The Brian Thompson campaign is calling attention to the latest campaign finance reports out today, which show incumbent State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, took another $24,000 from "Swift Boat" financier and mostly Republican donor Bob Perry.

An email blast from the Thompson campaign points out she also took money from the following:

$10,000 from Michael Stevens - one of the largest Republican donors in Texas - TPPF Board Member - gave to the controversial Craddick-funded Tx Jobs PAC - Republican appointee to Sunset Advisory Commission

$2,500 from Harold Simmons - Republican donor who gave more than $3,000,000 to 'Swift Boat' attack ads - largest importer of nuclear waste in Texas

$2,000 from Texas Lobby Group - run by Craddick confidant, Bill Messer, and former Chief of Staff to Republican Governor Rick Perry, Mike Toomey

$2,000 from Donald Wood - Republican donor from Odessa - gave to Craddick's Stars Over Texas PAC - appointed by Dewhurst to a state board at Craddick's recommendation

$2,000 from Jack Wood - Republican donor from Odessa - gave to Craddick's Stars Over Texas PAC

$2,000 from Clay Wood - Republican donor from Odessa - gave to Craddick's Stars Over Texas PAC

Campaign consultant Colin Strother put out a release of his own, noting Thompson took $48,588 from a Houston trial lawyer named Steve Mostyn, who got a reprimand from the Texas Bar for once agreeing to a settlement that his client didn't agree to. As the Austin Chronicle points out, that wasn't a cash donation -- it amounted to an in-kind donation for paying for the Thompson television ads now on the air.

Usually it's the Republicans who like to slap the "trial lawyer" tag on someone to demonize him/her, but in this case we're hearing it in a Democratic primary. It's also usually Republican candidates who receive large sums of money from Bob Perry. But it is not unusual to see big chunks of Perry cash flowing toward supporters of House Speaker Tom Craddick, regardless of party affiliation.

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