Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Brian Stahl

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 6
Filing address
Blum, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
STAHL, BRIAN
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 6

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 6ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6TX06229 · Principal campaign committee: BRIAN STAHL FOR TEXAS

Total raised$189,021.21
Total spent$158,816.66
Cash on hand$30,204.55
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 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: $183,921.21PACs and other committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $100.00
  • Individual contributions$183,921.2197%
  • PACs and other committees$5,000.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$100.000%

Self-funding: $100.00 (0% of money raised): $100.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,125.801%
  • Contributions over $200$181,595.4199%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$148,276.8582%
  • Itemized from other states$33,462.1218%

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

Raised and spent over time

$84K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $6,698.30JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,107.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $83,586.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $48,954.89YEAR-END: raised $73,538.37YEAR-END: spent $72,259.58PRE-PRIMARY: raised $15,615.82PRE-PRIMARY: spent $22,747.49APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $9,582.04APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $13,542.66JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $204.67OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.002025-062025-122026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $7,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Brian Stahl$13,500.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Brian Stahl$0.00

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 6, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Brian Stahl (R)$189,021.21$30,204.552026-09-30
John Kevin Ellzey Sr. (R)$5,518,242.29$2,604,671.492026-10-14
Danny Minton (D)$147,189.20$39,638.262026-09-30

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

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: BRIAN STAHL FOR TEXAS.
  • 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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