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Draft — pending Resource Center source confirmation. Encoded from Texas Scorecard (Feb 2022) and public reporting. Confirm the current county distribution list at terrylowry.com and the exact advertising-rate figures before promotion. Facts only; no verdict. The guide is lawful; any wrongdoing is a separate question of whether relationships it helps form are later misused.

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Record & events

  • statement: In 2014 the Harris County Republican Party passed a resolution condemning pay-to-play endorsement practices of this type (as of 2014) — Harris County Republican Party [cc-attribution]
  • statement: Lowry-endorsed candidates have shown a very high (reported above 90%) success rate in contested Republican primaries, with advertisers generally being candidates who also received his endorsement (as of 2022) — Texas Scorecard [cc-attribution]
  • statement: A multi-page Republican-primary voter guide published by Houston conservative radio host Terry Lowry and distributed to primary voters across Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant and other Texas counties (as of 2022-02) — Texas Scorecard [cc-attribution]
  • disclosure: Reporting states candidates can purchase advertisements in the mailer in connection with Lowry's endorsement; a candidate's father publicly alleged Lowry asked for $10,000 for an advertisement in exchange for endorsement (as of 2022-02) — Texas Scorecard [cc-attribution]

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