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Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Texas

Ruth Torres

Democrat Not on the November ballot

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The Torres cardThe race card

Raised for this seat

$21K

Through May 6, 2026

Cash on hand

$4K

Through May 6, 2026

Not on the November ballot

Torres is not on the November ballot for this seat. Lance Gooden and Chelsey Hockett are.

Lance GoodenRepublican · $1.3MChelsey HockettDemocrat · $13K

A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Torres's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

1%from small donors
Small donors
1%$298
Large donors
2%$450
PACs
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Party
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Self-funding
96%$20K
Other
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Receipts reported through May 6, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Texas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
807K
Median household income
$79K
Unemployment
5.0%
Living below the poverty line
11.4%
Without health insurance
18.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable.

The whole race

In their own words

What Torres's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Torres's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • “The fight is for democracy”
  • “Government Accountability”
  • “Protect Democracy & Voting Rights”
  • “Border Security & Immigration Reform”
  • “Social Security & Economy for the People”
  • “Affordable, Quality Healthcare”
  • “Affordable Housing”
  • “Living Wages & Worker Rights”
  • “Protect & Fund Education”
  • “Gun Safety”
  • “DC & Puerto Rico”
  • “Legalize Marijuana”

Quoted from truthincongress.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

Torres has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.