Woody Hunt: Formula for Success

Financed by many of El Paso’s biggest names in business, a political action committee named Citizens for Prosperity threw its money and support behind two winning City Council candidates this spring. Most political action committees collect contributions from donors and give money to political candidates to spend as they wish. The Prosperity PAC took a different route from the start, deciding not to put money into candidates’ hands, but to provide consultant services and expertise on an in-kind basis to help them get elected. Businessman Woody Hunt named the PAC in 2007 and established it with investments of $500 to $1,000 from businessmen J. Robert Brown, Paul Foster, Rick Francis, Harold Hahn and Ted Houghton, all of whom have built major businesses and had abiding interests in politics and education.

Area: Central / Chihuahuita

Source: El Paso, Inc.

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