Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jessica Karlsruher

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 10
Filing address
Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
KARLSRUHER, JESSICA
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 10

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 10ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6TX21343 · Principal campaign committee: JESSICA K FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$199,278.07
Total spent$199,278.07
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$8,819.79
Loans from the candidate$9,911.90

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: $156,968.34PACs and other committees: $31,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $11,309.73
  • Individual contributions$156,968.3479%
  • PACs and other committees$31,000.0016%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$11,309.736%

Self-funding: $11,309.73 (6% of money raised): $1,397.83 given and $9,911.90 lent by the candidate. $1,092.11 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$6,394.274%
  • Contributions over $200$150,574.0796%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$127,864.5685%
  • Itemized from other states$22,239.3715%

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

Raised and spent over time

$138K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.00YEAR-END: raised $137,915.89YEAR-END: spent $43,291.48PRE-PRIMARY: raised $27,617.50PRE-PRIMARY: spent $62,789.87APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $32,346.85APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $90,025.86JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,397.83JULY QUARTERLY: spent $3,170.86OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.002025-092025-122026-022026-032026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

5 committees reported giving $19,500.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jessica Karlsruher$12,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jessica Karlsruher$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 10, 2026 · 21 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jessica Karlsruher (R)$199,278.07$0.002026-09-30
Chris Gober (R)$3,103,392.03$165,564.772026-10-14
Caitlin McClay Rourk (D)$531,014.28$112,096.052026-09-30
Walter Benjamin Bius (R)$453,885.86$96,647.772026-06-30
Michael McCaul (R)$276,975.57$0.002026-07-30
Kara King (R)$231,138.66$0.002026-05-06
Scott Macleod (R)$199,957.68$0.002026-06-30
Rob Altman (R)$193,487.56$158,483.132026-02-11
Sarah Eckhardt (D)$111,140.55$0.002026-09-30
Sarah Eckhardt (D)$111,140.55$0.002026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RSeptember 18, 2025

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Change ResearchSeptember 18–22, 2026613 (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: JESSICA K FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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