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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Tracked direct giving exceeds tracked direct receipts by

$314,505

utilities
Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$322,957

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Tracked receipts

$8,452

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

$100K
15 transactions across 11 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE directed $20K to SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC) across 3 contributions between October 2023 and December 2025.

Oct 2023 – Dec 2025pac

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE directed $15K to House Republican Campaign Committee (Indiana) across 2 contributions between October 2024 and November 2025.

Oct 2024 – Nov 2025pac

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE also gave to 6 other entities totaling $35K.

$100K tracked across 11 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$89K
modeled estimate
50 paths across 50 counterparties
$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to Christi Craddick
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K

$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to Todd Hunter
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Allan Koch
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $300

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to Glenn A. Hegar JR
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Ed Soliday
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $350

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to Rodric D Bray
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $250

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to Robert Lee Nichols
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to César Blanco
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $48K.

$89K attributed (modeled estimate) across 50 paths·Up to 0 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$10,000Dec 5, 2025
House Republican Campaign Committee (Indiana)$10,000Nov 6, 2025
Dan Patrick$10,000Nov 20, 2025
Texas Senate Leadership Fund$10,000Sep 23, 2025
Justin B. Busby$10,000Jun 2, 2026
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$5,000Aug 30, 2024
House Republican Campaign Committee (Indiana)$5,000Oct 21, 2024
Indiana House Democratic Caucus$5,000Dec 13, 2024
Indiana Democratic State Central Committee$5,000Nov 21, 2024
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$5,000Oct 27, 2023
INDIANA VICTORY COMMITTEE$5,000Sep 25, 20242024
Christi Craddick$5,000Jun 30, 2025
Todd Hunter$5,000Dec 10, 2024
DSCC$5,000Feb 13, 20202020
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA$5,000Aug 29, 20232024
Todd Hunter$5,000Jun 27, 2025
Christi Craddick$5,000Aug 23, 2024
Christi Craddick$5,000Aug 23, 2024
Glenn A. Hegar JR$5,000Dec 26, 2023
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$4,007Dec 4, 2025
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$4,000Aug 30, 2024
INDIANA ENERGY ASSOCIATION PAC$3,000Apr 8, 2026
INDIANA ENERGY ASSOCIATION PAC$3,000Jun 18, 2025
Eric Allan Koch$3,000Oct 25, 2024
INDIANA ENERGY ASSOCIATION PAC$3,000Apr 10, 2024
INDIANA ENERGY ASSOCIATION PAC$3,000May 23, 2023
Indiana Democratic State Central Committee$3,000Dec 11, 2023
House Republican Campaign Committee (Indiana)$3,000Dec 20, 2023
Ed Soliday$2,500Oct 22, 2025
Eric Allan Koch$2,500Sep 11, 2025
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$2,500Nov 21, 2025
House Republican Campaign Committee (Indiana)$2,500Oct 30, 2025
Rodric D Bray$2,500Dec 30, 2024
Indiana Democratic State Central Committee$2,500Oct 30, 2024
SENATE MAJORITY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (SMCC)$2,500Aug 4, 2023
House Republican Campaign Committee (Indiana)$2,500Nov 13, 2023
César Blanco$2,500Dec 14, 2024
Friends of Paul Bettencourt$2,500Dec 18, 2023
Todd Hunter$2,500Oct 10, 2023
Robert Lee Nichols$2,500Jun 12, 2024
Dustin R. Burrows$2,500Jan 17, 2024
Angela Paxton$2,500Dec 23, 2023
Friends of Dennis Paul$2,500May 11, 2026
Armando L. Walle JR$2,500Mar 23, 2026
Brett Ligon$2,500Feb 17, 2026
Brett Ligon$2,500Nov 19, 2025
José Menéndez$2,500Sep 30, 2025
Friends of Paul Bettencourt$2,500Nov 13, 2025
Adam Hinojosa$2,500Oct 28, 2025
Richard Peña Raymond$2,500Dec 1, 2024

Donations Received and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Badged rows are independent expenditures other groups paid to vendors for or against this entity. That money did not reach its committee.

DonorAmountDateCycle
Bill Foster$837Aug 30, 20242024
Bill Foster$808Mar 29, 20242024
Bill Foster$808Sep 29, 20232024
Bill Foster$558Apr 26, 20242024
Bill Foster$558Jul 19, 20242024
Bill Foster$558Jun 21, 20242024
Bill Foster$558May 24, 20242024
Bill Foster$538Jul 21, 20232024
Bill Foster$538Dec 21, 20232024
Bill Foster$538Jan 19, 20242024
Bill Foster$538Aug 18, 20232024
Bill Foster$538Feb 16, 20242024
Bill Foster$538Oct 27, 20232024
Bill Foster$538Nov 22, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received donation fromBill FosterDonated $8,452 to CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESource