Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Richard Kennedy
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Texas District 17
- Filing address
- Austin, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- KENNEDY, RICHARD
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 17
FEC candidate ID H8TX17149 · Principal campaign committee: RICK KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS
2019–2020 cycle totals through November 23, 2020, 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$207,052.9995%
- PACs and other committees$2,554.841%
- Party committees$4,000.002%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,217.731%
Self-funding: $3,217.73 (1% of money raised): $195.00 given and $3,022.73 lent by the candidate. $16,157.65 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
3 committees reported giving $7,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$4,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 17, 2020 · 16 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Kennedy (D) | $216,825.56 | $0.00 | 2020-11-23 |
| Pete Sessions (R) | $1,485,908.61 | $165,989.81 | 2020-12-31 |
| Renee Swann (R) | $1,082,996.00 | $0.00 | 2020-09-11 |
| George W. Hindman (R) | $877,767.41 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Bill Flores (R) | $415,115.87 | $109,456.55 | 2020-12-31 |
| Elianor-Azarak Vessali (R) | $296,588.23 | $0.00 | 2020-03-31 |
| Scott Bland (R) | $181,705.70 | $0.00 | 2020-04-11 |
| Jeffrey Oppenheim (R) | $125,710.85 | $0.00 | 2019-12-31 |
| Trent Gregory Sutton (R) | $110,964.00 | $253.61 | 2020-12-31 |
| Charles Todd Kent (R) | $40,360.00 | −$3,507.14 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Strategies (D) | August 22–23, 2020 | 1,160 (LV) | ± 4.38% | Pete Sessions 45% · Rick Kennedy 42% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 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: RICK KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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