Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Tano Tijerina
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Texas District 28
- Filing address
- Laredo, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- TIJERINA, TANO
- Next election
- Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 28
FEC candidate ID H6TX28124 · Principal campaign committee: TANO TIJERINA FOR CONGRESS INC
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$809,232.2745%
- PACs and other committees$285,000.0016%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$679,560.3238%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5.000%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$244,826.1219%
- Contributions over $200$1,065,421.2781%
- Itemized from inside Texas$614,487.1354%
- Itemized from other states$513,119.8446%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $144,524.71 · California $77,405.83 · Illinois $38,197.10 · New York $29,684.90 · Michigan $20,942.98. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
79 committees reported giving $247,000.00 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.
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUSTConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- KEEP TEXAS TEXAS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN DREAM DELIVEREDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ANTI-WOKE FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- JUST ELECT SUPER STARS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$4,500.00
Show all 79 committees
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- HEBREW HAMMER PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DC PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- FIRST IN TEXAS PACPAC$3,000.00
- FLORIDA FIRST PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST. INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- GREAT PLAINS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NO NONSENSE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TRUTH AND EXCELLENCE PACPAC$2,500.00
- PETE SESSIONS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MORGAN GRIFFITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- IMPACT COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCECandidate committee$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BURCHETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BOOTS ON THE GROUND - FEDERALConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RUDY FOR INDIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- MARK HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF TIM MOORECandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVE TAYLOR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE KENNEDY FOR UTAHCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ONDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE TOM SELL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JACE YARBROUGH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CLAY FULLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- TENNESSEE TOUGH PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$1,000.00
- RWA FUND, INC.Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OREGON FRONTIER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALASKANS FOR NICK BEGICHCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$1,000.00
- INDIANAENGRPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MCGOWAN FOR IOWACandidate committee$1,000.00
- CHRIS GOBER FOR TEXASCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE MAJORITYPAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Tano Tijerina$0.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Tano Tijerina$471,765.87
FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 28, 2026 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tano Tijerina (R) | $1,778,797.59 | $214,229.68 | 2026-09-30 |
| Henry R. Cuellar (D) | $2,992,065.01 | $1,050,094.07 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ricardo Villarreal (D) | $67,966.70 | $21,529.49 | 2026-09-30 |
| Juan Esparza (R) | $32,403.99 | $0.00 | 2025-08-13 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCCC | October 7–13, 2026 | 536 (LV) | ± 4.2% | Henry Cuellar 54% · Tano Tijerina 34% |
| Public Policy Research/Texas Southern University | August 18–22, 2026 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Henry Cuellar 45% · Tano Tijerina 34% |
| Pulse Science Decision (R) | June 21–23, 2026 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Henry Cuellar 38% · Tano Tijerina 46% |
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: TANO TIJERINA FOR CONGRESS INC.
- 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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