Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Monica De La Cruz
- 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
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 15
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0TX15124 · Principal campaign committee: MONICA DE LA CRUZ HERNANDEZ FOR US CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Texas District 15 | $6,814,266.73 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Texas District 15 | $7,936,781.16 | Won the general election (57.11%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Texas District 15 | $4,688,233.32 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Texas District 15 | $422,613.21 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$4,688,233.32
Total spent$4,643,522.35
Cash on hand$52,216.70
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$18,000.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$3,477,058.3674%
- PACs and other committees$567,650.0012%
- Party committees$10,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$36,300.001%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$576,029.7112%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$21,195.250%
Self-funding: $36,300.00 (1% of money raised): $18,300.00 given and $18,000.00 lent by the candidate. $18,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Vice Chair
- House Committee on Financial Services
- Financial Institutions
- Housing and Insurance Vice Chairwoman
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
186 committees reported giving $549,150.00 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.
- AMERICA RELOADEDLeadership PAC$12,500.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY PAC (CMC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICAHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MID-CONTINENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
Show all 186 committees
- UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSN INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA OOIDA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF BEXAR COUNTYParty committee$5,000.00
- ALAMO PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ENERGY TRANSFER EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY PAC (ENERGY TRANSFER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- UPPER HAND FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PHILLIPS 66 PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- POINT ACTION PAC, INC.Connected PAC$5,000.00
- HONOR COURAGE COMMITMENT PACPAC$5,000.00
- SAVE AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- STAND FOR AMERICA PACPAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA FOREVERPAC$5,000.00
- HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUSTConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- NEW MEXICO FREEDOM FUNDLeadership PAC$4,900.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,800.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- AMERICAN GRIT PACLeadership PAC$3,900.00
- KIRBY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- MAGGIE'S LISTPAC$3,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE FOR IMPROVEMENT AND BETTERMENT OF THE COUNTRY Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- WE THE PEOPLE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- FREEDOM FORCE PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- MVL PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- PINE TREES PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- EL SUENO AMERICANOLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS ORGANIZE PAC (HELO PAC)Connected PAC$2,900.00
- YES TO YESLI PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN STAFFING ASSOCIATION STAFFING PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MURPHY OIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- INDEPENDENT BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS FEDERAL PAC (IBAT FEDPAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN FRANCHISEES INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE & REPUBLICAN TOGETHER EQUALS RESULTS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS SPINE AND JOINT LTD PACPAC$2,500.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDPAC$2,500.00
- NEHLS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,500.00
- FIRST IN TEXAS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- PETE SESSIONS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ROBERT ADERHOLT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JUSTICE FREEDOM & LIBERTY PACPAC$2,000.00
- SHOW-ME POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WENSTRUP FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ROUGHRIDER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- REPUBLICANS OFFERING SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- YOUR OHIO REPUBLICAN TEAMLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PATRIOTS ALWAYS TRIUMPHLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE - BICE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAKE ELLZEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MISSION FIRST PEOPLE ALWAYS PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- OLD BREED PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NO EASY DAY PACLeadership PAC$1,900.00
- INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INCConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- DALLAS SAFARI CLUB PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- U.S.-CUBA DEMOCRACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- RIGHTNOW WOMEN PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- START RISING PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- DEPENDABLE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- CJS PACPAC$1,500.00
- BELIEF IN LIFE AND LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BILL'S PAC)Leadership PAC$1,250.00
- VICTORY EASTLeadership PAC$1,250.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LUDPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUPPLY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- ONEOK INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRINITY INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SF) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS RESPONSIBLE DISTRIBUTION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FUELS AND PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFPMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HSP DIRECT LLC PAC HSP PACPAC$1,000.00
- SOUTH TEXANS' PROPERTY RIGHTS ASSOCIATION FEDPACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KEEPING REPUBLICAN IDEAS STRONG TIMELY & INVENTIVELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$1,000.00
- THE RIGHT GROUPPAC$1,000.00
- HEARTDOCPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACPAC$1,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BURCHETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CUT THE BULL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FUTURE LEADERS FUNDHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- COME AND TAKE IT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- FISCHBACH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NO NONSENSE PACPAC$1,000.00
- TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- TENNESSEE TOUGH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SIX POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BAKER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KANSAS VICTORY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HELLFIRE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BOOTSTRAP PRIORITIES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALL AMERICAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTH TEXAS SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS PAC RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUGAR GROWERS, INCConnected PAC$500.00
- KPACLeadership PAC$500.00
- ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICALeadership PAC$500.00
- HISPANIC 100 FED PACPAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Monica De la Cruz$1,150,533.71
- Independent expenditures opposing Monica De la Cruz$39,435.11
- Company and union communications to members about Monica De la Cruz$2,110.64
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$520,393.00
- OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.Supporting$160,166.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$124,500.00
- THE SENTINEL ACTION FUNDSupporting$100,000.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUNDSupporting$61,498.00
- CATHOLICVOTE.ORG CANDIDATE FUNDSupporting$53,087.00
- FUTURE LEADERS FUNDSupporting$33,750.00
- ENERGIZE OUR FUTURESupporting$29,814.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$19,995.00
- GREENPEACE, INC.Opposing$19,242.00
- VALOR AMERICASupporting$16,666.00
- ENERGY SECURITY PACSupporting$16,450.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 15, 2022 · 11 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monica De la Cruz (R) | $4,688,233.32 | $52,216.70 | 2022-12-31 |
| Michelle Vallejo (D) | $2,346,631.22 | $11,717.16 | 2022-12-31 |
| Mauro Everett Garza (R) | $796,523.51 | $13,506.25 | 2022-12-31 |
| Ruben Ramirez (D) | $493,221.73 | $0.00 | 2022-09-30 |
| John Villarreal Rigney (D) | $330,110.38 | $4,442.93 | 2022-12-31 |
| Roberto Adrian Haddad (D) | $100,000.00 | $0.00 | 2021-12-31 |
| Eliza Alvarado (D) | $79,035.00 | $6,230.10 | 2022-03-31 |
| Ivan Melendez (D) | $27,787.35 | $0.00 | 2021-12-31 |
| Sara Larue Newnam Canady (R) | $23,680.00 | $5,572.66 | 2022-03-31 |
| Ryan Patrick Krause (R) | $19,452.04 | $9,003.69 | 2022-06-02 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bendixen & Amandi International | October 14–19, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Michelle Vallejo 45% · Monica de la Cruz 45% |
| RMG Research | July 22–29, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Michelle Vallejo 40% · Monica de la Cruz 44% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: MONICA DE LA CRUZ HERNANDEZ FOR US CONGRESS.
- 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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