AUSTIN — Staunchly conservative mega donors Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have begun bankrolling favored candidates in contested House GOP primaries in Tarrant County and the exurbs to the southeast ...

Farris Wilks is the pastor of the Assembly of Yahweh 7th Day Church, ... In a meeting with former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, who is Jewish, ...

All told, 11 of the 28 House candidates supported by Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks won their primaries outright, and another eight are headed to runoffs this May.

West Texas oilmen Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, both major Republican donors, are wading into these North Texas House races that are in a runoff.

Amid white supremacist scandal, far-right billionaire powerbrokers see historic election gains in Texas All told, 11 of the 28 House candidates supported by Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks won their ...

Meet Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. Dunn is the founder and owner of Crownquest, a Midland based oil company. He and his family are worth a combined $2.2 billion, according to Forbes.Wilks, who lives ...

Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News Farris Wilks watches U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz deliver his remarks Tuesday Dec. 29, 2015 in the community center named after his mother.

Texas oil tycoons Tim Dunn, left, and Farris Wilks, right, have financed conservative candidates for years, donating the bulk of the money for Ted Cruz’s 2016 bid for the GOP nomination for ...

Dan and Farris Wilks, ... Ken Paxton skated, not necessarily because he was innocent of the charges that 121 House members, including 60 Republicans, brought against him.

Hours before the Texas House overwhelmingly voted to impeach Ken Paxton in May, ... Dunn and Farris Wilks have given at least $14.5 million to the organization.

“They’re primarily two billionaires from West Texas, Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, ... while eight others find themselves in runoffs, including Speaker of the House Dade Phelan.

All told, 11 of the 28 House candidates supported by Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks won their primaries outright, and another eight are headed to runoffs this May.