Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Jodey C. Arrington

Official portrait of Jodey C. Arrington
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 19th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Lubbock, TX
Born
1972
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
ARRINGTON, JODEY COOK
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the current district highlighted

Texas, District 19

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 19IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6TX19099 · Principal campaign committee: TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 19$1,711,178.68Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 19$3,269,201.47Won the general election (80.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 19$2,070,671.60General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 19$2,535,447.58General-election nominee
Total raised$2,535,447.58
Total spent$1,970,964.11
Cash on hand$1,099,354.01
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $1,280,358.30PACs and other committees: $1,212,871.38Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $39,854.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $2,363.90
  • Individual contributions$1,280,358.3050%
  • PACs and other committees$1,212,871.3848%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$39,854.002%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,363.900%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

368 committees reported giving $1,211,002.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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 Jodey Cook Arrington$7,455.06
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jodey Cook Arrington$750.00

FEC totals for the 2020 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 19, 2020 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jodey Cook Arrington (R)$2,535,447.58$1,099,354.012020-12-31
Thomas W Watson (D)$49,404.55−$20,983.992020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightSolid ROctober 13, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosJune 3, 2020
  • RCPJune 9, 2020
  • 270toWinJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 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: TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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