Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Justin Early

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 31
Filing address
Georgetown, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
EARLY, JUSTIN
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 31

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 31ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6TX31094 · Principal campaign committee: JUSTIN EARLY FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$276,545.24
Total spent$248,999.49
Cash on hand$27,545.75
Debts owed by the campaign$63,963.27
Loans from the candidate$32,800.00

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: $222,806.78PACs and other committees: $10,100.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $42,642.10Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $996.36
  • Individual contributions$222,806.7881%
  • PACs and other committees$10,100.004%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$42,642.1015%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$996.360%

Self-funding: $42,642.10 (15% of money raised): $9,842.10 given and $32,800.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$136,059.5978%
  • Contributions over $200$38,645.0022%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$39,666.0089%
  • Itemized from other states$4,975.0011%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $275.00. 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

$153K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $14,457.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $3,161.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $33,704.10OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $40,345.53YEAR-END: raised $31,080.00YEAR-END: spent $8,920.08PRE-PRIMARY: raised $4,313.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $16,676.53APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $11,059.26APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $12,512.77JULY QUARTERLY: raised $28,908.42JULY QUARTERLY: spent $24,506.05OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $153,023.46OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $142,877.422025-062025-122026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

4 committees reported giving $7,750.00 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 Justin Early$8,507.14
  • Independent expenditures opposing Justin Early$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 31, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Justin Early (D)$276,545.24$27,545.752026-09-30
John R Rep. Carter (R)$1,522,249.68$159,170.952026-10-14
Offer Vince Shlomi (R)$334,089.82$0.002026-09-30
Stuart Norman Whitlow (D)$203,979.33$0.002026-09-30
Raymond H Hamden II (R)$145,681.77−$1,926.852026-03-31
Valentina Gomez Noriega (R)$122,957.13−$28,657.462026-03-31
Gregory James Stoker (G)$78,678.27$12,397.552026-06-30
Abhiram Garapati (R)$55,000.00$39,000.002025-12-31
Steven Clay Dowell Jr. (R)$50,599.33$184.522026-09-30
David Lee Berry (R)$36,800.00$0.002026-02-11

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe ROctober 20, 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: JUSTIN EARLY 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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