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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Laura Jones

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 8
Filing address
Coldspring, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
JONES, LAURA
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the 2026 district highlighted

Texas, District 8

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 8Open seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0TX08145 · Principal campaign committee: LAURA JONES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 8$30,781.89General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 8$49,529.73Lost the general election (31.8%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 8$42,027.58General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 8$11,223.27Lost primary
Total raised$30,781.89
Total spent$29,168.10
Cash on hand$4,114.54
Debts owed by the campaign$2,040.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $27,856.89PACs and other committees: $2,625.00Party committees: $300.00
  • Individual contributions$27,856.8990%
  • PACs and other committees$2,625.009%
  • Party committees$300.001%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$12,482.8959%
  • Contributions over $200$8,700.0041%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$10,880.0098%
  • Itemized from other states$180.002%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$10K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $429.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $378.50JULY QUARTERLY: raised $654.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $799.06OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,385.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,127.97YEAR-END: raised $5,154.00YEAR-END: spent $4,447.38PRE-PRIMARY: raised $1,288.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $1,030.54APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $4,484.36APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,898.48JULY QUARTERLY: raised $8,585.64JULY QUARTERLY: spent $6,939.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $7,919.42OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $10,209.02PRE-GENERAL: raised $882.47PRE-GENERAL: spent $2,337.652025-032025-092026-022026-062026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Laura Jones (D)$30,781.89$4,114.542026-10-14
Brett Jensen (R)$2,860,439.61$0.002026-03-31
Jessica Hart Steinmann (R)$2,441,284.26$79,370.522026-10-14
Morgan Joe Luttrell (R)$333,240.51$349,120.402026-09-30
Nick B. Tran (R)$291,411.02$1,748.362026-09-30
Deddrick T Wilmer (R)$46,032.19$7,817.902026-02-11
Keith Coleman (D)$11,974.44$409.912026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RSeptember 18, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LAURA JONES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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