Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Texas
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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.
Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the 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.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 2%$298
- Large donors
- 2%$450
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 96%$20K
- Other
- --
Receipts reported through May 6, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Texas
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, after this page's own row, never in money order.
- Ruth Torresthis page$21K
- Lance Gooden$1.3M
- Chelsey Hockett$13K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable.
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 does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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