Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Chris Gober
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Texas District 10
- Filing address
- Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- GOBER, CHRIS
- Next election
- Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 10
FEC candidate ID H6TX10221 · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS GOBER FOR TEXAS
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$764,651.0225%
- PACs and other committees$279,445.509%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,749,821.9156%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$307,000.0010%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,473.600%
Self-funding: $1,749,821.91 (56% of money raised): $24,821.91 given and $1,725,000.00 lent by the candidate. $975,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$13,172.611%
- Contributions over $200$867,578.4199%
- Itemized from inside Texas$633,890.9173%
- Itemized from other states$234,375.0027%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $59,875.00 · California $29,250.00 · New York $28,000.00 · Missouri $20,250.00 · District of Columbia $16,000.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
55 committees reported giving $289,871.00 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.
- GOBER BOLD FRONTIERS FUNDJoint fundraising committee$76,500.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACConnected PAC$17,071.00
- INDEPENDENT BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS FEDERAL PAC (IBAT FEDPAC)PAC$10,000.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- TEXAS VALUES PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$6,500.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TRINITY INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SF) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MARCHANT GOOD GOVERNMENT FUNDPAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,800.00
- TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC, DBA CATTLE RAISERS FEDERAL PACPAC$3,500.00
Show all 55 committees
- SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION-BANKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MATT ROSENDALE FOR MONTANACandidate committee$2,500.00
- DRILLERSPAC, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING CONTRACTORS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- IPAA WILDCATTERS FUNDPAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RUDY FOR INDIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DINO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ONE GAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- TIGER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK TEXASConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Chris Gober$1,582,301.67
- Independent expenditures opposing Chris Gober$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.
- AMERICAN MISSIONSupporting$747,550.00
- CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.Supporting$473,782.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONSupporting$229,853.00
- DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSSupporting$91,656.00
- CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PACSupporting$31,636.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACSupporting$7,808.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 10, 2026 · 21 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gober (R) | $3,103,392.03 | $165,564.77 | 2026-10-14 |
| Caitlin McClay Rourk (D) | $531,014.28 | $112,096.05 | 2026-09-30 |
| Walter Benjamin Bius (R) | $453,885.86 | $96,647.77 | 2026-06-30 |
| Michael McCaul (R) | $276,975.57 | $0.00 | 2026-07-30 |
| Kara King (R) | $231,138.66 | $0.00 | 2026-05-06 |
| Scott Macleod (R) | $199,957.68 | $0.00 | 2026-06-30 |
| Jessica Karlsruher (R) | $199,278.07 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Rob Altman (R) | $193,487.56 | $158,483.13 | 2026-02-11 |
| Sarah Eckhardt (D) | $111,140.55 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Sarah Eckhardt (D) | $111,140.55 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Research | September 18–22, 2026 | 613 (LV) | ± 4.3% | Chris Gober 48% · Caitlin Rourk 41% |
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: CHRIS GOBER 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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