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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James Gordon Mitchell

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 17
Filing address
Round Rock, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MITCHELL, JAMES GORDON
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 17

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 17ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6TX17143 · Principal campaign committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT J GORDON MITCHELL

Total raised$19,378.06
Total spent$19,017.76
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$9,786.66

2025–2026 cycle totals through March 31, 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: $7,283.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $12,095.06
  • Individual contributions$7,283.0038%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$12,095.0662%

Self-funding: $12,095.06 (62% of money raised): $2,308.40 given and $9,786.66 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,708.0023%
  • Contributions over $200$5,575.0077%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$5,575.0098%
  • Itemized from other states$100.002%

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

Raised and spent over time

$9K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $5,032.66OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $4,752.66YEAR-END: raised $2,706.00YEAR-END: spent $2,625.70PRE-PRIMARY: raised $8,954.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $5,162.00TERMINATION REPORT: raised $2,685.40TERMINATION REPORT: spent $6,477.40APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $0.002025-092025-122026-022026-032026-03

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 17, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James Gordon Mitchell (D)$19,378.06$0.002026-03-31
Pete Sessions (R)$1,282,319.64$1,040,243.772026-09-30
Casey Shepard (D)$93,530.74$78,197.572026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe ROctober 20, 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: COMMITTEE TO ELECT J GORDON MITCHELL.
  • 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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