Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Daniel Betts

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 21
Filing address
Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BETTS, DANIEL
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 21

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 21Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6TX21285 · Principal campaign committee: BETTS FOR TEXAS

Total raised$177,457.03
Total spent$177,151.16
Cash on hand$305.87
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: $177,132.03Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $325.00
  • Individual contributions$177,132.03100%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$325.000%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,379.181%
  • Contributions over $200$174,752.8599%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$116,731.7767%
  • Itemized from other states$58,021.0833%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Pennsylvania $24,567.80. 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

$112K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $111,868.45OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $6,878.96YEAR-END: raised $39,610.97YEAR-END: spent $53,987.96PRE-PRIMARY: raised $19,440.45PRE-PRIMARY: spent $23,908.36APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $6,537.16APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $27,543.85JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $64,832.03OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.002025-092025-122026-022026-032026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Daniel Betts$24,311.50
  • Independent expenditures opposing Daniel Betts$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 21, 2026 · 20 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Daniel Betts (R)$177,457.03$305.872026-09-30
Mark Charles Teixeira (R)$4,392,605.96$440,539.402026-10-14
Chip Roy (R)$783,176.64$193,715.672026-09-30
Jason Cahill (R)$382,588.95$0.002026-06-30
Kristin A Hook (D)$369,200.32$114,063.952026-09-30
Mike Wheeler (R)$344,226.47$0.002026-09-30
Paul Rojas (R)$165,026.00$156,861.502026-02-11
James E Trainor III (R)$151,642.79$0.002026-10-19
Ezekiel Enriquez (R)$114,589.97$0.002026-08-25
Weston Charles Martinez (R)$26,383.77$0.002026-04-12

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RSeptember 8, 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: BETTS 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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