Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Troy E. Nehls
- Office
- U.S. representative for Texas’s 22nd district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Richmond, TX
- Born
- 1968
- In Congress
- House since 2021 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- NEHLS, TROY
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 22
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0TX22302 · Principal campaign committee: NEHLS FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Texas District 22 | $429,606.26 | Not running (declined to run) |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Texas District 22 | $896,335.99 | Won the general election (62.12%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Texas District 22 | $1,375,505.92 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Texas District 22 | $1,818,077.11 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$1,818,077.11
Total spent$1,798,160.47
Cash on hand$24,806.64
Debts owed by the campaign$4,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
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$1,310,015.8072%
- PACs and other committees$325,347.6418%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$165,786.249%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$11,927.431%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Aviation Chairman
- Highways and Transit
- Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
131 committees reported giving $344,453.00 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.
- RECONNECTING URBAN AND RURAL AMERICAN LIFEJoint fundraising committee$21,141.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PHILLIPS 66 PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PATRIOTS IN ACTIONLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
Show all 131 committees
- SPIRIT OF '76 PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYPAC$5,000.00
- AMERICANS4HINDUS (MULTI-CANDIDATE)Hybrid PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,809.00
- LONE STAR LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PACPAC$3,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- BUILDING RENEWAL IN AMERICA NOW PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- KIRBY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- ENERGY TRANSFER EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY PAC (ENERGY TRANSFER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NACE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE A/K/A CORROSION PACPAC$2,500.00
- HUITT-ZOLLARS INC FEDERAL PACPAC$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS EMPOWERING AMERICALeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- DELIVER. EXCEL. BELIEVE. PACLeadership PAC$2,250.00
- BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- KENNY MARCHANT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEW PACPAC$2,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- OLSON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- STIVERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GARY PALMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING AND RESTORING THE AMERICAN DREAM FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LIZ CHENEY FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVID PAC DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DCLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICANS FOR LEGISLATING EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOHN ROSE FOR TENNESSEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- UTAH FIRST PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- GUY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RE-JOYCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ZIONS BANCORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- INDEPENDENT BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS FEDERAL PAC (IBAT FEDPAC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- AARON'S, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,500.00
- FREEDOM 21: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURYLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- VALOR PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$1,403.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE 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
- IPAA WILDCATTERS FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- I.P.H.F.H.A. INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC.Connected PAC$1,000.00
- DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR ENTERPRISE TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH (PETE PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- SHOW-ME POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FUELS AND PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFPMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- HEARTDOCPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- SALT CITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW B.O.S.T. PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DRILLERSPAC, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING CON Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC PACPAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY AND NATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CLYDE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- JASON ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TED YOHO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$800.00
- DAKOTA LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$750.00
- SOUTH TEXAS SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS PAC RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUGAR GROWERS, INCConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Troy Nehls$1,107,826.14
- Independent expenditures opposing Troy Nehls$7,880,195.84
- Company and union communications to members about Troy Nehls$916.23
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.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$4,307,269.00
- DCCCOpposing$2,803,687.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)Opposing$769,170.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$687,681.00
- ONETOUGHSHERIFFSupporting$116,889.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACSupporting$84,250.00
- WOMEN SPEAK OUT PACSupporting$35,111.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$6,941.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$2,648.00
- TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PACSupporting$156.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$59.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$5.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 22, 2020 · 21 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Nehls (R) | $1,818,077.11 | $24,806.64 | 2020-12-31 |
| Kathaleen Wall (R) | $9,362,246.32 | $0.00 | 2020-11-09 |
| Sri Preston Kulkarni (D) | $5,781,704.79 | $36,731.11 | 2020-12-31 |
| Pierce Bush (R) | $1,351,758.22 | $0.00 | 2020-12-03 |
| Peter G. Olson (R) | $672,648.24 | $4,686.66 | 2020-12-31 |
| Greg Hill (R) | $439,399.72 | $279.03 | 2020-12-31 |
| Felicia Harris Hoss (R) | $232,546.86 | $164,646.44 | 2020-12-31 |
| Nyanza Davis Moore (D) | $187,001.16 | $831.18 | 2020-12-31 |
| Derrick Reed (D) | $161,328.25 | $0.00 | 2020-04-10 |
| Bangar Reddy Aaloori (R) | $153,726.40 | $2,957.31 | 2020-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBAO Strategies (D) | October 8–11, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Troy Nehls 43% · Sri Preston Kulkarni 48% · Joseph LeBlanc 4% |
| GBAO Strategies (D) | September 24–27, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Troy Nehls 44% · Sri Preston Kulkarni 47% · Joseph LeBlanc 3% |
| GBAO Strategies (D) | Mid August, 2020 | – (V) | – | Troy Nehls 45% · Sri Preston Kulkarni 46% · Joseph LeBlanc 3% |
| GBAO Strategies (D) | Early August, 2020 | – (V) | – | Troy Nehls 46% · Sri Preston Kulkarni 43% · Joseph LeBlanc 6% |
| GBAO Strategies (D) | July 29 – August 2, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Troy Nehls 46% · Sri Preston Kulkarni 46% |
| RMG Research | July 27 – August 2, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.5% | Troy Nehls 39% · Sri Preston Kulkarni 39% |
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: NEHLS 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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