Author: carol@stormzero.com

Did you see when Stan said on Facebook that he didn’t have any idea some of these mailers were coming from PACs until they arrived in his mailbox? Now that the 8-day prior to the election reports are out, we have a broader view of where the money is sourced.

Stan’s consulting company (Catalyst Advisors Group LLC) is also the consulting company for Protect and Serve Texas PAC. This PAC received $15,000 from Texans for Lawsuit Reform. They’ve sent several mailers for Stan.

Then there’s the Alliance of Texans for Conservative Leadership PAC. In our last post, we told you their only report to Texas Ethics showed they had no money. Zero.

Their 8-day report is very revealing. This PAC received $1.6 MILLION on February 5 this year. Yes, that’s right. Just 21 days ago, Texans for Lawsuit Reform put $1.6 MILLION into Alliance of Texans for Conservative Leadership PAC. They are the sole donor to this PAC. They then spent $692,762.63 on mailers. They failed to list the amount spent on each candidate, but Stan was a recipient, not once, but three times.

Candidates also have to file an 8-Day prior (to the election) report. We’ve already discussed the donations to Stan Gerdes from PACs in Sneaky but Legal Part 1 and Part 2.

The 8-day prior report covers just 30 days: Jan 23, 2026 – Feb 21, 2026.

Gerdes took in a whopping $549,682.65 in donations in that one month, overwhelmingly from Political Action Committees, not from district constituents.

Has someone been working the phones to raise money from Texas PACs and across the country to save his seat? Is Gerdes getting very nervous about the challenge from Tom Glass? This is a very long list of PAC donors directly to Gerdes in just 30 days.

• Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC $237,448 (does not include their donations to PACs that sent mailers for Gerdes);
• Weekley, Richard (co-founder Texans for Lawsuit Reform) $2,500;
• Texas Conservative Majority PAC $67,750;
• Dustin Burrows Campaign $50,000;
• Protect and Serve Texas PAC $35,150.89;
• Texas REALTORS PAC (TREPAC) $28,842.34;
• Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund $19,259.83;
• Troutman Pepper Locke LLP $5,473.25;
• Texas House Republican Caucus PAC $5,000;
• TX Diamondback Energy, Inc. PAC $4,000;
• Texas Building Branch Asso General Contractors PAC $2,500;
• Koch Industries, Inc. PAC (KOCHPAC) $2,500;
• Rural Friends of Texas Electric Cooperatives $2,500;
• Pape-Dawson Engineers PAC $2,500;
• Texans for Reasonable Solutions PAC $2,000;
• Texas Dairymen PAC $2,000;
• Delisi Communications PAC $2,000;
• Texas Manufactured Housing Assn. Committee For Responsible $2,000;
• Texas Food & Fuel Assn. PAC $1,500;
• Texas Society Of Anesthesiologists PAC $1,500;
• AT&T Texas PAC $1,000;
• Beer Alliance of Texas PAC $1,000;
• Charter Schools Now PAC $1,000;
• Congress Ventures LLC $1,000;
• ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC $1,000;
• Consulting Engineers PAC $1,000;
• The American Electric Power – Texas – Committee for Responsible $1,000;
• EYE PAC of the Texas Ophthalmological Assn $1,000;
• Houston Police Officers Union PAC $1,000;
• K & L Gates LLP Committee for Good Government $1,000;
• Germania Farm Mutual PAC $1,000;
• Gulf States Toyota Inc. State PAC $1,000;
• H B Strategies (Jefferson City MO) $1,000;
• Mike Toomey & Associates $1,000;
• Moak Casey PAC $1,000;
• NRG Energy Inc. PAC $1,000;
• Stan Schlueter Consulting $1,000;
• Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND $1,000;
• Texas Optometric PAC $1,000;
• Texas Pipeline Assn PAC $1,000;
• Tenaris Global Services (USA) Corp. PAC $1,000;
• Texas Nurse Practitioners PAC $1,000;
• PNM Responsible Citizens Group (Albuquerque NM) $750;
• Greenberg Traurig, P. A. PAC (Albany NY) $750;
• Texas Chemistry Council/Assn. Of Chemistry Alliance FREEPAC $500;
• Texas State Assn. Of Fire Fighters Action Committee $500;
• ExxonMobil Corp PAC $500;
• Hochheim Prairie PAC $500;
• Longbow Consulting Partners LLC $500;
• ONEOK Inc Employee PAC (Tulsa OK) $500;
• P. John Kuhl Jr., PC $500;
• Sampson Public Affairs, LLC $500;
• Texas Dental Association PAC $500;
• Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. $500;
• Liriano Motors LLC $250;
• Texas Conservative Coalition PAC $40;

After the 8-day prior report, daily reports over a certain amount of contribution and expenditure are required. Gerdes reported this daily contribution: AFSCME Texas Correctional Officers PAC $5,000.

Ask yourself when you vote: who will Stan represent in Austin: you or these PACs? If your issue conflicts with their priorities, with whom will he vote? The answer is clear if he wants to stay in elected office (or move higher up the ladder which requires more and more money).

Think about it before you cast your vote.