaker	$500	G	10/15/2012
GARZA, DAVID LA FERIA, TX 78559	Gulf Aviation/Owner	$500	G	10/15/2012
GUTIERREZ, RAMIRO PHARR, TX 78577	Self Employed/Engineer	$500	G	10/15/2012
OBRYAN, SHERRI EDINBURG, TX 78541	Mcallen Medical Center/Registered Nurse	$500	G	10/15/2012
PEBLEY, HOWARD MCALLEN, TX 78504	Mcallen Construction Inc./Owner	$500	G	10/15/2012
VELA, FILEMON BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520	Fv Law Group/Attorney	$466	P	04/02/2012