Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 15IncumbentWon the general election (57.11%)

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$7,936,781.16
Total spent$7,375,027.97
Cash on hand$613,969.89
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $5,449,445.09PACs and other committees: $1,304,735.18Party committees: $13,300.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $37.88Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,161,893.03Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $7,369.98
  • Individual contributions$5,449,445.0969%
  • PACs and other committees$1,304,735.1816%
  • Party committees$13,300.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$37.880%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,161,893.0315%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$7,369.980%

Self-funding: $37.88 (0% of money raised): $37.88 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

361 committees reported giving $1,201,322.00 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$980,269.75
  • Independent expenditures opposing Monica De la Cruz$1,566,743.12
  • Company and union communications to members about Monica De la Cruz$19,093.23

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Monica De la Cruz (R)$7,936,781.16$613,969.892024-12-31
Michelle Vallejo (D)$2,388,898.64$17,813.062024-12-31
John Villarreal Rigney (D)$21,218.00$0.002024-07-31
Vangela Churchill (R)$5,645.00$0.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely RFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSeptember 12, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailySeptember 7, 2023
  • CNalysisLean RNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJune 14, 2024
  • *538*October 14, 2024

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
GQR (D)September 18–23, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%Monica De La Cruz 48% · Michelle Vallejo 45%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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 FOR 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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