Elections · U.S. House, District 17 · Texas
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Raised for this seat
$9K
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$3K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Shepard faces Pete Sessions for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 25%$2K
- Large donors
- 15%$1K
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 60%$5K
- Other
- --
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Texas
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 30 days before the election.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 792K
- Median household income
- $68K
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 14.9%
- Without health insurance
- 14.5%
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.
- Casey Shepardthis page$9K
- Pete Sessions$1.1M
Record in office
Shepard 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.
What the campaign says, on caseyshepardforcongress.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.