2020 general election
Texas 24th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$26M was spent on the 2020 Texas 24th District race: $8.6M raised by the campaigns, $1.3M of it from PACs, plus $17M from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Beth Van Duyne (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Total money
$26M
Raised by campaigns
$8.6M
PAC checks
$1.3M
Outside money
$17M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Candace ValenzuelaDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $4.9M
- Spent
- $4.9M
- From individuals
- $3.9M
- From PACs
- $691K
- From party
- $10K
- Own money & loans
- $3K
- Outside money for
- $1.1M
- Outside money against
- $8.0M
Who paid: 14% of Valenzuela's money came from PACs
Corporate $2K (0%)Trade group $7K (1%)Leadership PAC $182K (24%)Membership $44K (6%)Union $105K (14%)Super PAC $84K (11%)Party $135K (18%)Other $199K (26%)
- Dollars for Democrats Party$130K
- Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Other$35K
- Chc Bold PAC Other$15K
- Voter Protection Project Super PAC$15K
- The Collective PAC Other$15K
- Jobs, Education, & Families First - Jeff PAC Leadership PAC$15K
- Cbcpac-Newdem Fund for the Majority Other$15K
- Elect Democratic Women Other$13K
Biggest outside spenders
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $4.3M attacking
- NRCC · $3.3M attacking
- Latino Victory Fund · $462K supporting
- Women Speak Out PAC · $404K attacking
- DCCC · $254K supporting
Beth Van DuyneRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.4M
- Spent
- $3.4M
- From individuals
- $2.5M
- From PACs
- $652K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $401K
- Outside money against
- $7.6M
Who paid: 19% of Duyne's money came from PACs
Corporate $206K (32%)Trade group $110K (17%)Leadership PAC $174K (27%)Membership $65K (10%)Super PAC $48K (7%)Party $5K (1%)Other $37K (6%)
- Winred Super PAC$30K
- At&T Inc. Corporate$10K
- Mccarthy Victory Fund Leadership PAC$10K
- American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Membership$10K
- American Optometric Association Membership$10K
- Commercial Metals Company Corporate$10K
- Stefanik Leadership PAC$10K
- Koch Industries, Inc. Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- DCCC · $3.1M attacking
- House Majority PAC · $2.9M attacking
- Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) · $782K attacking
- Lcv Victory Fund · $516K attacking
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $312K supporting
Steve KuzmichIndependent / other
✗ Lost- Raised
- $176K
- Spent
- $201K
- From individuals
- $49K
- From PACs
- $250
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $126K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Mark BauerIndependent / other
✗ Lost- Raised
- $26K
- Spent
- $27K
- From individuals
- $4K
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $22K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Darren HamiltonLibertarian
✗ Lost- Raised
- $570
- Spent
- $212
- From individuals
- $570
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Texas 24th District race?
- $26M was spent on the 2020 Texas 24th District race: $8.6M raised by the campaigns, $1.3M of it from PACs, plus $17M from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Beth Van Duyne (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Texas 24th District race?
- Candace Valenzuela (Democrat) raised $4.9M and had $1.1M in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Texas 24th District race?
- Congressional Leadership Fund ($4.6M), DCCC ($3.3M), NRCC ($3.3M).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Texas 24th District race?
- Texas Democratic Party gave $130K to Candace Valenzuela; Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC gave $35K to Candace Valenzuela; Winred gave $30K to Beth Van Duyne.