Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Martin Etwop

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 2
Filing address
Spring, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ETWOP, MARTIN
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the 2026 district highlighted

Texas, District 2

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 2ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2TX08232 · Principal campaign committee: ETWOP FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 2$13,787.96Lost primary
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 2$20,874.00Lost primary
Total raised$13,787.96
Total spent$11,397.56
Cash on hand−$1.59
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through April 30, 2026, 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: $9,692.96Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $3,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,095.00
  • Individual contributions$9,692.9670%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,000.0022%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,095.008%

Self-funding: $3,000.00 (22% of money raised): $3,000.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,866.9619%
  • Contributions over $200$7,826.0081%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$6,326.0081%
  • Itemized from other states$1,500.0019%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$5K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $5,240.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $2,800.01JULY QUARTERLY: raised $2,340.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,295.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $176.47OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $107.13YEAR-END: raised $3,955.49YEAR-END: spent $3,709.09PRE-PRIMARY: raised $2,076.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $1,489.09APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $836.76TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $160.002025-032025-092026-022026-04

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Martin Etwop$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Martin Etwop$3,157.60

FEC totals for the 2026 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 2, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Martin Etwop (R)$13,787.96−$1.592026-04-30
Shaun Finnie (D)$3,131,705.46$414,169.932026-09-30
Daniel Crenshaw (R)$2,837,268.87$37,830.252026-09-30
Steve Toth (R)$1,035,120.97$112,380.102026-10-14
Nicholas Lee Plumb (R)$9,244.85$69.232026-06-30
Jameson Ellis (R)$6,339.90$0.002025-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RSeptember 18, 2025

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Impact Research (D)September 29 – October 4, 2026501 (LV)± 4.4%Steve Toth 46% · Shaun Finnie 37%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 22, 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: ETWOP FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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