Johnny Garcia Democrat Nominee
✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$2,201,579 raised · $2,052,076 spent · $149,503 cash on hand through Oct 14, 2026
Focus: lower costs, affordable healthcare, working families, the chance to get ahead
About this race
Johnny Garcia has raised the most in this race — $2,201,579, ahead of Carlos De La Cruz at $2,021,118. Carlos De La Cruz has taken the most PAC and party-committee money: $420,650. On AIPAC: no candidate in this race has an AIPAC-linked record in FEC filings.
This seat is open: no current officeholder is on the ballot, so it will have a new winner. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records.
Key issues in Texas
Major issues facing Texas, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
- Affordability and rising prices — Rising prices top voter concerns, with groceries, healthcare and gasoline the most-cited household budget pressures.
- Electricity costs and grid — Voters want lower power bills amid ongoing questions about grid reliability and winterization after extreme weather.
- Water infrastructure — Rapid growth and recurring drought push leaders to fund new water supply and infrastructure projects.
- School voucher rollout — The new $1 billion Education Freedom Accounts program drew over 270,000 applications against limited capacity.
- Education outcomes — Voters broadly agree students should read and do math at grade level, with school performance under scrutiny.
- Immigration and border — Border security ranks among voters' top issues, shaping debate over state enforcement spending and policy.
Candidates & funding
Carlos De La Cruz Republican Nominee
✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$2,021,118 raised · $1,708,510 spent · $312,607 cash on hand through Oct 14, 2026
Where the money comes from
FEC campaign finance data through Oct 14, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
| Johnny Garcia D | Carlos De La Cruz R | |
|---|---|---|
| Raised | $2.2M | $2M |
| Individuals | $1.8M80% | $1.2M61% |
| PACs & parties | $403K18% | $421K21% |
| Self-funded | $0 | $53K3% |
| Other | $34K2% | $310K15% |
| AIPAC-linked* | — | — |
| Outside spending† | — | — |
* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Johnny Garcia 485 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$2.2M
Campaign spent$2.1M
Cash on hand$150K
FEC 2026 through 10/14/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals80%
PACs / committees18%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
- PAC$12K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- PAC$8K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
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- Individual$7K
- Individual$6K
- PAC$5K
- PAC$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- Corporate PAC$5K
- Membership PAC$5K
- PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Party committee$5K
- Candidate committee$4K
- Candidate committee$4K
- Candidate committee$4K
- Candidate committee$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
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- Individual$4K
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- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
Showing the 50 biggest of 485 donors. The other 435 gave $381K combined.
Plus $293K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
Carlos De La Cruz 479 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$2.0M
Campaign spent$1.7M
Cash on hand$313K
FEC 2026 through 10/14/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals61%
PACs / committees21%
Self-funding3%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
- Individual$18K
- Leadership PAC$15K
- PAC$15K
- PAC$15K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$10K
- PAC$10K
- PAC$10K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$10K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Leadership PAC$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$6K
- Candidate committee$6K
- Corporate PAC$6K
- PAC$6K
- Individual$5K
- Individual$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- PAC$5K
- Leadership PAC$5K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Leadership PAC$4K
- Candidate committee$4K
- Candidate committee$4K
- Individual$4K
Showing the 50 biggest of 479 donors. The other 429 gave $351K combined.
Plus $242K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.
Common questions
Who has raised more money in the Texas District 35 race?
Johnny Garcia has raised more: $2,201,579, ahead of Carlos De La Cruz at $2,021,118.
Who takes PAC money in the Texas District 35 race?
Carlos De La Cruz has taken the most money from PACs and party committees: $420,650. Johnny Garcia has taken $403,279.
Who takes AIPAC money in the Texas District 35 race?
No candidate in this race has an AIPAC-linked record in FEC filings.
When is the Texas District 35 election?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
Related news
October 21, 2026
House Majority PAC memo: 'House battleground extends deep into Trump territory'
HMP's Oct 21 internal memo claims its polling shows Democrats competitive in 13 House districts Trump carried in 2024, releasing internal poll numbers for FL-13, IN-05, KY-06, MN-01, MO-02, MT-01, NC-09, NE-01, NV-02, NY-21, OH-15, TX-23 and TX-35 — all within single digits. Treat as partisan polling: it is HMP's own commissioned polling released to make the case for more fundraising, not independent data.
Source: House Majority PAC →
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