Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

William Miskey Taggart IV

Party
Independent
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 38
Filing address
Houston, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
TAGGART, WILLIAM MISKEY MR. IV
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

IndependentU.S. House · Texas District 38Open seatRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6TX38099 · Principal campaign committee: WILLIAM TAGGART FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$9,995.08
Total spent$9,995.08
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$2,000.00

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: $2,995.08Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $7,000.00
  • Individual contributions$2,995.0830%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,000.0070%

Self-funding: $7,000.00 (70% of money raised): $5,000.00 given and $2,000.00 lent by the candidate. $2,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,245.0875%
  • Contributions over $200$750.0025%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$250.0033%
  • Itemized from other states$500.0067%

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

Raised and spent over time

$5K$0 YEAR-END: raised $3,200.00YEAR-END: spent $1,242.13APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $4,145.08APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $2,318.05JULY QUARTERLY: raised $2,550.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $4,954.72OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $100.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,480.18TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-122026-032026-062026-092026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 38, 2026 · 20 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
William Miskey Taggart IV (I)$9,995.08$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
Shelly Dezevallos (R)$1,143,732.80$0.002026-10-15
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

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: WILLIAM TAGGART FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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