Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James E Trainor III

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 21
Filing address
Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
TRAINOR, JAMES E III
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 H6TX21376 · Principal campaign committee: TREY TRAINOR FOR TEXAS

Total raised$151,642.79
Total spent$151,642.79
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 19, 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: $143,346.99PACs and other committees: $8,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $295.80
  • Individual contributions$143,346.9995%
  • PACs and other committees$8,000.005%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$295.800%

Self-funding: $295.80 (0% of money raised): $295.80 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$9,776.557%
  • Contributions over $200$133,570.4493%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$103,168.7476%
  • Itemized from other states$32,358.1224%

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

Raised and spent over time

$94K$0 YEAR-END: raised $94,253.16YEAR-END: spent $18,281.27PRE-PRIMARY: raised $45,412.44PRE-PRIMARY: spent $45,067.57APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $11,977.19APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $85,519.91JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,709.79OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $64.25TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-122026-022026-032026-062026-092026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $7,000.00 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 James E Trainor III$20,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing James E Trainor III$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
James E Trainor III (R)$151,642.79$0.002026-10-19
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
Daniel Betts (R)$177,457.03$305.872026-09-30
Paul Rojas (R)$165,026.00$156,861.502026-02-11
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: TREY TRAINOR 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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