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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Michael Cloud

Official portrait of Michael Cloud
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 27th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Victoria, TX
Born
1975
In Congress
House since 2018 · 8 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CLOUD, MICHAEL
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 current district highlighted

Texas, District 27

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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 27IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8TX27049 · Principal campaign committee: CLOUD FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 27$1,219,653.23General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 27$798,397.10Won the general election (66.04%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 27$1,076,329.45General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 27$1,019,271.64General-election nominee
Total raised$1,219,653.23
Total spent$1,080,726.05
Cash on hand$275,804.47
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $909,871.29PACs and other committees: $259,000.00Party committees: $1,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $37,918.93Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $11,863.01
  • Individual contributions$909,871.2975%
  • PACs and other committees$259,000.0021%
  • Party committees$1,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$37,918.933%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$11,863.011%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$408,967.9547%
  • Contributions over $200$464,116.9953%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$436,415.2283%
  • Itemized from other states$88,942.6617%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $18,214.48 · Florida $13,032.30 · District of Columbia $10,250.00 · California $9,490.95 · Oklahoma $2,974.81. 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

$289K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $155,904.44APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $107,673.40JULY QUARTERLY: raised $168,677.77JULY QUARTERLY: spent $158,891.20OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $208,874.45OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $114,452.49YEAR-END: raised $147,312.76YEAR-END: spent $189,695.17PRE-PRIMARY: raised $56,053.82PRE-PRIMARY: spent $78,729.75APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $165,747.01APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $110,168.89JULY QUARTERLY: raised $159,670.36JULY QUARTERLY: spent $168,374.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $138,953.76OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $140,261.092025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea479
Voted nay185
Did not vote10 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored29
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored204

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes		PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran		PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse		PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act		PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10327 Cost Estimates Improvement Act
    Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case f…
  • H.R. 10046 DEPOTS Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 10047 Depot Data Transparency Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 10017 Permanent CBDC Ban Act
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.Res. 1439 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Latest action Jul 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
  • H.R. 9345 Medicaid Equal Standards Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.Res. 1369 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jun 15, 2026 · Latest action Jun 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
  • H.R. 8652 YODA
    Introduced May 4, 2026 · Latest action May 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7421 SAFE Olympic Sports Act
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Feb 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 5815 District of Columbia Medicaid Fairness Act
    Introduced Oct 24, 2025 · Latest action Oct 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

83 committees reported giving $220,070.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Michael Cloud$1,223.47
  • Independent expenditures opposing Michael Cloud$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 27, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael Cloud (R)$1,219,653.23$275,804.472026-10-14
Tanya W Lloyd (D)$270,814.09$19,679.172026-10-14
Chris Hatley (R)$55,601.57−$27,754.052026-04-15
Brandon Hawbaker (R)$6,702.75$416.022026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RSeptember 8, 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: CLOUD 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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