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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John Lira

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 35
Filing address
San Antonio, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
LIRA, JOHN
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 35

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 35ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6TX35079 · Principal campaign committee: TEXANS FOR JOHN LIRA

Total raised$144,966.71
Total spent$144,966.71
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through June 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: $102,262.24PACs and other committees: $1,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $41,704.47
  • Individual contributions$102,262.2471%
  • PACs and other committees$1,000.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$41,704.4729%

Self-funding: $41,704.47 (29% of money raised): $41,704.47 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$23,423.5124%
  • Contributions over $200$73,091.4876%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$49,165.4465%
  • Itemized from other states$25,936.0035%

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

Raised and spent over time

$67K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $29,619.47OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $5,370.61YEAR-END: raised $53,572.55YEAR-END: spent $67,031.59PRE-PRIMARY: raised $49,614.48PRE-PRIMARY: spent $55,384.14APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $12,160.21APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $17,180.37TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-092025-122026-022026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 35, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Lira (D)$144,966.71$0.002026-06-30
Carlos De la Cruz Jr. (R)$2,021,117.55$312,607.082026-10-14
Johnny Garcia (D)$1,917,104.27$509,757.502026-09-30
John Lujan (R)$757,512.80$11,186.502026-09-30
Jay Commander Furman (R)$462,556.38$571.112026-09-30
Joshua Cortez (R)$265,463.27$0.002026-06-30
Ryan P Krause (R)$237,646.11$0.002026-06-30
Whitney Masterson-Moyes (D)$62,723.95$1,356.262026-09-30
Maureen Galindo (D)$40,362.19$15,844.252026-06-30
Steven William Wright (R)$25,375.00$0.002026-04-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean RSeptember 25, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsLean RSeptember 3, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Normington Petts (D)October 12–14, 2026400 (LV)–Carlos De La Cruz 45% · Johnny Garcia 47%
Normington Petts (D)August 27–31, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Carlos De La Cruz 45% · Johnny Garcia 44%

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: TEXANS FOR JOHN LIRA.
  • 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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