AUSTIN – Campaign contributions totalling $350,000 to Attorney General Greg Abbott from the owner of a Conroe compounding pharmacy drew criticism from a government-watchdog group on Friday, at a time when Abbott is involved in two issues with the lightly regulated pharmacies nationally: Tainted drugs and executions.
In a new report, Texans for Public Justice questioned the contributions by J. Richard "Richie" Ray, who heads Richie's Specialty Pharmacy. According to the report, Ray is Abbott's sixth largest campaign donor between January 2013 and January 2014 in his campaign to become Texas' next governor.
"The $350,000 that Ray gave Abbott in the past year catapults him from obscurity into the ranks of this year's Governor's Cup," the report states.
At a time when Abbott, as attorney general, is weighing whether to require state prison officials to continue to publicly disclose the source of Texas' lethal injection drugs – likely now being purchased from a compounding pharmacy – the group questions whether that has any correlation to Ray's increased financial participation.
Ray could not immediately be reached for comment.
Abbott's campaign said they had not seen the report and could not comment.
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In a new report, Texans for Public Justice questioned the contributions by J. Richard "Richie" Ray, who heads Richie's Specialty Pharmacy. According to the report, Ray is Abbott's sixth largest campaign donor between January 2013 and January 2014 in his campaign to become Texas' next governor.
"The $350,000 that Ray gave Abbott in the past year catapults him from obscurity into the ranks of this year's Governor's Cup," the report states.
At a time when Abbott, as attorney general, is weighing whether to require state prison officials to continue to publicly disclose the source of Texas' lethal injection drugs – likely now being purchased from a compounding pharmacy – the group questions whether that has any correlation to Ray's increased financial participation.
Ray could not immediately be reached for comment.
Abbott's campaign said they had not seen the report and could not comment.
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