2026 general election
Texas 2nd District
The winner was outraised and won anyway. · Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.
$4.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Texas 2nd District race: $4.2M raised by the campaigns, $187K of it from PACs, plus $97K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Steve Toth (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Receipts + outside spending
$4.3M
Raised by campaigns
$4.2M
PAC checks
$187K
Outside money
$97K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Shaun FinnieDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $3.2M
- Spent
- $2.9M
- From individuals
- $898K
- From PACs
- $12K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $2.0M
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $23K
Who paid: 0% of Finnie's money came from PACs
Union $2K (100%)
Biggest outside spenders
- American Jobs and Growth PAC · $23K attacking
Steve TothRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.0M
- Spent
- $923K
- From individuals
- $808K
- From PACs
- $175K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $13K
- Outside money for
- $75K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 17% of Toth's money came from PACs
Corporate $12K (12%)Trade group $13K (13%)Leadership PAC $34K (35%)Membership $17K (18%)Super PAC $10K (10%)Other $11K (11%)
- National Pro-Life Alliance Membership$5K
- Freedom Caucus Fund Super PAC$5K
- Senate Conservatives Fund Super PAC$5K
- Texas Red Leadership PAC$5K
- American Optometric Association Membership$5K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$5K
- Pfluger Victory Fund Leadership PAC$5K
- Brandon Gill Victory Fund Other$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- Save American Freedom · $36K supporting
- American Liberty Foundation PAC · $27K supporting
- Senate Conservatives Fund · $6K supporting
- Nra Victory Fund, Inc. · $5K supporting
- Freedom Caucus Fund · $103 supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2026 Texas 2nd District race?
- $4.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Texas 2nd District race: $4.2M raised by the campaigns, $187K of it from PACs, plus $97K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Steve Toth (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Texas 2nd District race?
- Shaun Finnie (Democrat) raised $3.2M.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2026 Texas 2nd District race?
- Save American Freedom ($36K), American Liberty Foundation PAC ($27K), American Jobs and Growth PAC ($23K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Texas 2nd District race?
- National Pro-Life Alliance PAC gave $5K to Steve Toth; Freedom Caucus Fund gave $5K to Steve Toth; Senate Conservatives Fund gave $5K to Steve Toth.