Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Michael Cloud
- 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 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 27
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8TX27049 · Principal campaign committee: CLOUD FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Texas District 27 | $1,219,653.23 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Texas District 27 | $798,397.10 | Won the general election (66.04%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Texas District 27 | $1,076,329.45 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Texas District 27 | $1,019,271.64 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$798,397.10
Total spent$943,006.48
Cash on hand$136,877.29
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$576,143.8372%
- PACs and other committees$211,850.0027%
- Party committees$1,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3.500%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$9,399.771%
Self-funding: $3.50 (0% of money raised): $3.50 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Appropriations
- Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Vice Chair
- Financial Services and General Government
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Delivering on Government Efficiency
- Military and Foreign Affairs
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
78 committees reported giving $197,263.00 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.
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND Company pageConnected PAC$9,605.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDConnected PAC$6,400.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- PHILLIPS 66 PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION) Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- WE THE PEOPLE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IP-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
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- HALLIBURTON COMPANY PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CELANESE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE ORGANIZED FOR THE TRADING OF COTTON PAC OF THE AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIAT Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DOW INC. PAC (DOWPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NRG ENERGY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY OFFICE EMPLOYEES INC PPC AKA NASCOE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC PACPAC$2,000.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTH TEXAS SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS PAC RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUGAR GROWERS, INCPAC$1,000.00
- COMMUNITY BANCSHARES OF MISSISSIPPI INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS FEDERAL PAC (IBAT FEDPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- GULF STATES TOYOTA INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENBRIDGE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AKA CENTER PACPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TENASKA INC EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$1,000.00
- ONE GAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEXSTAR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- DEWITT COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTYParty committee$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$750.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- AVION SOLUTIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CCAGW PAC)Connected PAC$6.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$2.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Michael Cloud$3,133.71
- Independent expenditures opposing Michael Cloud$0.00
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDSupporting$1,694.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$1,140.00
- TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PACSupporting$290.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 27, 2024 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Cloud (R) | $798,397.10 | $136,877.29 | 2024-12-31 |
| Charles Scott Mandel (R) | $324,600.00 | $134.99 | 2024-09-30 |
| Tanya W Lloyd (D) | $60,032.08 | $187.33 | 2024-12-31 |
| Luis Alberto Espindola (R) | $20,783.93 | $3,756.86 | 2024-03-15 |
| Anthony James Tristan (D) | $4,785.64 | $0.00 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: CLOUD 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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