Elections · U.S. House, District 38 · Texas
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Raised for this seat
$147K
Through March 31, 2026
Cash on hand
$5K
Through March 31, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Montiel is not on the November ballot for this seat. Jon Bonck and Melissa McDonough are.
A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Montiel'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
- 54%$80K
- Large donors
- 34%$51K
- PACs
- <1%$500
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 11%$16K
- Other
- 1%$983
Receipts reported through March 31, 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
- 788K
- Median household income
- $103K
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Living below the poverty line
- 9.1%
- Without health insurance
- 11.2%
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.
- Jon Bonck$1.6M
- Shelly Dezevallos$1.1M
- Marvalette Hunter$137K
- Melissa McDonough$67K
- Carmen Montielthis page$147K
- Michael Pratt$375K
- Larry Rubin$524K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. Showing 7 of 9 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
In their own words
What Montiel's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Montiel's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Border Security & Immigration”
- “Parental Bill of Rights”
- “Public Safety”
- “Faith, Family & Freedom”
- “Affordability”
- “Restore America's Freedom”
Quoted from carmen4congress.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
Montiel 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.