Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Pritesh Gandhi

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 10
Filing address
Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GANDHI, PRITESH
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the 2020 district highlighted

Texas, District 10

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 10ChallengerLost primary runoff

FEC candidate ID H0TX10216 · Principal campaign committee: GANDHI FOR TEXAS

Total raised$1,330,187.45
Total spent$1,332,341.50
Cash on hand−$2,154.05
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through August 31, 2020, 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: $1,241,928.79PACs and other committees: $39,000.00Party committees: $4,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $23,837.05Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $19,009.55Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $2,412.06
  • Individual contributions$1,241,928.7993%
  • PACs and other committees$39,000.003%
  • Party committees$4,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$23,837.052%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$19,009.551%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,412.060%

Self-funding: $23,837.05 (2% of money raised): $23,837.05 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

13 committees reported giving $43,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Pritesh Gandhi$473,891.70
  • Independent expenditures opposing Pritesh Gandhi$0.00

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 10, 2020 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Pritesh Gandhi (D)$1,330,187.45−$2,154.052020-08-31
Michael McCaul (R)$3,873,477.95$7,733.692020-12-31
Michael Siegel (D)$2,942,987.88$13,637.112020-12-31
Shannon Hutcheson (D)$1,354,728.96$0.002020-05-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportTossupNovember 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightLikely R
  • Inside ElectionsLean R
  • RCPTossup
  • 270toWinLean R

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
GBAO Strategies (D)October 8–11, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Michael McCaul 47% · Mike Siegel 45%
GBAO Strategies (D)September 21–24, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Michael McCaul 45% · Mike Siegel 43% · Roy Eriksen 6%
RMG ResearchJuly 28 – August 3, 2020500 (RV)± 4.5%Michael McCaul 46% · Mike Siegel 39%
Remington Research (R)November 6–7, 2019848 (LV)± 3.4%Michael McCaul 50% · Shannon Hutcheson 41%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 19–21, 2019523 (LV) – 656 (LV)± 3.8% – ± 4.2%Generic Republican 49% · Generic Democrat 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 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: GANDHI FOR TEXAS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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