Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
John Benard Love III
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Texas
- Filing address
- Midland, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- LOVE, JOHN BENARD III
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas
FEC candidate ID S0TX00308 · Principal campaign committee: LOVE FOR TEXAS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | U.S. Senate · Texas | $135,300.64 | Withdrawn |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. Senate · Texas | $31,533.45 | Withdrawn |
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 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$26,533.4584%
- Party committees$5,000.0016%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
1 committee reported giving $5,000.00 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$5,000.00
The race
Texas U.S. Senate, 2020 · 17 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Benard Love III (D) | $31,533.45 | $1,255.85 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mary Jennings Mj Hegar (D) | $29,597,569.83 | $86,564.80 | 2020-12-31 |
| John Sen Cornyn (R) | $28,614,523.43 | $633,460.69 | 2020-12-31 |
| Royce West (D) | $2,077,257.64 | $3,095.52 | 2020-12-31 |
| Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez (D) | $1,218,354.08 | $58,314.66 | 2020-12-31 |
| Amanda Edwards (D) | $1,013,503.56 | $758.94 | 2020-09-30 |
| Robert Christopher Bell (D) | $399,244.98 | $2,322.27 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dwayne Stovall (R) | $101,864.00 | $770.07 | 2020-05-06 |
| Mark Spencer Yancey (R) | $86,543.09 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Anne Garcia (D) | $82,008.43 | $0.00 | 2020-05-05 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swayable | October 27 – November 1, 2020 | 1,042 (LV) | ± 4% | John Cornyn 56.5% · MJ Hegar 43.5% |
| Data For Progress | October 27 – November 1, 2020 | 926 (LV) | ±3.2% | John Cornyn 50% · MJ Hegar 47% |
| Emerson College | October 29–31, 2020 | 763 (LV) | ±3.5% | John Cornyn 51% · MJ Hegar 47% |
| Morning Consult | October 22–31, 2020 | 3,267 (LV) | ± 2% | John Cornyn 47% · MJ Hegar 43% |
| Gravis Marketing | October 27–28, 2020 | 670 (LV) | ± 3.8% | John Cornyn 49% · MJ Hegar 43% |
| RMG Research/PoliticalIQ | October 27–28, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | John Cornyn 48% · MJ Hegar 42% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election 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: LOVE FOR TEXAS.
- 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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