2026 elections · Texas

Texas U.S. House, district 9

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 2 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Likely R (Cook: Likely R; Sabato: Likely R; Inside Elections: Likely R; DDHQ: Likely R; silver: Solid R). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Democrat

Letty Gutierrez

Raised
$55,358
From individuals
$54,608
From PACs and other committees
$0
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$500
Cash on hand
$18,658
Debts
$500

FEC, campaign committee totals through June 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $307,112 to support and $791,828 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 14, 2026.

PAC and committee money

1 committees reported giving $5,000 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Republican

Alex Mealer

Raised
$2,676,806
From individuals
$1,911,777
From PACs and other committees
$434,300
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$4,850
Cash on hand
$479,350
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $5,575,856 to support and $362,126 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 14, 2026.

PAC and committee money

83 committees reported giving $320,295 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $5K · spent to help $462K
  • Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $8K
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $2K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Money in this race (FEC)
Letty GutierrezDemocrat$55,358$18,658$307,112$791,828
Alex MealerRepublican$2,676,806$479,350$5,575,856$362,126

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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