Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Monica De La Cruz

Official portrait of Monica De La Cruz
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 15th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
McAllen, TX
Born
1974
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
DE LA CRUZ, MONICA
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 current district highlighted

Texas, District 15

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 15IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0TX15124 · Principal campaign committee: MONICA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 15$6,814,266.73General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 15$7,936,781.16Won the general election (57.11%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 15$4,688,233.32General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 15$422,613.21Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$6,814,266.73
Total spent$7,034,424.76
Cash on hand$393,811.86
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $4,141,343.52PACs and other committees: $1,149,835.12Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $84.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,511,454.62Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $11,549.47
  • Individual contributions$4,141,343.5261%
  • PACs and other committees$1,149,835.1217%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$84.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,511,454.6222%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$11,549.470%

Self-funding: $84.00 (0% of money raised): $84.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,973,775.0056%
  • Contributions over $200$2,319,634.0544%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$1,502,331.0040%
  • Itemized from other states$2,234,038.8660%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $436,693.09 · California $281,824.88 · New York $150,433.49 · Illinois $97,862.04 · Virginia $70,537.48. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

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

Raised and spent over time

$2.9M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $778,324.57APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $539,649.12JULY QUARTERLY: raised $867,069.48JULY QUARTERLY: spent $417,752.39OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $814,834.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $401,181.37YEAR-END: raised $809,763.35YEAR-END: spent $512,857.54PRE-PRIMARY: raised $248,465.35PRE-PRIMARY: spent $357,602.61APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $722,290.15APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $291,227.52JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,033,212.85JULY QUARTERLY: spent $904,336.41OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,277,137.29OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,937,465.012025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea499
Voted nay135
Did not vote40 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored36
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored180

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10542 Combating Pasture Mealybug Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 10086 Diabetes Prevention Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Latest action Aug 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9625 Freedom to Build Act
    Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Latest action Jul 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 9053 WATER for Farmers Act
    Introduced May 29, 2026 · Latest action May 29, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determine…
  • H.R. 8963 Lance Corporal Dustin Sekula Congressional Gold Medal Act
    Introduced May 21, 2026 · Latest action May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 8499 Saving Lives on Campuses Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by …
  • H.R. 8216 Improving Medicare Services Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 9, 2026 · Latest action Apr 9, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 8134 Strengthen Taxpayer Rights Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 27, 2026 · Latest action Mar 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 6922 Texas Dreamer Work Authorization Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 23, 2025 · Latest action Dec 23, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6847 Fair Wages for Farmworkers Act
    Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

229 committees reported giving $827,703.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Monica De la Cruz$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Monica De la Cruz$2,075,297.62

FEC totals for the 2026 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 15, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Monica De la Cruz (R)$6,814,266.73$393,811.862026-10-14
Bobby Pulido (D)$6,213,369.10$1,373,712.362026-09-30
Ada Cuellar (D)$1,264,377.33$2,986.062026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

No published race ratings found.

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Texas Southern UniversityOctober 13–16, 2026(LV)± 3.8%Monica De La Cruz 44% · Bobby Pulido 51%
Normington Petts (D)September 24–28, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Monica De La Cruz 41% · Bobby Pulido 54%
Public Policy Research/Texas Southern UniversityAugust 18–22, 2026700 (LV)± 3.7%Monica De La Cruz 45% · Bobby Pulido 50%
Normington Petts (D)July 23–27, 2026553 (LV)–Monica De La Cruz 45% · Bobby Pulido 51%
Applecart (D)May 18–25, 2026802 (LV)± 4.1%Monica De La Cruz 46% · Bobby Pulido 48%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 10–11, 2025533 (LV)–Monica De La Cruz 41% · Bobby Pulido 38%

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: MONICA 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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