Holds no public office. His campaign describes him as a Desert Storm veteran and a retired public school teacher who taught in the Rio Grande Valley for 26 years. Campaign affiliation: Green.
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Background, stated goals, record, and money
Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filing window and the reconciliation in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.
Eddie Espinoza
Background
Holds no public office. His campaign says he enlisted in the Army at 19, drove a Bradley fighting vehicle in Desert Storm and earned a combat infantry badge, then taught in Rio Grande Valley public schools for 26 years. Espinoza For Congress
He writes that he studied political science at what is now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on the GI Bill, and has been a climate and environmental activist since retiring from teaching. Espinoza For Congress
He was the Green Party's nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner in 2024 and won 301,793 votes statewide, 2.75 per cent. Texas Secretary of State
Military spending cut in half, with the money invested at home. Espinoza For Congress
Medicare for All, with no co-pays or premiums, including vision, hearing aids, dental care and prescriptions. Espinoza For Congress
A ban on LNG exports and on fracking, and investment in solar, wind and batteries. Espinoza For Congress
Free college and trade school, and an end to federal standardized-testing mandates. Espinoza For Congress
What the official record shows
He has never held public office, so there is no official record of votes, bills or decisions to list. His 2024 statewide candidacy is a result, not a record of conduct, and is under background. Espinoza For Congress, Texas Secretary of State
Campaign money from other committees, by type
There is no money table because there is no money report. His committee has filed a statement of organization and four notes to the FEC, each saying the campaign had not reached the $5,000 at which a report is required. It has never filed a report of receipts and disbursements. Federal Election Commission, Federal Election Commission
His committee, Espinoza for Texas, has filed no report of receipts and disbursements. It has filed four notes to the FEC instead, on January 29, March 25, April 11 and July 12, 2026, each saying the campaign had not reached the $5,000 at which a report is required. A search of every federal committee's itemized disbursements for 2025-2026 returns no payment to his committee.
Limit: Two records point the same way: his own statements that he has raised less than $5,000, and the absence of any PAC's report of giving to him. A federal PAC must itemize a contribution to a candidate however small, so the second is the stronger. Neither reaches a state or unregistered group, and neither is a filed statement of where his money came from, because he has filed none.
The Secretary of State's final certification lists four candidates for the 34th district: Eric Flores (Republican), Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic), Chris Royal (Libertarian) and Eddie Espinoza (Green).
The Governor signed H.B. 4 of the second called session, redrawing Texas's congressional districts from the 2026 elections. The district now takes in Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties and part of Nueces County.