ThinkProgress has a quick rundown in convenient graph-form illustrating the top contributors to Team Perry over the last decade and -- surprise, surprise -- Oil and Gas weigh in at number one with $11,189,103 in contributions.
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), even before establishing super PACs to rake in unlimited contributions from Texas billionaires in his presidential run, has been one of the best funded politicians in history. Since his 1998 candidacy to be George W. Bush’s lieutenant governor, Perry has raked in $117,091,642 in campaign contributions, with the oil and gas industry the top contributor. [...]
Top oil company contributions include $189,188 from Exxon Mobil, $147,895 from Valero Energy, and $116,000 from Koch Industries.
What could go wrong?