The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Chelsey Hockett (Democrat).
Certified list: Texas Secretary of State; Certified List of Write-In Candidates (Federal, State, and District), including four U.S. Senate write-ins; Independent Candidate Filings for 2026, with each applicant's outcome. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Lance Gooden
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2019 · Age 43
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, 2026
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How they won the primary
First round · 52,262 votes
- Chelsey Hockett: 45.9% 23,972
- Ruth Torres: 41.6% 21,721
- Forrest Lumpkin: 12.6% 6,569
The runoff · 10,688 votes
- Chelsey Hockett Won: 53% 5,665
- Ruth Torres: 47% 5,023
Primary source: Texas Secretary of State official Democratic primary results. Runoff source: Texas Secretary of State official Democratic primary-runoff results.
The primary · 52,424 votes
- Lance Gooden Won: Unopposed 52,424
Primary source: Texas Secretary of State official Republican primary results.
Primary results as recorded September 14, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $1.4M
- Outside money
- $54
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Lance Gooden $389K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest 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
3 filedPrimary 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+28 in 2024
- Lance Gooden Won: 64.1%
- Ruth Torres: 35.9%
299,897 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
- 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between May 6, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.