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Texas House race, District 17

Pete Sessions holds this seat and is running to keep it against Casey Shepard.

The November ballot

Sessions
$1.1M
Shepard
$9K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Pete Sessions

Republican · Holds the seat now

375
Trades disclosed
$9.8M
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

First round · 47,972 votes

  • Milah Flores42.6%20,420
  • Casey Shepard32.4%15,552
  • James Gordon Mitchell25%12,000

The runoff · 8,554 votes

  • Casey ShepardWon59.9%5,122
  • Milah Flores40.1%3,432

Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.1M
Outside money
$54

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Sessions$54
Opposing Sessions-
Supporting Shepard-
Opposing Shepard-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$3.8KSmall donors$2.2K25%
47%$495KLarge donors$1.3K15%
49%$516KPACs--
<1%$10Self-funding$5.3K60%
3%$35KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+33 in 2024

  • Pete SessionsWon66.3%
  • Mark Lorenzen33.7%

291,042 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
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.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.