Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Jessica Cisneros
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Texas District 28
- Filing address
- Laredo, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- CISNEROS, JESSICA
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 28
FEC candidate ID H0TX28077 · Principal campaign committee: JESSICA CISNEROS FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Texas District 28 | $6,625,534.01 | Lost primary runoff |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Texas District 28 | $2,028,916.45 | Lost primary |
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$1,934,224.4495%
- PACs and other committees$91,733.925%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,958.090%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
25 committees reported giving $90,069.00 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.
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$5,100.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- EMILY'S LISTConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- WAY TO LEAD PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,999.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,973.00
- TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$4,000.00
- PEACE ACTION PAC/ FKA SANE/FREEZE PACPAC$3,527.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICAPAC$2,500.00
- BLUE AMERICA PACPAC$2,500.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,536.00
- RESURGENT LEFTConnected PAC$1,500.00
- MALONEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TRADE BRIGADE OF CITIZENS TRADE CAMPAIGNPAC$1,000.00
- SUNRISE PACHybrid PAC$684.00
- WOMEN UNDER FORTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WUFPAC)Connected PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Jessica Cisneros$754,497.53
- Independent expenditures opposing Jessica Cisneros$71,974.44
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.
- TEXAS FORWARDSupporting$303,406.00
- WFP IE COMMITTEESupporting$183,814.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA WORKING VOICESSupporting$112,950.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTOpposing$71,974.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$58,800.00
- TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECTSupporting$52,938.00
- TAKING TEXAS TO THE TOPSupporting$37,267.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONSupporting$2,350.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$1,305.00
- UNITED WE DREAM ACTIONSupporting$764.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEESupporting$517.00
- SUNRISE PACSupporting$120.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 28, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Cisneros (D) | $2,028,916.45 | $2,969.10 | 2020-12-31 |
| Henry Cuellar (D) | $2,752,019.23 | $1,550,472.73 | 2020-12-31 |
| Sandra Linn Whitten (R) | $24,833.76 | −$1,769.92 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
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: JESSICA CISNEROS 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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