2020 general election
Texas 15th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$1.7M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Texas 15th District race: $1.7M raised by the campaigns, $1.0M of it from PACs, plus $10K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$1.7M
Raised by campaigns
$1.7M
PAC checks
$1.0M
Outside money
$10K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Vicente GonzalezDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.3M
- Spent
- $908K
- From individuals
- $192K
- From PACs
- $992K
- From party
- $6K
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $10K
Who paid: 79% of Gonzalez's money came from PACs
Corporate $459K (47%)Trade group $212K (22%)Leadership PAC $4K (0%)Membership $73K (7%)Union $147K (15%)Super PAC $4K (0%)Party $88 (0%)Other $83K (8%)
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund Union$13K
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association Union$10K
- Charter Communications Inc. Corporate$10K
- Credit Union National Association Trade group$10K
- Ernst & Young Political Action Committee Other$10K
- Exxon Mobil Corporation Corporate$10K
- Arkansas Bankers Association PAC Inc. Trade group$10K
- At&T Inc. Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- C3 PAC · $10K attacking
Monica De La Cruz-HernandezRepublican
✗ Lost- Raised
- $423K
- Spent
- $417K
- From individuals
- $301K
- From PACs
- $26K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $95K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 6% of Cruz-Hernandez's money came from PACs
Corporate $10K (39%)Super PAC $10K (40%)Other $6K (22%)
- Mcmorris Rodgers Win the Future Fund Super PAC$10K
- Commercial Metals Company Corporate$10K
- Huck PAC Other$5K
- South Texans' Property Rights Association Other$500
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Texas 15th District race?
- $1.7M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Texas 15th District race: $1.7M raised by the campaigns, $1.0M of it from PACs, plus $10K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Texas 15th District race?
- Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat) raised $1.3M.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Texas 15th District race?
- C3 PAC ($10K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Texas 15th District race?
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund gave $13K to Vicente Gonzalez; National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC gave $10K to Vicente Gonzalez; Charter Communications Inc. Political Action Committee gave $10K to Vicente Gonzalez.