Continuing our back-of-the-envelope analysis of the presidential campaign donor rolls, here are a few notables from the downtown Austin zip code, where so many of the city’s influentials do business (and, apparently, give ’til it hurts):
Beau Armstong, $2,300 to Edwards. The CEO of Stratus Properties.
Ben and Melanie Barnes, $2,300 each to Richardson, Clinton, and Dodd; she gave $2,300 to Obama. This is on top of the donations that the former lieutenant governor and his wife made to Joe Biden’s campaign
Blaine Bull, $1,000 to Richardson. Founding partner of ViaNovo and founding officer of Public Strategies.
Becky Beaver, $1,000 to Obama and $500 to Clinton. Divorce lawyer to the stars.
Lucius Bunton, $2,300 to Edwards. Former U.S. District Court Judge.
Kent Caperton, $1,000 to Richardson, in addition to his Dodd and Biden donations. Former Democratic state senator.
Kerry Cammack, $2,100 to McCain. Lawyer, Karl Rove pal, and husband of Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O’Neill.
Sophia Collier, $1,000 to Clinton. Companion of King Ranch kin Chula Reynolds.
Ken DeAngelis, $1,000 to Clinton. Founder and general partner at Austin Ventures.
Jeff Eller, $2,300 to Richardson. Public Strategies president and CEO who worked in Clinton White House.
Gary Farmer, $2,300 to Guiliani. In addition to the $$ he gave to McCain.
Neal “Buddy” Jones, $2,000 to Guiliani and $1,000 to Richardson. The wily, silken lobbyist and co-founder of HillCo Partners in a practical display of bipartisanship.
Tommy Jacks, $500 to Clinton. Personal injury lawyer.
Dean McWilliams, $2,300 to Huckabee. Like his wife, a big-bucks lobbyist who’s loving on the former Arkansas governor.
William and Carrin Patman, $2,300 to Clinton. She is a lawyer; he is a former state senator and son of the late Congressman Wright Patman.
Jeff Sandefer, $2,100 to Romney. Entrepreneur and founder of Acton MBA program.
Scott Sayers, $1,000 to Guiliani. Consigliere to Ben Crenshaw.
John Schweitzer, $2,000 to Guiliani. Money man with fingers in nearly pot.
George Shipley, $2,300 to Clinton and Edwards. “Democratic political consultant” doesn’t really do him justice, does it?
Broadus Spivey, $2,300 to Edwards. Powerful, well-respected trial lawyer.
James Street, $2,300 to Edwards. Still-venerated UT quarterback.
Larry Temple, $1,000 to Edwards. LBJ pal and aide; big supporter of UT.
John and Julie Thornton, $2,300 each to Obama and $2,300 to Clinton. Austin Ventures general partner and arts patron wife (the sister of TEXAS MONTHLY senior editor Nate Blakeslee) have long played the big-time Democratic donor game.
Bruce Todd, $500 to Clinton. Former Austin mayor whose wife is the daughter of the late George Christian, press secretary to LBJ.
