Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Wendy Davis

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 21
Filing address
Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
DAVIS, WENDY
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 21

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 21ChallengerRunning

FEC candidate ID H0TX21148 · Principal campaign committee: WENDY DAVIS FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$10,428,476.26
Total spent$10,366,864.91
Cash on hand$61,611.35
Debts owed by the campaign$257,967.96
Loans from the candidate$100,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 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: $9,262,686.33PACs and other committees: $564,940.20Party committees: $15,300.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $135,543.61Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $358,972.64Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $91,033.48
  • Individual contributions$9,262,686.3389%
  • PACs and other committees$564,940.205%
  • Party committees$15,300.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$135,543.611%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$358,972.643%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$91,033.481%

Self-funding: $135,543.61 (1% of money raised): $35,543.61 given and $100,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

151 committees reported giving $719,982.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Wendy Davis$102,550.71
  • Independent expenditures opposing Wendy Davis$7,676,626.13
  • Company and union communications to members about Wendy Davis$7,589.35

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 21, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Wendy Davis (D)$10,428,476.26$61,611.352020-12-31
Chip Roy (R)$5,098,026.87$463,582.782020-12-31
Virginia Louise Leeder (D)$55,341.13$0.002020-06-30
Michael Joseph Felts (I)$3,570.00$3,353.772019-06-30
Bruce Bintliff Boville (D)$2,000.00$0.002019-11-06

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportTossupNovember 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightLean R
  • Inside ElectionsTossup
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean R
  • PoliticoTossup

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
WPA Intelligence (R)October 11–12, 2020412 (LV)–Chip Roy 47% · Wendy Davis 42%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)August 31 – September 4, 2020401 (LV)± 5%Chip Roy 47% · Wendy Davis 48%
ALG Research (D)August 15–20, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%Chip Roy 46% · Wendy Davis 46%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)July 14–17, 2020500 (LV)± 4.25%Chip Roy 46% · Wendy Davis 45%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 19–21, 2019523 (LV) – 656 (LV)± 3.8% – ± 4.2%Generic Democrat 44% · Generic Republican 49%

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: WENDY DAVIS 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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