Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Brandon Herrera

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 23
Filing address
Helotes, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HERRERA, BRANDON
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 23

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 23Open seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4TX23120 · Principal campaign committee: BRANDON HERRERA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 23$3,115,205.22General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 23$1,997,067.44Lost primary runoff
Total raised$3,115,205.22
Total spent$2,804,434.23
Cash on hand$318,811.95
Debts owed by the campaign$670,000.00
Loans from the candidate$520,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $140,199.92PACs and other committees: $130,939.70Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $520,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,288,609.64Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $35,455.96
  • Individual contributions$140,199.925%
  • PACs and other committees$130,939.704%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$520,000.0017%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,288,609.6473%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$35,455.961%

Self-funding: $520,000.00 (17% of money raised): $0.00 given and $520,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$85,676.5811%
  • Contributions over $200$689,235.0389%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$244,579.0333%
  • Itemized from other states$505,439.5067%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $45,617.00 · California $41,292.92 · North Carolina $32,965.00 · Ohio $29,912.74 · Wisconsin $28,274.65. 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

$1.2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,543.66APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $8,312.94JULY QUARTERLY: raised $455.96JULY QUARTERLY: spent $184.64OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $305,271.99OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $723.27YEAR-END: raised $556,914.97YEAR-END: spent $141,268.45PRE-PRIMARY: raised $4,381.96PRE-PRIMARY: spent $716,253.46APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $653,988.96APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $358,370.77JULY QUARTERLY: raised $415,161.28JULY QUARTERLY: spent $411,622.76OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,170,889.60OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $925,738.822025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

27 committees reported giving $95,000.00 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.

Show all 27 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Brandon Herrera$634,267.69
  • Independent expenditures opposing Brandon Herrera$416,073.52

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 23, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Brandon Herrera (R)$3,115,205.22$318,811.952026-10-14
Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II (R)$2,270,926.15$197,048.962026-09-30
Katy Padilla Stout (D)$976,703.75$428,078.492026-09-30
Susan Storey Rubio (R)$418,518.66$0.002025-10-24
Santos M. Limon (D)$356,755.00$349,940.002025-06-30
Gretel Marysdatter Enck (D)$98,534.36$0.002026-03-31
Francisco 'Quico' Raul Canseco (R)$80,050.00$127,821.132026-09-30
Veronica Williams (I)$12,150.09−$964.222026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely RMarch 12, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely RMarch 12, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean ROctober 20, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Normington Petts (D)October 5–7, 2026400 (LV)–Brandon Herrera 46% · Katy Padilla Stout 46%
Public Policy Polling (D)March 10–11, 2026521 (V)–Brandon Herrera 42% · Katy Padilla Stout 40%
Public Policy Polling (D)March 10–11, 2026521 (V)–Generic Republican 47% · Generic Democrat 45%

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: BRANDON HERRERA 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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