Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Amanda Edwards

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 18
Filing address
Houston, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
EDWARDS, AMANDA
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 18

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 18ChallengerWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID H4TX18138 · Principal campaign committee: AMANDA EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 18$1,895,211.56Withdrawn
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 18$1,682,415.31Lost primary
Total raised$1,895,211.56
Total spent$1,893,098.34
Cash on hand$3,327.16
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through February 28, 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: $1,808,553.01PACs and other committees: $64,350.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $21,885.30Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $168.53Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $254.72
  • Individual contributions$1,808,553.0195%
  • PACs and other committees$64,350.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$21,885.301%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$168.530%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$254.720%

Self-funding: $21,885.30 (1% of money raised): $21,885.30 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$111,429.946%
  • Contributions over $200$1,693,791.6094%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$1,417,403.6383%
  • Itemized from other states$288,161.0017%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $70,866.30 · District of Columbia $51,622.70 · Georgia $34,985.00 · Tennessee $24,250.00 · Florida $15,900.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

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

Raised and spent over time

$754K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $375,023.97APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $25,337.75JULY QUARTERLY: raised $428,324.41JULY QUARTERLY: spent $156,106.68PRE-SPECIAL: raised $462,885.94PRE-SPECIAL: spent $754,205.12PRE-RUN-OFF: raised $473,924.77PRE-RUN-OFF: spent $525,157.52TERMINATION REPORT: raised $155,052.47TERMINATION REPORT: spent $432,291.272025-032025-062025-102026-012026-02

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

11 committees reported giving $63,601.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 18, 2026 · 13 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Amanda Edwards (D)$1,895,211.56$3,327.162026-02-28
Christian Menefee (D)$3,761,777.28$77,685.422026-10-14
Alexander Green (D)$1,730,400.93$46,407.932026-09-30
Isaiah Martin (D)$1,223,942.28$44,667.452025-12-31
Stephen Huey (D)$37,856.57$11,764.272025-09-30
Sylvester Turner (D)$29,184.03$410.052025-10-31
Gretchen Brown (D)$17,587.88$5,501.702026-09-30
Allen D Berry (R)$8,512.13−$171.292026-07-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DSeptember 18, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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: AMANDA EDWARDS 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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