Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Bobby Pulido

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 15
Filing address
Edinburg, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PULIDO, BOBBY
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 15

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 15ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6TX15246 · Principal campaign committee: BOBBY PULIDO FOR TEXAS

Total raised$6,213,369.10
Total spent$4,839,656.74
Cash on hand$1,373,712.36
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: $4,406,552.27PACs and other committees: $388,750.01Party committees: $3,110.74Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $150,300.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,249,599.07Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $15,057.01
  • Individual contributions$4,406,552.2771%
  • PACs and other committees$388,750.016%
  • Party committees$3,110.740%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$150,300.002%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,249,599.0720%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$15,057.010%

Self-funding: $150,300.00 (2% of money raised): $150,300.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,099,156.9236%
  • Contributions over $200$1,968,238.5464%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$771,815.9038%
  • Itemized from other states$1,237,435.3362%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $416,347.78 · New York $243,983.03 · Massachusetts $162,636.26 · District of Columbia $63,433.86 · Washington $57,398.49. 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

$3.3M$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $306,804.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $32,469.13YEAR-END: raised $415,452.46YEAR-END: spent $401,700.59PRE-PRIMARY: raised $322,488.08PRE-PRIMARY: spent $327,272.83APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $575,560.22APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $455,868.92JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,340,156.83JULY QUARTERLY: spent $587,214.10OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $3,252,907.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $3,035,131.172025-092025-122026-022026-032026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

99 committees reported giving $295,506.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Bobby Pulido$1,279,216.60
  • Independent expenditures opposing Bobby Pulido$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 15, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bobby Pulido (D)$6,213,369.10$1,373,712.362026-09-30
Monica De la Cruz (R)$6,814,266.73$393,811.862026-10-14
Ada Cuellar (D)$1,264,377.33$2,986.062026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

No published race ratings found.

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Texas Southern UniversityOctober 13–16, 2026(LV)± 3.8%Monica De La Cruz 44% · Bobby Pulido 51%
Normington Petts (D)September 24–28, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Monica De La Cruz 41% · Bobby Pulido 54%
Public Policy Research/Texas Southern UniversityAugust 18–22, 2026700 (LV)± 3.7%Monica De La Cruz 45% · Bobby Pulido 50%
Normington Petts (D)July 23–27, 2026553 (LV)–Monica De La Cruz 45% · Bobby Pulido 51%
Applecart (D)May 18–25, 2026802 (LV)± 4.1%Monica De La Cruz 46% · Bobby Pulido 48%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 10–11, 2025533 (LV)–Monica De La Cruz 41% · Bobby Pulido 38%

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: BOBBY PULIDO 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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