2022 general election
Texas 34th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway. The incumbent lost.
$21M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2022 Texas 34th District race: $7.9M raised by the campaigns, $2.0M of it from PACs, plus $14M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat) won despite being outraised.
Receipts + outside spending
$21M
Raised by campaigns
$7.9M
PAC checks
$2.0M
Outside money
$14M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Mayra FloresRepublican, incumbent
✗ Lost- Raised
- $4.7M
- Spent
- $4.7M
- From individuals
- $3.6M
- From PACs
- $648K
- From party
- $20K
- Own money & loans
- $13K
- Outside money for
- $1.7M
- Outside money against
- $5.3M
Who paid: 14% of Flores's money came from PACs
Corporate $47K (7%)Trade group $41K (6%)Leadership PAC $384K (60%)Membership $15K (2%)Union $1K (0%)Super PAC $17K (3%)Party $20K (3%)Other $111K (18%)
- Be Victorious Over Democrats PAC Leadership PAC$12K
- Take Back the House 2022 Super PAC$10K
- Elise Victory Fund Leadership PAC$10K
- Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans Leadership PAC$10K
- Tom Cole Leadership PAC$10K
- The Eye of the Tiger Political Action Committee Leadership PAC$10K
- Cmr Political Action Committee Leadership PAC$10K
- Cole Combined Committee Party$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- House Majority PAC · $3.4M attacking
- DCCC · $1.4M attacking
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $901K supporting
- Chc Bold PAC · $612K attacking
- Americans for Prosperity Action · $402K supporting
Vicente GonzalezDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.2M
- Spent
- $4.3M
- From individuals
- $1.8M
- From PACs
- $1.4M
- From party
- $7K
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $373K
- Outside money against
- $6.2M
Who paid: 43% of Gonzalez's money came from PACs
Corporate $570K (43%)Trade group $264K (20%)Leadership PAC $136K (10%)Membership $96K (7%)Union $124K (9%)Super PAC $30K (2%)Party $7K (1%)Other $91K (7%)
- Hoyer Leadership PAC$18K
- Phillips 66 Corporate$10K
- American Association for Justice (Aaj) Membership$10K
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund Union$10K
- National Beer Wholesalers Association Trade group$10K
- American Financial Services Assn Trade group$10K
- Pelosi Leadership PAC$10K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education Union$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $5.0M attacking
- NRCC · $1.0M attacking
- House Majority PAC · $122K supporting
- Chc Bold PAC · $115K supporting
- Working Families Party National Political Action Committee · $90K supporting
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2022 Texas 34th District race?
- $21M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2022 Texas 34th District race: $7.9M raised by the campaigns, $2.0M of it from PACs, plus $14M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2022 Texas 34th District race?
- Mayra Flores (Republican) raised $4.7M and had $1.7M in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2022 Texas 34th District race?
- Congressional Leadership Fund ($5.9M), House Majority PAC ($3.5M), DCCC ($1.4M).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2022 Texas 34th District race?
- Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America gave $18K to Vicente Gonzalez; Be Victorious Over Democrats PAC gave $12K to Mayra Flores; Congressional Leadership Fund gave $10K to Mayra Flores.