Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Renee Swann

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 17
Filing address
Waco, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SWANN, RENEE
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 17

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 17Open seatLost primary runoff

FEC candidate ID H0TX17195 · Principal campaign committee: RENEE SWANN FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$1,082,996.00
Total spent$1,082,996.00
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$703,500.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through September 11, 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: $353,996.00PACs and other committees: $25,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $703,500.00
  • Individual contributions$353,996.0033%
  • PACs and other committees$25,500.002%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$703,500.0065%

Self-funding: $703,500.00 (65% of money raised): $0.00 given and $703,500.00 lent by the candidate. $45,052.43 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

5 committees reported giving $20,500.00 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 Renee Swann$3.17
  • Independent expenditures opposing Renee Swann$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 17, 2020 · 16 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Renee Swann (R)$1,082,996.00$0.002020-09-11
Pete Sessions (R)$1,485,908.61$165,989.812020-12-31
George W. Hindman (R)$877,767.41$0.002020-12-31
Bill Flores (R)$415,115.87$109,456.552020-12-31
Elianor-Azarak Vessali (R)$296,588.23$0.002020-03-31
Richard Kennedy (D)$216,825.56$0.002020-11-23
Scott Bland (R)$181,705.70$0.002020-04-11
Jeffrey Oppenheim (R)$125,710.85$0.002019-12-31
Trent Gregory Sutton (R)$110,964.00$253.612020-12-31
Charles Todd Kent (R)$40,360.00−$3,507.142020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe ROctober 21, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightSolid ROctober 30, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe ROctober 28, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallOctober 20, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely ROctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RApril 29, 2020
  • RCPOctober 30, 2020
  • 270toWinOctober 29, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Lincoln Park Strategies (D)August 22–23, 20201,160 (LV)± 4.38%Pete Sessions 45% · Rick Kennedy 42%

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: RENEE SWANN 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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