Elections · U.S. House, District 35 · Texas
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Raised for this seat
$1.0M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$272K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Cruz faces Johnny Garcia 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
- 23%$242K
- Large donors
- 50%$524K
- PACs
- 19%$195K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 5%$53K
- Other
- 3%$35K
Separately, $2.4M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
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
- 819K
- Median household income
- $73K
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
- Living below the poverty line
- 16.3%
- Without health insurance
- 17.7%
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.
- Joshua Cortez$265K
- Carlos De La Cruzthis page$1.0M
- Jay Furman$463K
- Johnny Garcia$932K
- Ryan Krause$238K
- John Lira$145K
- John Lujan$759K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of 11 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$2.4M- Defending Our Values PAC$1.5M
- Defend American Jobs$616KCryptocurrency industry (Republican-directed)Cryptocurrency industry (Republican-directed)
- Strong PAC$243K
Spending to oppose them
$12K- Protect and Serve PAC$12K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Cruz's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Cruz's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “20-Year Air Force Veteran”
- “The Mission”
- “Focused on Putting”
- “Securing Our Border”
- “An Economy that Works for Working Families”
- “Caring for Those Who Wore the Uniform”
- “Defeating the Woke Left”
- “Protecting our Farmers and Ranchers”
- “Supporting President Trump's America First Agenda”
- “Defending Law Enforcement”
- “American Energy Dominance”
- “Protecting Our Seniors”
Quoted from carlosforcongress.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
Cruz 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. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.