Corporate PAC · TX

Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00599084.

Which side

Mostly helps Republicans

91% of the $128K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Republicans. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 9%Helps Republicans 91%

Backs

  1. Ronny JacksonRepublican$10K
  2. Frank D. LucasRepublican$10K
  3. John CornynRepublican$10K
  4. Tom SellRepublican$10K
  5. Tom ColeRepublican$7,500

Run by Kody Bessent (treasurer) More

Biggest funders H2h Farms $5,000 · Taylor Farms $500 · CGG Farms $250 More

On the record

Type
Corporate PAC1
Based in
Lubbock, TX1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Kody Bessent1

Who funds it

It reported raising $238K: $226K from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Companies, groups and committees5

The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.

H2h FarmsCompany or group1 gift$5,000
Taylor FarmsCompany or group1 gift$500
CGG FarmsCompany or group1 gift$250

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $196K from 127 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 74% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: Texas $195K, Colorado $5006

Where its donors work6

Plains Cotton Growers/self2 gifts$10,000
Lamesa National1 gifts$970
South Texas Cotton & Grain Asn1 gifts$500

Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through September 30, 2026.2

Raised$238K
Spent$247K
Cash on hand$261K
Given to candidates and committees$247K
  • From individuals $226K
  • Other $12K

Who it gives to

32 candidates, $128K in direct gifts.3

Ronny Jackson RepublicanU.S. House, Texas 13th District (2026)$10,000
Frank D. Lucas RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 3rd District (2026)$10,000
John Cornyn RepublicanU.S. Senate, Texas (2026)$10,000
Tom Sell RepublicanU.S. House, Texas 19th District (2026)$10,000
Tom Cole RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 4th District (2026)$7,500
Austin Scott RepublicanU.S. House, Georgia 8th District (2026)$7,500
John Hoeven RepublicanU.S. Senate, North Dakota (2028)$5,000
Markwayne Mullin RepublicanU.S. Senate, Oklahoma (2026)$5,000
Jason Smith RepublicanU.S. House, Missouri 8th District (2026)$5,000
Glenn Thompson RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 15th District (2026)$5,000
Michelle Fischbach RepublicanU.S. House, Minnesota 7th District (2026)$5,000
Henry Cuellar DemocratU.S. House, Texas 28th District (2026)$5,000
Vicente Gonzalez DemocratU.S. House, Texas 34th District (2026)$5,000
Tracey Mann RepublicanU.S. House, Kansas 1st District (2026)$5,000
Barry Moore RepublicanU.S. Senate, Alabama (2026)$5,000
Brad Finstad RepublicanU.S. House, Minnesota 1st District (2026)$3,500
David Rouzer RepublicanU.S. House, North Carolina 7th District (2026)$2,500
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford RepublicanU.S. House, Arkansas 1st District (2026)$2,500
Steve Scalise RepublicanU.S. House, Louisiana 1st District (2026)$2,500
Jennifer A. Kiggans RepublicanU.S. House, Virginia 2nd District (2026)$2,500
Julia Letlow RepublicanU.S. House, Louisiana 5th District (2026)$2,500
Pete Stauber RepublicanU.S. House, Minnesota 8th District (2026)$2,000
Stephanie I. Bice RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 5th District (2026)$1,000
Pat Harrigan RepublicanU.S. House, North Carolina 10th District (2026)$1,000
Mark Harris RepublicanU.S. House, North Carolina 8th District (2026)$1,000
Kevin Hern RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 1st District (2026)$1,000
Brad Knott RepublicanU.S. House, North Carolina 13th District (2026)$1,000
Addison P. McDowell RepublicanU.S. House, North Carolina 6th District (2026)$1,000
Tim Moore RepublicanU.S. House, North Carolina 14th District (2026)$1,000
Russell Fry RepublicanU.S. House, South Carolina 7th District (2026)$1,000

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC (C00599084)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00599084/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00599084/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: contributions from Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00599084&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00599084&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026