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Texas House race, District 8

Morgan Luttrell holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Laura Jones and Jessica Steinmann are competing for it.

The November ballot

Steinmann
$2.1M
Jones
$22K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

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

The seat

Morgan Luttrell

Republican · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in Texas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

The primary · 42,425 votes

  • Laura JonesWon65.7%27,865
  • Keith Coleman34.3%14,560

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
$5.6M
Outside money
$1.7M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Steinmann$1.7M
Opposing Steinmann-
Supporting Jones-
Opposing Jones-

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

Where each candidate's money comes from

31%$6.8KSmall donors$65K3%
57%$13KLarge donors$730K35%
12%$2.6KPACs$297K14%
--Self-funding$650K31%
--Other$322K16%

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 6 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 6 groups

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

Not on the November ballot

8 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.

The district

Census context
People
846K
Median household income
$90K
Unemployment
5.9%
Living below the poverty line
11.0%
Without health insurance
16.1%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+36 in 2024

  • Morgan LuttrellWon68.2%
  • Laura Jones31.8%

342,177 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.

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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.