Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Shelly Dezevallos

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 38
Filing address
Houston, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
DEZEVALLOS, SHELLY
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 38

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 38Open seatLost primary runoff

FEC candidate ID H6TX38065 · Principal campaign committee: SHELLY FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$1,143,732.80
Total spent$1,143,732.80
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$450,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 15, 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: $598,221.60PACs and other committees: $54,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $484,909.60Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,601.60
  • Individual contributions$598,221.6052%
  • PACs and other committees$54,000.005%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$484,909.6042%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,601.601%

Self-funding: $484,909.60 (42% of money raised): $34,909.60 given and $450,000.00 lent by the candidate. $7,200.25 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$17,228.582%
  • Contributions over $200$684,243.0298%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$605,453.2388%
  • Itemized from other states$82,694.6212%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: South Carolina $17,541.98. 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

$667K$0 YEAR-END: raised $666,506.06YEAR-END: spent $87,825.70PRE-PRIMARY: raised $98,592.69PRE-PRIMARY: spent $334,085.19APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $166,609.24APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $348,804.89PRE-RUN-OFF: raised $85,888.03PRE-RUN-OFF: spent $102,844.72JULY QUARTERLY: raised $126,136.78JULY QUARTERLY: spent $260,990.39TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $9,181.912025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

13 committees reported giving $46,000.00 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 Shelly Dezevallos$180,952.18
  • Independent expenditures opposing Shelly Dezevallos$44,435.96

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 38, 2026 · 20 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Shelly Dezevallos (R)$1,143,732.80$0.002026-10-15
Jon Bonck (R)$2,202,298.38$248,170.292026-10-14
Wesley Hunt (R)$2,154,467.93$4,410.922026-09-30
Larry David Rubin (R)$523,614.84$499.942026-09-30
Michael Pratt (R)$374,707.44$0.002026-07-15
Carmen Montiel (R)$147,355.21$5,421.702026-03-31
Marvalette Hunter (D)$137,122.64$0.002026-09-18
Melissa A McDonough (D)$117,069.47$60,073.652026-09-30
Jeffrey Michael Yuna (R)$52,480.59−$1,406.482026-07-15
William M Taggart IV (I)$9,995.08$0.002026-10-15

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: SHELLY 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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