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)
Texas, District 23
FEC candidate ID H4TX23120 · Principal campaign committee: BRANDON HERRERA FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Texas District 23 | $3,115,205.22 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Texas District 23 | $1,997,067.44 | Lost primary runoff |
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$140,199.925%
- 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
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.
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS VALUES PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- COME AND TAKE IT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$3,500.00
- CARRY ON PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- EVER RELENTLESS IN CONSERVATISMLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- DEFENDING AMERICAS VALUES EVERYWHERE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION-BANKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OHIO VALLEY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ERIC BURLISON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM FIRST PACPAC$1,000.00
Show all 27 committees
- MARY MILLER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
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.
- AB PACOpposing$268,000.00
- HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUSTOpposing$75,200.00
- HISPANIC LEADERSHIP ACTIONOpposing$72,917.00
- FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDSupporting$42,062.00
- GOA VICTORY FUNDSupporting$2,234.00
- MAKE LIBERTY WINSupporting$447.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 23, 2026 · 14 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Herrera (R) | $3,115,205.22 | $318,811.95 | 2026-10-14 |
| Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II (R) | $2,270,926.15 | $197,048.96 | 2026-09-30 |
| Katy Padilla Stout (D) | $976,703.75 | $428,078.49 | 2026-09-30 |
| Susan Storey Rubio (R) | $418,518.66 | $0.00 | 2025-10-24 |
| Santos M. Limon (D) | $356,755.00 | $349,940.00 | 2025-06-30 |
| Gretel Marysdatter Enck (D) | $98,534.36 | $0.00 | 2026-03-31 |
| Francisco 'Quico' Raul Canseco (R) | $80,050.00 | $127,821.13 | 2026-09-30 |
| Veronica Williams (I) | $12,150.09 | −$964.22 | 2026-10-14 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normington Petts (D) | October 5–7, 2026 | 400 (LV) | – | Brandon Herrera 46% · Katy Padilla Stout 46% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | March 10–11, 2026 | 521 (V) | – | Brandon Herrera 42% · Katy Padilla Stout 40% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | March 10–11, 2026 | 521 (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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