U.S. House

Texas
District 34

Election day: November 3, 2026

Four candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in Texas's District 34.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated September 25, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Sep 25, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Eric Flores

Republican

One stated goal A lower cost of living, by opposing federal spending that fuels inflation, cutting red tape and supporting affordable housing.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash $683,332 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $504,506; Leadership PACs: $151,000.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

The rows are lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded type of the contributing committee, memo entries set aside. Each line reconciles to the committee's own summary: party committees $5,000.00, other committees $312,302.20, and transfers from joint fundraising committees $489,753.88. The transfer row is $14,752.20 larger than line 12 because it also holds what joint fundraising committees gave on line 11C. Donations individuals made through WinRed are individual contributions and are not in the table. Also not in the table: $576,500 he has lent his campaign from his own funds, all of it outstanding at June 30, 2026. The rows sum to 807,056.08 dollars.

Vicente Gonzalez

Democratic

One stated goal Lower everyday costs, so working families can manage expenses and build long-term financial stability.

One checked action May 4, 2017. Voted No on passage of the American Health Care Act, the House bill to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act. It passed 217-213 and did not become law.

Campaign cash $2,532,412 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $557,429; Corporation PACs: $472,250.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

The rows are lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded type of the contributing committee, memo entries set aside. Each line reconciles to the committee's own summary: party committees $4,788.47, other committees $1,307,061.11, and transfers from joint fundraising committees $557,428.66. Donations individuals made through ActBlue are individual contributions and are not in the table. Also not in the table: the $425,000 still owed to him on a $750,000 loan he made to the committee in 2022, which is not a receipt of this cycle. The rows sum to 1,869,278.24 dollars.

Chris Royal

Libertarian

One stated goal A federal government that balances its budget every year, which he says would end inflation and raise living standards.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

There is no money table because there is no committee. The FEC carries a candidate record for him with no principal committee and no filing of any kind, and marks him as not having raised funds. A candidate who raises or spends no more than $5,000 does not have to register one.

Eddie Espinoza

Green

One stated goal An immediate and permanent ceasefire in Palestine, an arms embargo, and conditions on military aid to Israel.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

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.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

Eric FloresRepublican
Vicente GonzalezDemocratic
Chris RoyalLibertarian
Eddie EspinozaGreen

Source: Texas Secretary of State final ballot certification

Checked September 2, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Eric Flores

Background

Holds no public office. His campaign says he served as a city attorney and municipal judge, then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas's McAllen criminal division, and is now a partner at the law firm O'Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo.
His campaign says he enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard while at the University of Texas at Austin, was commissioned as an infantry officer, and commanded soldiers on the southern border during Operation Guardian Support.
He filed his statement of candidacy for the 34th district on July 16, 2025, and is the Republican nominee on the certified November ballot.

What they say they want to do

A lower cost of living, by opposing federal spending that fuels inflation, cutting red tape and supporting affordable housing.
Shorter VA wait times, wider access to care in the district, and fully funded veterans' benefits and disability claims.
No cuts to seniors' earned benefits, and benefits that keep pace with the true cost of living.
Federal investment in water infrastructure and long-term regional water planning.
Federal money for roads, bridges and the ports of Corpus Christi and Brownsville, and broadband in rural areas.

What the official record shows

He has never held elected office, so there is no official record of votes or bills to list. The posts his campaign describes were appointed ones; the smuggling-ring card shows one case he prosecuted. A State Bar profile he appears to have supplied says he served as municipal judge for the City of Alton; it is not an official record of the post.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 8 committees	$504,506
Leadership PACs 38 committees	$151,000
House 31 committees	$62,500
PAC - Qualified 10 committees	$53,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 4 committees	$20,000
Corporation PACs 4 committees	$9,000
Party committees 1 committee	$5,000
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee	$1,000
Membership Organization PACs 1 committee	$1,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee	$50

Source: Federal Election Commission

Vicente Gonzalez

Background

The sitting member for the 34th district since 2023. Congress.gov records five terms, the first three for the 15th district beginning in 2017.
His campaign says he left high school, earned a GED in 1985, then degrees from Del Mar College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a law degree from what is now Texas A&M University School of Law, and founded his own law practice in 1997.
Congress.gov records 53 bills and resolutions sponsored by him across five Congresses. One became law, naming a post office in Brownsville.
He held the seat in 2024 with 51.29 per cent of the vote under the district's previous lines, which the legislature redrew in 2025.

What they say they want to do

Lower everyday costs, so working families can manage expenses and build long-term financial stability.
Protection for the programmes that give seniors financial security and access to health care.
Equal rights and opportunity for women, including access to health care and economic security.
Stronger benefits, services and long-term support for veterans and their families.
Job growth, support for small businesses, and training that leads to better-paid work.

What the official record shows

May 4, 2017 Voted No on passage of the American Health Care Act, the House bill to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act. It passed 217-213 and did not become law.
Aug 12, 2022 Voted Yea on concurring in the Senate amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act, which became Public Law 117-169 four days later.
Dec 6, 2022 His amendment to the Veteran Service Recognition Act was agreed to 213-207, and he voted Yea on the bill, which passed the House 220-208 and ended in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Nov 12, 2024 Voted Yea on the Social Security Fairness Act, which passed 327-75 and became Public Law 118-273.
Jul 3, 2025 Voted No on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation act, which carried 218-214 and became Public Law 119-21 the next day.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 7 committees	$557,429
Corporation PACs 132 committees	$472,250
Trade Association PACs 59 committees	$218,500
Leadership PACs 46 committees	$166,000
PAC - Qualified 25 committees	$109,000
Labor Organization PACs 20 committees	$107,500
Membership Organization PACs 25 committees	$96,811
House 26 committees	$53,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 11 committees	$32,000
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 5 committees	$28,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 2 committees	$11,000
Cooperative PACs 3 committees	$7,000
Party committees 1 committee	$4,788
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee	$2,500
Senate 1 committee	$2,000
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee	$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

The rows are lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded type of the contributing committee, memo entries set aside. Each line reconciles to the committee's own summary: party committees $4,788.47, other committees $1,307,061.11, and transfers from joint fundraising committees $557,428.66. Donations individuals made through ActBlue are individual contributions and are not in the table. Also not in the table: the $425,000 still owed to him on a $750,000 loan he made to the committee in 2022, which is not a receipt of this cycle. The rows sum to 1,869,278.24 dollars.

Chris Royal

Background

Holds no public office. In a 2024 candidate survey he said he studied philosophy at Southwest Missouri State, served in the Army at the Pentagon and with the 1st Infantry Division, earned a law degree in 1990, was called up for Desert Storm, and moved to Harlingen in 1993.
In the same survey he said he had worked in law, title insurance and teaching, and had retired from teaching that year.
He stood for this seat as an independent in 2022 and won 4,079 votes, 3.03 per cent. The FEC also lists him as a candidate in 2020.
He is the Libertarian nominee on the certified November ballot.

What they say they want to do

A federal government that balances its budget every year, which he says would end inflation and raise living standards.
A national government kept to the few functions he reads in the Constitution, on the Libertarian view that its principles come from the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
In 2024: an end to federal spending increases, as his answer to inflation.
In 2024: energy independence, and full Social Security benefits for those who paid in.

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 site and his survey answers make no claim about a record of his own for this column to test.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Source: Federal Election Commission

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.
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.
He was the Green Party's nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner in 2024 and won 301,793 votes statewide, 2.75 per cent.
He is the Green nominee on the certified November ballot.

What they say they want to do

An immediate and permanent ceasefire in Palestine, an arms embargo, and conditions on military aid to Israel.
Military spending cut in half, with the money invested at home.
Medicare for All, with no co-pays or premiums, including vision, hearing aids, dental care and prescriptions.
A ban on LNG exports and on fracking, and investment in solar, wind and batteries.
Free college and trade school, and an end to federal standardized-testing mandates.

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.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Source: Federal Election Commission

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

Sabato's Crystal BallLeans Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

Eric Flores and Vicente Gonzalez won their parties' March primaries, The Texas Tribune reported.
As of Sep 3, 2026.

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Republican

Eric Flores

Holds no public office. His campaign describes him as a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and former Texas Army National Guard infantry captain, now a partner in a law firm that defends municipalities and school districts.

FEC candidate: H6TX34080
Principal committee: C00912246

Public profiles

X @EricDFloressPublic profile linked by the campaign site. The handle ends in a double s. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
Instagram @eric4texasPublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.
Facebook 61578310026781The Eric Flores for Congress page, linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.

Democratic

Vicente Gonzalez

Current U.S. representative for Texas's 34th Congressional District, in his fifth term; his first three were for the 15th District.

FEC candidate: H6TX15162
Principal committee: C00592659

Public profiles

X @votevicentePublic profile linked by the campaign site. His congressional office keeps separate accounts, which are not these.
Instagram @votevicentePublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.
Facebook votevicentePublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.

Libertarian

Chris Royal

Holds no public office. In a 2024 candidate survey he described himself as a lawyer by training and a teacher who had just retired.

FEC candidate: H0TX34059

Public profiles

Facebook chris.royal.3781A personal account, listed on his Ballotpedia page. His own site links no social accounts, so this is the only one the desk found.
X: not foundNo X account is linked from his site or listed on his Ballotpedia page.
Instagram: not foundNo Instagram account is linked from his site or listed on his Ballotpedia page.

Green

Eddie Espinoza

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.

FEC candidate: H6TX34106
Principal committee: C00919688

Public profiles

X @Espinoza4TXPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
Instagram @espinoza4txPublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.
Facebook Espinoza4TXPublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Costs and the economy

Flores's campaign would oppose spending that fuels inflation, cut red tape and back affordable housing; Gonzalez's cites his child tax credit, energy and drug price votes. Royal's site says the federal government has a spending problem; Espinoza's campaign would halve military spending and invest at home. Gonzalez cast those votes, but the child tax credit extension did not become law. His homeownership bills have had no vote; no record totals his $8 billion funding claim.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

His campaign says families are struggling with grocery, gas, insurance and housing costs, and that he will oppose federal spending that fuels inflation, cut red tape for families and small businesses, and support affordable housing.

Vicente Gonzalez

His campaign says people who work hard should be able to afford a stable life, and commits him to policies that reduce financial strain on working families. His accomplishments page names votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices.

Chris Royal

His site says the federal government has a spending problem neither party will correct, and asks what the economy would be like if the government had to balance its budget every year. In 2024 he put it more bluntly: stop federal spending to stop inflation.

Eddie Espinoza

His platform would cut military spending in half and invest the money at home, and says localising energy, food and water in the Valley is the best answer to affordability.

Seniors and Social Security

Flores's campaign would oppose benefit cuts, keep benefits in line with living costs and fight elder fraud. Gonzalez's campaign cites his votes for the Social Security Fairness Act and against the 2025 reconciliation law. Royal said in 2024 that seniors should get the benefits they paid into; Espinoza's campaign would give recipients a raise. Gonzalez cast both votes; he cosponsored the Fairness Act and signed the petition forcing its vote, but never sponsored it.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

His campaign says he will oppose any effort to cut seniors' earned benefits, fight to keep them in line with the true cost of living, support wider access to affordable prescription drugs, and push for stronger protection against elder fraud.

Vicente Gonzalez

His campaign commits him to safeguarding the programmes that give seniors financial security and health care, and names two votes: for the Social Security Fairness Act in 2024 and against the 2025 reconciliation act.

Chris Royal

In his 2024 candidate survey he said seniors should receive the Social Security benefits they are entitled to because they paid into the system. His current site does not address it.

Eddie Espinoza

His platform would give Social Security recipients a raise.

Veterans

Flores's campaign would cut VA wait times, fully fund benefits and back mental health care. Gonzalez's campaign says he is working to stop deporting honorably discharged veterans and bring care closer to home. Royal's site and 2024 survey state no veterans position; Espinoza's campaign would improve the VA and end veteran homelessness. Gonzalez voted for the PACT Act, now law, and from 2017 to 2023 sponsored bills to stop veteran deportations; none became law.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

His campaign says he will fight to cut VA wait times and widen access to care across the district, support fully funding veterans' benefits and disability claims, and champion mental health and suicide prevention for veterans.

Vicente Gonzalez

His campaign says veterans should have the benefits, health care and resources they earned, and that he is working to stop the deportation of honorably discharged veterans and to bring health care closer to home.

Chris Royal

No position on veterans was found on his site or in his 2024 survey answers, though he describes his own Army service in both.

Eddie Espinoza

His platform would improve the VA and veterans' benefits and end homelessness among veterans.

Health care

Flores's campaign backs wider access to affordable drugs and VA care; Gonzalez's backs care that works in cities and rural areas. Royal's site and 2024 survey state no position; Espinoza's campaign would expand Medicare for All with no co-pays or premiums. Gonzalez was lead cosponsor of a Medicaid drug-pricing bill that did not become law. He voted for a $35 insulin cap in 2021 that died; the 2022 cap he backed covers Medicare alone.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

His priorities page has no health-care section. Under seniors it supports wider access to affordable prescription drugs, and under veterans wider access to VA care.

Vicente Gonzalez

His campaign supports a health-care system that works in cities and rural areas alike, including prevention, mental health and long-term care, and says no family should choose between medical care and basic needs.

Chris Royal

No position on health care was found on his site or in his 2024 survey answers.

Eddie Espinoza

His platform would improve and expand Medicare for All, with no co-pays or premiums, covering vision, hearing aids, dental care and prescriptions.

Energy, water and the environment

Flores's campaign backs energy independence, federal water investment and regional water planning. Gonzalez's campaign credits him with securing permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville. In a 2024 survey Royal backed energy independence and called electric cars over-rated; Espinoza's campaign would ban LNG exports and fracking and invest in solar and wind. A federal regulator issues LNG terminal permits; Gonzalez's votes and bills back LNG exports in general without naming the Brownsville projects.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

His campaign lists U.S. energy independence among his priorities, and says he will fight for federal investment in water infrastructure, protect farm and city water supplies, and push for long-term regional water planning.

Vicente Gonzalez

His issues page has no energy or environment section. His accomplishments page counts securing permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville among what he has done for the region's economy.

Chris Royal

His current site does not address energy. In his 2024 survey he said he wants to be on the side of energy independence, and called electric cars over-rated.

Eddie Espinoza

His platform would ban LNG exports and fracking, invest in solar, wind and utility-scale batteries, make the oil and gas industry clean up flaring, produced water and abandoned wells, and improve drainage and flood control.

The border and public safety

Flores's campaign backs border security and law enforcement, citing his work prosecuting human smugglers. Gonzalez's campaign lists no border or policing position on the pages checked. Royal said in 2024 that immigration would not be a problem if the president enforced existing laws; Espinoza's campaign lists no border position but backs gun control. Flores prosecuted a ring that moved 2,459 migrants; a U.S. Attorney's release calls it one of the district's largest in recent history.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

His campaign lists securing the border and supporting law enforcement among his priorities, and describes his work as a federal prosecutor of human smugglers.

Vicente Gonzalez

No position on the border or on policing was found on his issues page, which sets out seven subjects without either. His accomplishments page concerns immigration only in its work on deported veterans.

Chris Royal

His current site does not address it. In his 2024 survey he said immigration would not be a problem if the president simply executed the laws already on the books.

Eddie Espinoza

No border position was found on his site. His platform lists common-sense gun control, and says he holds the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction.

Education

Flores's campaign lists no education position on the pages checked but backs training for local jobs. Gonzalez's campaign backs Head Start, Title I, special education, career training and Pell Grants. Royal said in 2024 that parents should have a say in what schools teach; Espinoza's campaign would make college and trade school free and end federal testing mandates. Gonzalez twice sponsored bills to cancel up to $25,000 in student loans; neither got a vote.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

No education position was found on his campaign site, whose priorities page does not include it. Under small business it supports workforce development that connects South Texans to local jobs.

Vicente Gonzalez

His campaign says every student deserves a quality education regardless of background or zip code, and names his support for Head Start, Title I, special education, career and technical education, and Pell Grants.

Chris Royal

His current site does not address it. In his 2024 survey he said parents should have the right to know what is taught to their children and a voice in changing the curriculum.

Eddie Espinoza

His platform would make college and trade school free and end federal standardized-testing mandates for kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Money in politics

Flores's and Gonzalez's campaigns list no position on the pages checked. Royal said in 2024 that officials caught taking under-the-table money or stock tips should be barred from government; Espinoza's campaign rejects all PAC money. Flores's first report shows $300,479.29 in contributions, short of the $440,000 his campaign said it raised in five weeks. PAC filings show no payments to Espinoza, whose FEC notes say he raised under $5,000; he has filed no full report.

What each campaign says

Eric Flores

No position on campaign finance or lobbying was found on his campaign site.

Vicente Gonzalez

No position on campaign finance or lobbying was found on his campaign site, whose issues page does not include the subject.

Chris Royal

His current site does not address it. In his 2024 survey he said officials caught taking money under the table or stock tips should be barred from future government work.

Eddie Espinoza

His campaign says he rejects support from all political action committees, takes no corporate PAC money, would overturn Citizens United, and opposes lobbying by unregistered foreign agents.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Eric Flores

Running for District 34 before the map changed

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign's release of August 29, 2025 quotes him saying he committed to running for District 34 before the map changed.

What the record shows · Aug 29, 2025

He filed for District 34 on July 16, 2025, before any new map was filed or signed, but a week after the Governor put a new map on the session's agenda.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign's release of August 29, 2025 quotes him saying he committed to running for District 34 before the map changed.

“I committed to running for District 34 before the map changed”

What the record shows · Aug 29, 2025

He signed his statement of candidacy for Texas's 34th district, as a Republican, on July 16, 2025. The first congressional redistricting bill of 2025, H.B. 4 of the first called session, was filed two weeks later, on July 30. The map that was enacted, H.B. 4 of the second called session, was signed by the Governor on August 29, 2025.

Limit: The filing came before any new map was filed or enacted, which is what he says. It did not come before a new map was expected: the Governor had put a revised congressional plan on the special session's agenda on July 9, a week before he filed.

Eric Flores

Raising $440,000 in five weeks

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

His campaign's release of August 29, 2025 says it raised over $440,000 during the campaign's first five weeks.

“Republican Eric Flores Raises $440,000 in Five Weeks”

What the record shows · Sep 30, 2025

His committee's first report covers July 1 to September 30, 2025, which takes in the five weeks and six more. It reports $300,479.29 of contributions for the whole quarter, no transfers, and $250,000 in loans from him, for $550,479.29 of total receipts. Of the loans, $100,000 is dated July 31 and $150,000 September 5, a week after the release. Contributions itemized after August 29 come to $94,757.65. Two nominee funds that now carry his name were set up in December 2024 and January 2025 as funds for whoever won the Republican nomination: one reported $7,767.57 of receipts for July to September, the other $12,850.48 for July to December. His committee listed no joint fundraising committee until January 30, 2026.

Limit: The FEC does not date contributions under $200, so the exact amount raised by August 29 cannot be read. It does not need to be: every contribution of the quarter falls $139,520.71 short of the figure. Adding the only loan made before the release and both nominee funds' receipts still leaves about $19,000 short, though the second fund's figure runs to December and neither fund was his campaign's until March 2026. The figure can be reached only by counting money his committee did not have by that date.

Eric Flores

Taking down the district's largest smuggling ring

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that as a federal prosecutor he dismantled the district's largest transnational human-smuggling ring.

What the record shows · Jul 30, 2024

He prosecuted a ring that moved 2,459 migrants, which a U.S. Attorney's release calls one of the largest takedowns in the district in recent history, not the largest.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that as a federal prosecutor he dismantled the district's largest transnational human-smuggling ring.

“dismantled the district’s largest transnational human-smuggling ring”

What the record shows · Jul 30, 2024

A U.S. Attorney's release of July 30, 2024 names him as the prosecutor of a smuggling ring that moved 2,459 migrants and laundered $2.9 million. Its two leaders were ordered to serve 240 months in federal prison. The release says the judge agreed it was one of the largest alien smuggling takedowns the district had seen in recent history.

Limit: The release says one of the largest in recent history, not the largest. The FBI led the investigation with help from other agencies; he prosecuted the case. It was read from an archived copy because justice.gov sent a bot-check page.

Vicente Gonzalez

Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that in 2025 he voted against what it calls the Big, Ugly Bill, which it says cuts hundreds of billions from Medicare and from programmes seniors rely on.

What the record shows · Jul 3, 2025

He voted against H.R. 1 both times it came to a recorded House vote, on May 22 and July 3, 2025, and it became law on July 4.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that in 2025 he voted against what it calls the Big, Ugly Bill, which it says cuts hundreds of billions from Medicare and from programmes seniors rely on.

“In 2025, he voted against the Big, Ugly Bill”

What the record shows · Jul 3, 2025

The House Clerk records him voting Nay on passage of H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145, 215-214) and No on concurring in the Senate amendment on July 3 (Roll Call 190, 218-214). It became Public Law 119-21 on July 4.

Limit: He voted against the bill both times it came to a recorded vote in the House, which is the claim. What the law does to Medicare and to programmes for seniors is the campaign's description and is not assessed here.

Vicente Gonzalez

The PACT Act for toxic exposure

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he voted to pass the PACT Act so veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service receive the care they deserve.

What the record shows · Aug 10, 2022

He voted for it at both House votes in 2022, including the final vote on the bill that became law that August.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he voted to pass the PACT Act so veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service receive the care they deserve.

“He voted to pass the PACT Act so veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service receive the care they deserve”

What the record shows · Aug 10, 2022

He voted Yea on the House bill, H.R. 3967, on March 3, 2022 (Roll Call 57, 256-174), and Yea on S. 3373, the vehicle that became law, on July 13, 2022 (Roll Call 309, 342-88). It became Public Law 117-168 on August 10, 2022.

Limit: He voted for it at both House votes, including the one on the bill that became law. He was one of 342 members voting for final passage and was not a sponsor.

Vicente Gonzalez

Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans.

What the record shows · Feb 1, 2023

He sponsored the Repatriate Our Patriots Act in four Congresses from 2017 to 2023, but none became law and he has no bill on it in this Congress.

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What they say

His campaign says he is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans.

“He is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans”

What the record shows · Feb 1, 2023

He has sponsored the Repatriate Our Patriots Act, on noncitizens released from the armed forces under honorable conditions, in four Congresses: H.R. 3429 in 2017, H.R. 1078 in 2019, H.R. 4382 in 2021 and H.R. 717 in 2023. Each was referred to committee and went no further. In December 2022 his amendment to the Veteran Service Recognition Act was agreed to 213-207 (Roll Call 502) and he voted Yea on the bill, which passed the House 220-208 (Roll Call 503) and ended in the Senate.

Limit: Six years of sponsorship and one House-passed bill he amended are evidence of the work the claim describes. None became law. The claim is in the present tense, and Congress.gov records no bill of his on the subject in the current Congress.

Vicente Gonzalez

Federal money for VFW posts

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he delivered federal funding to update local Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, so veterans and community members have safe spaces to gather.

What the record shows · Mar 9, 2024

Spending laws for 2022, 2023 and 2024 list three VFW post projects he requested, $1,904,454 in all, two of them for new buildings rather than updates.

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What they say

His campaign says he delivered federal funding to update local Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, so veterans and community members have safe spaces to gather.

“He delivered federal funding to update local Veterans of Foreign Wars posts”

What the record shows · Mar 9, 2024

The explanatory statements for three years' appropriations laws each list a VFW post project with him as the House requester. For fiscal 2022, $304,454 for the Brooks County VFW, the Lopez Williams Post, from the Agriculture Department's rural community facilities account (page H1729). For fiscal 2023, $750,000 for a new building for Post 8788 (page S9538), and for fiscal 2024, $850,000 for a new building for Post 2410 (page S2158), both from HUD's Community Development Fund. The three laws are Public Laws 117-103, 117-328 and 118-42, and the three rows come to $1,904,454.

Limit: Three posts in three years, each in an enacted statement with his name in the House requester column, which is where a member's community project funding is recorded. Two of the three paid for new buildings rather than updates to old ones. The statements allocate the money; whether USDA and HUD have paid it out was not checked. Two of the three tables are printed as page images, so those rows were read by eye.

Vicente Gonzalez

A $35 cap on insulin

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that in 2021 he voted for historic legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35 and bring down the cost of medicines.

What the record shows · Aug 12, 2022

He voted for the 2021 Build Back Better Act, whose $35 insulin cap reached private insurance; it died, and the cap he voted for in 2022 covers Medicare only.

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What they say

His campaign says that in 2021 he voted for historic legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35 and bring down the cost of medicines.

“In 2021, Vicente voted for historic legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35”

What the record shows · Aug 12, 2022

On November 19, 2021 he voted Yea on the Build Back Better Act (Roll Call 385, 220-213). As passed by the House it would have barred group health plans and individual insurance from charging more than $35 a month for selected insulin products from 2023. That bill did not become law. On August 12, 2022 he voted Yea on the Inflation Reduction Act (Roll Call 420), which limits Medicare cost-sharing for covered insulin products and became Public Law 117-169.

Limit: The 2021 vote is as he describes it. The cap he voted for in 2021 reached private insurance; the cap that became law a year later covers Medicare only. Both votes split almost entirely by party; in 2021 one Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, voted No.

Vicente Gonzalez

Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

What the record shows · Feb 3, 2026

Bill text names him among those who introduced a Medicaid drug-pricing bill in 2021 and 2023, as lead cosponsor; none of the 55 measures he sponsored is on drug prices.

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What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

“introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs”

What the record shows · Feb 3, 2026

The official text of the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act names him among those who introduced it, twice. H.R. 6101 of December 1, 2021 reads "Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill", and H.R. 1613 of March 17, 2023 names him first after Carter; Congress.gov lists Carter as sponsor and Gonzalez as an original cosponsor of both. The bill curbs spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers in Medicaid, and that provision passed the House as section 202 of the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act on December 11, 2023, 320-71, with his Yea (Roll Call 708). In 2025 he was an original cosponsor of the PBM Reform Act (H.R. 4317) and both Pharmacists Fight Back bills (H.R. 6609 and 6610). Three of the PBM Reform Act's six sections, on Medicare drug plans and employer health plans, became law almost word for word as sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75). He voted Yea when the House passed that act on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 45) and Nay on the final House vote on February 3 (Roll Call 53). In all he has cosponsored more than twenty drug-price bills, among them the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act in 2019, and voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, whose Medicare drug-price negotiation became law in 2022.

Limit: The bill text uses his verb: it names him among the members who introduced the bill, though Carter was its sponsor and Gonzalez the lead cosponsor. None of the 55 items Congress.gov lists him as sponsoring concerns drug prices. The bill is aimed at what Medicaid pays for drugs, not at the price a patient pays. The Medicaid bill did not become law, and its spread-pricing section is not in the 2025 reconciliation act or the 2026 appropriations act. That act did carry most of the PBM Reform Act, though he voted against its final version.

Vicente Gonzalez

Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that since coming to Congress he has voted down Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Social Security.

What the record shows · Dec 20, 2017

He voted against the 2017 House repeal bill and the 2017 tax law that zeroed the coverage penalty, though both passed the House; Medicare and Social Security were not tested.

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What they say

His campaign says that since coming to Congress he has voted down Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Social Security.

“Since coming to Congress, Vicente has voted down extremist Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Social Security”

What the record shows · Dec 20, 2017

In his first year he voted No on the American Health Care Act, the House bill to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act, which passed 217-213 on May 4, 2017 (Roll Call 256) and did not become law. He also voted Nay at all three House votes on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, from November 16 to December 20, 2017 (Roll Calls 637, 692 and 699). It became Public Law 115-97, whose section 11081 cut the Affordable Care Act's penalty for going without coverage to zero from 2019.

Limit: Two measures, four recorded votes, all in the direction the claim states; they do not score his whole record, and the Medicare and Social Security halves of the sentence are not tested by them. Both passed the House despite his votes: the first died in the Senate and the second became law, so "voted down" describes his votes, not the outcome.

Vicente Gonzalez

Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he voted to extend the child tax credit, fund lower energy and utility costs, reduce prescription drug prices and make it illegal for insurers to charge older people more.

What the record shows · Aug 12, 2022

Three clauses match his votes on Build Back Better, the Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act. The child-credit extension was not enacted; the fourth clause has no matched vote.

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What they say

His campaign says he voted to extend the child tax credit, fund lower energy and utility costs, reduce prescription drug prices and make it illegal for insurers to charge older people more.

“Vicente voted to extend the child tax credit, deliver funding to lower energy and utility costs, reduce prescription drug prices and make it illegal for insurers to charge older people more”

What the record shows · Aug 12, 2022

On November 19, 2021 he voted Yea on the Build Back Better Act (Roll Call 385, 220-213). Its section 137102(a)(1), headed "Extension of child tax credit", would have carried the enlarged credit into 2022; the bill passed the House and did not become law. Earlier that year he voted Yea on the American Rescue Plan Act, on February 27 and on its final House vote on March 10 (Roll Calls 49 and 72), which enlarged the credit for 2021. He voted Yea on the Inflation Reduction Act on August 12, 2022 (Roll Call 420); it sets up Medicare negotiation of certain drug prices and funds home energy rebates, and became Public Law 117-169.

Limit: Three of the four clauses match votes he cast. His vote to extend the child tax credit was on a bill that did not become law, so the enlargement that did become law lasted one year. The fourth clause, on insurers charging older people more, was not matched to any vote; the desk did not find which one it means.

Vicente Gonzalez

Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt.

What the record shows · Feb 11, 2022

He sponsored the Student Loan Relief Act in 2020 and 2022, which would cancel up to $25,000 per borrower, and neither bill got a vote.

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What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt.

“He has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt”

What the record shows · Feb 11, 2022

He introduced the Student Loan Relief Act as its only sponsor, as H.R. 8514 in 2020 and H.R. 6708 on February 11, 2022. The 2022 text directs the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay the lesser of $25,000 or a borrower's outstanding federal student loan balance. Both were referred to committee and went no further.

Limit: He introduced what he says he introduced. Neither bill received a vote, and he has not reintroduced it since 2022.

Vicente Gonzalez

Legislation on homeownership

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that, as a member of the Financial Services Committee, he has introduced legislation to make homeownership more accessible.

What the record shows · Feb 23, 2026

He sponsored three homeownership bills, in 2020, 2021 and 2026, all sent to the Financial Services Committee, and none has had a vote.

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What they say

His campaign says that, as a member of the Financial Services Committee, he has introduced legislation to make homeownership more accessible.

“he has introduced legislation to make homeownership more accessible”

What the record shows · Feb 23, 2026

He sponsored the Affordable Homeownership Access Act in 2020 (H.R. 5614) and 2021 (H.R. 5013), and the MORE Opportunities for Homeownership Act on February 23, 2026 (H.R. 7647). All three were referred to the Financial Services Committee; none has had a vote.

Limit: Sponsorship is what the claim says, and it is on the record. None of the bills has advanced, so nothing here shows homeownership becoming more accessible.

Vicente Gonzalez

More than $8 billion for the region

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says that since 2017 he has delivered more than $8 billion in federal funding to South Texas.

What the record shows · Feb 3, 2026

One 2026 statement lists ten projects he requested, $8,265,467 in all. Earlier years and other funding were not totaled, so this partial check cannot settle $8 billion.

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What they say

His campaign says that since 2017 he has delivered more than $8 billion in federal funding to South Texas.

“Since 2017, Vicente Gonzalez has worked every day for South Texans, delivering more than $8 billion in federal funding to the region.”

What the record shows · Feb 3, 2026

What the record does show is project by project. The explanatory statement for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which became Public Law 119-75, lists ten Community Development Fund projects with him as the House requester, from $250,000 to $2,000,000 and together $8,265,467, among them a Donna sports complex, a Harlingen animal shelter and a Baffin Bay boat ramp in Kleberg County.

Why there is no assessment here

No federal record totals what a member has brought home. Requested projects are listed by name in each year's explanatory statements, but formula grants, agency awards, and highway, port and disaster money carry no member's name, so a career figure of $8 billion cannot be rebuilt from official sources and this desk does not try.

Limit: The one statement read here covers four of that year's twelve appropriations bills, three of them enacted in this law, and earlier years were not totalled. His accomplishments page also says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville and delivered hundreds of millions for the ship channel; those permits are issued by federal regulators and the channel work by the Army Corps of Engineers, and neither record names a member.

Vicente Gonzalez

LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

Not comparable yet

What they say

His campaign says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville.

What the record shows · Feb 15, 2024

His House vote and cosponsorship support LNG exports generally, not specific Brownsville permits, issued by a regulator. The House-passed export bill did not become law.

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What they say

His campaign says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville.

“He secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville”

What the record shows · Feb 15, 2024

On February 15, 2024 he voted Yea on the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, H.R. 7176 (Roll Call 52, 224-200), one of nine Democrats who did. It would have repealed restrictions on gas exports and imports and required the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to treat them as in the public interest when approving export terminals. It passed the House and did not become law. In November 2022 he was an original cosponsor of the LNG For Allies Act, H.R. 9355, which would have sped up approval of gas exports to U.S. allies.

Limit: LNG terminal permits come from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which the Natural Gas Act gives sole power to approve them. Neither bill names the Brownsville projects, so his record shows support for LNG exports in general, not these permits.

Eddie Espinoza

A campaign that takes no PAC money

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he rejects support from all political action committees, including AIPAC and its allies, and takes no corporate PAC money.

What the record shows · Jul 12, 2026

Federal PAC filings show no payment to his campaign, and his FEC notes say he has raised under $5,000, though he has filed no full report of his money.

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What they say

His campaign says he rejects support from all political action committees, including AIPAC and its allies, and takes no corporate PAC money.

“Rejects support from all PACs, including AIPAC and their allies”

What the record shows · Jul 12, 2026

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.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

Candidate	Cycle receipts	Cycle disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt owed
Eric FloresC00912246	$716,191	$476,659	$683,332	$591,622
Vicente GonzalezC00592659	$866,366	$229,940	$2,532,412	$425,000

Read the filing details

Eric Flores: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Sep 10, 2026, file 2011366, image 202609109904182045.

Vicente Gonzalez: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1997473, image 202607159890614693.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Sep 23, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

Jul 3, 2025
Final House vote on the 2025 reconciliation act
Gonzalez voted No on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, which carried 218-214 and became Public Law 119-21 the next day.
Jul 9, 2025
Redistricting put on the special session agenda
The Governor's proclamation for the special session beginning July 21 included a revised congressional redistricting plan.
Jul 16, 2025
Flores files for District 34
Eric Flores signed his statement of candidacy for the 34th district as a Republican.
Aug 29, 2025
The new congressional map is signed
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.
Sep 13, 2025
Espinoza files for District 34
Eddie Espinoza signed his statement of candidacy for the 34th district as the Green Party candidate.
Aug 28, 2026
Final ballot certified
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 details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date: November 3, 2026
Added: September 2026 launch set
Ballot source updated: Final certification generated August 28, 2026; reviewed September 2, 2026.
Candidate field: Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Nov 11, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

BallotIncluded
4 printed candidates, checked September 2, 2026 against the official election record.
Race outlookIncluded
1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Nov 11, 2026.
Reported contextIncluded
1 dated development with original reporting attached.
Words and recordIncluded
17 statement-to-action comparisons across 4 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.
Campaign financeIncluded
FEC filing snapshots for 2 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.
PollingNot yet
No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

No correction has been recorded for this race. Report an error.

Sources107 source records

Snapshot as of Nov 11, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/texas-us-house-34-2026

How we use sources

Texas Secretary of State final ballot certification (document)
Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election
Texas Secretary of State · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The final ballot certification for the November 3, 2026 general election, signed by Deputy Secretary of State Dave Nelson on August 28, 2026. Its U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 34 block lists ERIC FLORES (REP), VICENTE GONZALEZ (DEM), CHRIS ROYAL (LIB) and EDDIE ESPINOZA (GRE), in that order, which is the ballot order this desk follows. The block appears under five counties: Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces and Willacy. The whole 5,919,631-byte file was read.
official election record
For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money; Chris Royal: background, goals, record and money; Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/04/texas-congressional-primary-results-2/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
About Erichttps://www.ericflores.com/abouteric
Eric Flores for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, used for his biography. A U.S. Attorney's release backs part of his account of his prosecutions; the Top Ten conviction and the two awards were not checked.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money; The border and public safety; Eric Flores: Taking down the district's largest smuggling ring
Campaign home pagehttps://www.ericflores.com/
Eric Flores for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; the page carries "PAID FOR BY ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS" and is the website his committee filed with the FEC. It links an X account, @EricDFloress, an Instagram account, @eric4texas, and a Facebook page.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Energy, water and the environment; The border and public safety; Money in politics
Vicente Gonzalez, member recordhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Resolved from Congress.gov's listing of current Texas members for the 119th Congress, which gives G000581 for Gonzalez, Vicente, district 34. Used for his office, party and five terms: the 115th to 117th Congresses for the 15th district and the 118th and 119th for the 34th.
official office record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money
Campaign home pagehttps://vicentegonzalez.com/
Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; the page carries the line "Political Adv. Paid for by the Vicente Gonzalez for Congress Committee", and it is the website his committee filed with the FEC. It links X, Instagram and Facebook accounts under votevicente. Positions and claims are attributed, not independently verified facts.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Vicente Gonzalez: More than $8 billion for the region
Chris Royalhttps://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Royal
Ballotpedia · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Carries his own answers to Ballotpedia's candidate survey, given in 2024 when he was running for this seat as an independent. They are his words but they are two years old, and he was not on the 2024 general-election ballot. Used for his biography and for positions where his current site says nothing, each marked with its year. The page lists a personal Facebook account.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Chris Royal: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Seniors and Social Security; Veterans; Health care; Energy, water and the environment; The border and public safety; Education; Money in politics
Chris Royal for Congresshttps://chriscongress.com/
Chris Royal for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
A one-page site built on a website builder, much of it marked under construction. It carries no paid-for line, so it was identified by its name, its Libertarian content and its closing request to vote for Chris Royal in November; it is the address search results give for his campaign. It links no social account. Read September 23, 2026.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Chris Royal: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Seniors and Social Security; Veterans; Health care; Energy, water and the environment; The border and public safety; Education; Money in politics
Espinoza For Congress, homehttps://espinoza4tx.com/
Espinoza For Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
A WordPress site with no paid-for line. It was identified as his by the address the Green Party of Texas gives for his campaign and by the committee email on his FEC statement of organization, espinoza4tx. It links X, Facebook and Instagram accounts under Espinoza4TX. The page contrasts him with his opponents; that material is out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money; The border and public safety; Money in politics; Eddie Espinoza: A campaign that takes no PAC money
Eric Flores, Statement of Candidacy (FEC Form 2)https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/H6TX34080/1903953/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His first statement of candidacy, file 1903953, signed July 16, 2025: Republican, House of Representatives, Texas district 34, designating Eric Flores for Congress as principal committee.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money; Eric Flores: Running for District 34 before the map changed; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Prioritieshttps://www.ericflores.com/priorities
Eric Flores for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Eight subjects: South Texas and the Coastal Bend, the cost of living, infrastructure, water, veterans, seniors, farmers and ranchers, and small business. There is no section on health care, education or the border, though the home page lists securing the border among his priorities.
candidate statement
For: Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Seniors and Social Security; Veterans; Health care; Energy, water and the environment; Education; Money in politics
South Texas smugglers: ring leaders sentenced for transporting nearly 2,500 people in $2.9M conspiracyhttps://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/south-texas-smugglers-ring-leaders-sentenced-transporting-nearly-2500-people-29m
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas · Published Jul 30, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026
Press release of July 30, 2024, updated July 31, 2024. justice.gov sent this desk a bot-check page, so the release was read from the Internet Archive snapshot of May 24, 2026: http://web.archive.org/web/20260524195908/https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/south-texas-smugglers-ring-leaders-sentenced-transporting-nearly-2500-people-29m.
official office record
For: Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money; Eric Flores: Taking down the district's largest smuggling ring
Eric D. Flores, attorney profilehttps://www.texasbar.com/am/template.cfm?template=%2Fcm%2Fhtmldisplay.cfm&contentid=52916
State Bar of Texas · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
An undated profile hosted by the State Bar, written in the third person and apparently supplied by him. It says he then ran a firm in Mission with his wife and served as municipal judge for the City of Alton. It is not an official record of either post.
official office record
For: Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money
ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS, receipts on lines 11B, 11C and 12https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00912246&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11B&line_number=F3-11C&line_number=F3-12
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: 1 row on line 11B, 108 on line 11C and 1,241 on line 12, memo entries set aside, each line's sum equal to the committee's own summary total for the cycle through June 30, 2026. No line 11A row, individual contributions, was read.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: background, goals, record and money
Meet Vicentehttps://vicentegonzalez.com/meet-vicente/
Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, used for his biography.
candidate statement
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money
Vicente Gonzalez, sponsored legislationhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581/sponsored-legislation
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The whole list, 55 items across the 115th to 119th Congresses: 53 bills and resolutions and two floor amendments. One became law, H.R. 6244 of the 118th Congress, which named a post office in Brownsville. None of the 55 concerns the price of prescription drugs.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Vicente Gonzalez: Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt; Vicente Gonzalez: Legislation on homeownership
Official Canvass Report, 2024 November 5th General Election (document)
Texas Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
U.S. Representative District 34: Vicente Gonzalez (DEM) 102,780 votes, 51.29 per cent; Mayra Flores (REP) 97,603, 48.71 per cent. Railroad Commissioner: Eddie Espinoza (GRE) 301,793 votes, 2.75 per cent. The district was redrawn in 2025, so the 2024 result is for different lines.
official election record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money
H.B. 4, 89th Legislature, Second Called Session, historyhttps://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB4
Texas Legislature Online · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The congressional map that was enacted: filed August 15, 2025, passed the House on August 20 and the Senate on August 23, signed by the Governor on August 29, effective December 4, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Eric Flores: Running for District 34 before the map changed; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Issueshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/issues/
Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Seven subjects: affordability, seniors, women's rights, education, veterans, health care and jobs. It states goals rather than proposals, and names no bill. There is no section on the border, energy or campaign finance.
candidate statement
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Seniors and Social Security; Veterans; Health care; Energy, water and the environment; The border and public safety; Education; Money in politics
Roll Call 256, 2017, H.R. 1628, American Health Care Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017256
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of May 4, 2017; the question was on passage; it passed 217-213. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
Roll Call 420, 2022, H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of August 12, 2022; the question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; it carried 220-207. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: A $35 cap on insulin; Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
Public Law 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-117publ169/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text. Section 11001 sets up Medicare price negotiation for certain high-priced drugs; section 11406 limits Medicare cost-sharing for covered insulin products; section 50121 funds home energy rebates.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: A $35 cap on insulin; Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
Roll Call 502, 2022, H.R. 7946, Gonzalez amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022502
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of December 6, 2022; the question was on agreeing to his amendment, A002; it was agreed to 213-207. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
Roll Call 503, 2022, H.R. 7946, Veteran Service Recognition Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022503
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of December 6, 2022; the question was on passage; it passed 220-208. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
H.R. 7946, Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7946
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsor Mark Takano. Passed the House on December 6, 2022 and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee the next day, where it ended. Gonzalez's amendment, requiring regulations within 90 days of enactment, was agreed to before passage.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
Roll Call 456, 2024, H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of November 12, 2024; the question was on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill; it carried 327-75. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsor Garret Graves of Louisiana; 330 cosponsors. Gonzalez joined as a cosponsor on January 24, 2023, three weeks after introduction, and is not an original cosponsor. Became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
Roll Call 190, 2025, H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of July 3, 2025; the question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; it carried 218-214. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Used for the fact that the bill became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. What the law does to Medicare or to programmes for seniors, which his campaign describes, is not assessed here.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money; Vicente Gonzalez: Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS, receipts on lines 11B, 11C and 12https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00592659&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11B&line_number=F3-11C&line_number=F3-12
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: 6 rows on line 11B, 645 on line 11C and 261 on line 12, memo entries set aside, each line's sum equal to the committee's own summary total for the cycle through June 30, 2026. No line 11A row, individual contributions, was read.
fec filing
For: Vicente Gonzalez: background, goals, record and money
Official Canvass Report, 2022 November 8th General Election (document)
Texas Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
U.S. Representative District 34: Vicente Gonzalez (DEM) 70,896 votes, 52.73 per cent; Mayra Flores (REP) 59,464, 44.23 per cent; Chris Royal (IND) 4,079, 3.03 per cent.
official election record
For: Chris Royal: background, goals, record and money
ROYAL, CHRIS B., candidate record H0TX34059https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0TX34059/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The FEC carries a candidate record for him for 2020, 2022 and 2026, Libertarian, Brownsville, with no principal committee, no filing of any kind and has_raised_funds false. A candidate who raises or spends no more than $5,000 is not required to register.
fec filing
For: Chris Royal: background, goals, record and money
Candidateshttps://www.lptexas.org/candidates
Libertarian Party of Texas · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The state party's list of its 2026 candidates, which names Chris Royal for U.S. Representative, District 34.
endorsement
For: Chris Royal: background, goals, record and money
Meet Eddiehttps://espinoza4tx.com/meet-eddie/
Espinoza For Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; his biography in his own words.
candidate statement
For: Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money; Education
2026 Nominated Candidateshttps://www.txgreens.org/2026_nominated_candidates
Green Party of Texas · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The state party's list of nominees, which names Eddie Espinoza for Congress in District 34 and links espinoza4tx.com.
endorsement
For: Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money
Prioritieshttps://espinoza4tx.com/priorities/
Espinoza For Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; his platform as a list.
candidate statement
For: Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Seniors and Social Security; Veterans; Health care; Energy, water and the environment; The border and public safety; Education
ESPINOZA FOR TEXAS, filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00919688/?tab=filings
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Five filings: a statement of organization on September 13, 2025 and four miscellaneous submissions, on January 29, March 25, April 11 and July 12, 2026. There is no report of receipts and disbursements. An OpenFEC search of every federal committee's itemized disbursements for 2025-2026 returned no payment to this committee.
fec filing
For: Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money; Eddie Espinoza: A campaign that takes no PAC money
ESPINOZA FOR TEXAS, Form 99 of July 12, 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Its text: campaign fundraising is under the $5000 threshold for reporting. Filed in the week July quarterly reports were due.
fec filing
For: Eddie Espinoza: background, goals, record and money; Eddie Espinoza: A campaign that takes no PAC money
Accomplishmentshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/accomplishments/
Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source and the page where he makes claims about his own record: seven sections on the economy, jobs, seniors, veterans, women's rights, health care and education. Every quoted sentence on this desk was matched against the live page.
candidate statement
For: Costs and the economy; Seniors and Social Security; Veterans; Energy, water and the environment; The border and public safety; Education; Vicente Gonzalez: Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act; Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act; Vicente Gonzalez: The PACT Act for toxic exposure; Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans; Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts; Vicente Gonzalez: A $35 cap on insulin; Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Vicente Gonzalez: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act; Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices; Vicente Gonzalez: Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt; Vicente Gonzalez: Legislation on homeownership; Vicente Gonzalez: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville
Republican Eric Flores Raises $440,000 in Five Weeks (document)
Eric Flores for Congress · Published Aug 29, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign press release dated August 29, 2025, a PDF linked from the campaign's news page and carrying its paid-for line. It says the campaign raised over $440,000 during its first five weeks, and quotes him: "I committed to running for District 34 before the map changed." The verifier reads both sentences from the PDF's text layer (checks flores-release-440k and flores-release-map-quote, pinned to the file's SHA-256 5f04aedfcb6efea4bc82300bc4ecdbbaa7996fa5897cdf239dbd77e9297ceff4).
candidate statement
For: Eric Flores: Running for District 34 before the map changed; Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
H.B. 4, 89th Legislature, First Called Session, historyhttps://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=HB4
Texas Legislature Online · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The first congressional redistricting bill of 2025, filed July 30, 2025. It stalled when the session ended.
official legislative record
For: Eric Flores: Running for District 34 before the map changed
Newshttps://www.ericflores.com/news
Eric Flores for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled index of press releases, most of them PDFs, and outside articles. Twenty-three releases from July 25, 2025 to August 26, 2026 were read. Most of their content is about his opponent and is out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS, October Quarterly 2025https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00912246/1921555/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The committee's first report, covering July 1 to September 30, 2025, filed October 15, 2025 and not amended. Line 6(a), total contributions other than loans: $300,479.29. Line 13(a), loans made by the candidate: $250,000. Total receipts: $550,479.29. OpenFEC's itemized rows date the loans July 31 ($100,000) and September 5 ($150,000), and date $94,757.65 of itemized contributions after August 29.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS-GTM NOMINEE FUND: TX-34, filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00894550/?tab=filings
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
A fund registered in December 2024 as GTM Nominee Fund: TX-34, before Flores was a candidate, to hold money for the district's eventual Republican nominee, a committee supporting more than one candidate (Form 1 of March 31, 2025, file 1889737). A Form 1 amendment of March 10, 2026 (file 1952757) made it a committee authorized by Flores and gave it his name. It reported $7,767.57 of receipts for July 1 to September 30, 2025, and transferred $102,674.25 to his campaign on March 16, 2026, after the primary.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
FLORES FOR TX-34 REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2026, filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00895136/?tab=filings
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Registered on January 9, 2025 as TX-34 Republican Nominee Fund 2026, a committee supporting more than one federal candidate (Form 1, file 1862331). Its year-end report (file 1937486) covers July 1 to December 31, 2025 and shows $12,850.48 of receipts, all transfers from other committees. A Form 1 amendment of March 12, 2026 (file 1952815) renamed it and made it a committee authorized by Eric Flores.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS, Statement of Organization, July 16, 2025https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00912246/1903949/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The committee's original Form 1. Affiliated committees: none. The committee's next Form 1, of January 30, 2026 (file 1939775), is the first to list a joint fundraising representative, Defend Our Majority (C00895821); OpenFEC lists no Form 1 between the two.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS, amended Statement of Organization, January 30, 2026https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00912246/1939775/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
First amendment to the committee's Form 1. Lists Defend Our Majority (C00895821) as joint fundraising representative.
fec filing
For: Eric Flores: Raising $440,000 in five weeks
Roll Call 145, 2025, H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of May 22, 2025; the question was on passage; it passed 215-214. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act
Public Law 118-273, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-118publ273/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text: repeals the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
H.R. 1205, Social Security Fairness Act of 2017https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1205
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rodney Davis; 195 cosponsors. Gonzalez joined on February 14, 2018. Referred to committee; did not become law.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
H.R. 141, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/141
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rodney Davis; 264 cosponsors. Gonzalez joined on January 9, 2019. Referred to committee; did not become law.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2021https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/82
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rodney Davis; 305 cosponsors. Gonzalez is an original cosponsor, dated January 4, 2021, the day of introduction. Placed on the Union Calendar; did not become law.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
Discharge Petition 16, H.Res. 1410 for H.R. 82https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024091016?Page=1&CongressNum=118
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The motion Garret Graves filed on September 10, 2024 to discharge the rule for H.R. 82, and its signatures. Gonzalez is signature 103, dated September 10, 2024, the day it opened. Its signature dates run from September 10 to September 19, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The Social Security Fairness Act
Roll Call 57, 2022, H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202257
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of March 3, 2022; the question was on passage; it passed 256-174. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The PACT Act for toxic exposure
H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3967
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsor Mark Takano. Passed the House on March 3, 2022 and the Senate with an amendment on June 16; the Act itself was enacted through S. 3373.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The PACT Act for toxic exposure
Roll Call 309, 2022, S. 3373, the vehicle for the PACT Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022309
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of July 13, 2022; the question was on passage of the Senate bill as amended; it passed 342-88. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The PACT Act for toxic exposure
S. 3373, Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3373
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The vehicle that became Public Law 117-168 on August 10, 2022, after the House passed it on July 13 and the Senate agreed to the House amendment on August 2.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The PACT Act for toxic exposure
Public Law 117-168, Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-117publ168/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text, used for the Act's full title.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: The PACT Act for toxic exposure
H.R. 3429, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 115th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3429
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Gonzalez on July 26, 2017, his first year in office; referred to subcommittee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
H.R. 1078, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1078
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 7, 2019; referred to subcommittee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
H.R. 4382, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4382
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Gonzalez on July 9, 2021; referred to subcommittee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
H.R. 717, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/717
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 1, 2023 with 20 cosponsors; referred to the Judiciary Committee and went no further. The text concerns noncitizens released from the armed forces under honorable conditions.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans
Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (document)
Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Congressional Record of March 9, 2022, Book III. The Agriculture division's community project funding table, printed as page images, has on page H1729 (PDF page 21, rotated) the row: Rural Development | Community Facilities | Brooks County VFW | VFW Lopez Williams Post | TX | 304,454 | House requester Gonzalez, Vicente | Origination H. Column headings: Agency, Account, Project, Recipient, Location, Amount Provided, Requestor(s) House and Senate, Origination. PDF SHA-256 9215a670933407a8d7346ee63dfe8b803494d5993a15ae3e5a65b254b3093821. H.R. 2471 became Public Law 117-103. Re-read on September 23, 2026 by OCR of the page turned upright; the row is as given.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts
H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2471
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Became Public Law 117-103 on March 15, 2022.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts
Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division L (document)
Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Submitted by Senator Leahy, December 20, 2022. The Transportation-HUD community project funding table has on page S9538 (PDF page 214, rotated) the row: Department of Housing and Urban Development | Community Development Fund | New VFW Post 8788 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8788 | TX | 750,000 | House requester Gonzalez, Vicente | Origination H. The GovInfo HTML prints the table as an image; the PDF carries a text layer. PDF SHA-256 82b45ef2eb706be327fc45884d3072aea3c40d689f1b2d08536841c196c90332. H.R. 2617 became Public Law 117-328.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts
H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Became Public Law 117-328 on December 29, 2022.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts
Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (document)
Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Submitted by Senator Murray, March 5, 2024, covering Divisions A to F. The Transportation-HUD community project funding table has on page S2158 (PDF page 936, rotated) the row: Department of Housing and Urban Development | Community Development Fund | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2410 | New VFW Post 2410 Building | TX | 850,000 | House requester Gonzalez | Origination H. The same page lists four more Gonzalez projects, $5,850,000 together. The HTML prints the table as "[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED]"; the page was read from the PDF image. PDF SHA-256 5f46243e2976b003c79c7a36e4713b90f49a1016e6fa846c7592a6767fc0e8d2. H.R. 4366 became Public Law 118-42. Re-read on September 23, 2026 by OCR of the page turned upright; the row is as given.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts
H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Became Public Law 118-42 on March 9, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Federal money for VFW posts
Roll Call 385, 2021, H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021385
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of November 19, 2021; the question was on passage; it passed 220-213. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: A $35 cap on insulin; Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr5376eh/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The engrossed text of November 19, 2021. Section 30604 would have barred group health plans and individual insurance from charging more than $35 a month for selected insulin products from 2023; sections 27001 and 139401 carry the same rule for other plan types. This version did not become law.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: A $35 cap on insulin; Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
H.R. 6101, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2021, as introducedhttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr6101ih/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The introduced text of December 1, 2021 reads "Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill". It amends section 1927(e) of the Social Security Act to require pass-through pricing in Medicaid contracts with pharmacy benefit managers. Congress.gov lists Carter as sponsor and Gonzalez as the only original cosponsor; referred to the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
H.R. 1613, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023, as introducedhttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr1613ih/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The introduced text of March 17, 2023 reads "Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Ross, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Auchincloss) introduced the following bill". Congress.gov lists Gonzalez first of five original cosponsors, 37 cosponsors in all; referred to the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr5378eh/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The engrossed text. Section 202, "Improving transparency and preventing the use of abusive spread pricing and related practices in Medicaid", amends the same section 1927(e) as the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act. The bill passed the House on December 11, 2023 and went no further. No spread-pricing provision was found in Public Law 119-21 or Public Law 119-75, searched by "spread pricing" and "1396r-8".
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
Roll Call 708, 2023, H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023708
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of December 11, 2023; the question was on suspending the rules and passing the bill as amended; it passed 320-71, with one Present. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
H.R. 4317, PBM Reform Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4317
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Buddy Carter of Georgia on July 10, 2025; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor, one of 70 cosponsors. The bill itself went no further, but its sections 2, 3 and 4 became law in Public Law 119-75.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
Public Law 119-75, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text, approved February 3, 2026. Division J carries sections 2, 3 and 4 of H.R. 4317 as sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 (the last adding ERISA section 726 and tax code section 9826). H.R. 4317's two Medicaid sections, 5 and 6, are not in it; "spread pricing" does not appear.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
Roll Call 45, 2026, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202645
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of January 22, 2026; the question was on passage; it passed 341-88. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
Roll Call 53, 2026, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202653
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of February 3, 2026; the question was on concurring in the Senate amendments; it passed 217-214. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
H.R. 6609, Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6609
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Jake Auchincloss on December 11, 2025; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. Referred to committee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
H.R. 6610, Pharmacists Fight Back in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6610
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Jake Auchincloss on December 11, 2025; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. Ordered reported, amended, 40-2.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
Vicente Gonzalez, cosponsored legislationhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581/cosponsored-legislation
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The whole list, 1,612 items, read to find the strongest support for his drug-price claim. More than twenty titles concern the price or coverage of prescription drugs, insulin or pharmacies, among them the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3, 116th Congress) and the Affordable Insulin Now Act (H.R. 1488, 118th).
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices
Roll Call 637, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017637
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of November 16, 2017; the question was on passage; it passed 227-205. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
Roll Call 692, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017692
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of December 19, 2017; the question was on agreeing to the conference report; it passed 227-203. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
Roll Call 699, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017699
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of December 20, 2017; the question was on concurring in the Senate amendment; it passed 224-201. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
Public Law 115-97, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-115publ97/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text, approved December 22, 2017. Section 11081, "Elimination of shared responsibility payment for individuals failing to maintain minimum essential coverage", sets the Affordable Care Act's individual-mandate penalty to zero per cent and $0 for months after December 31, 2018.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
Roll Call 49, 2021, H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202149
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of February 27, 2021; the question was on passage. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
Roll Call 72, 2021, H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of March 10, 2021; the question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment, the House's final vote. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-117publ2/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text. Section 9611 enlarged the child tax credit for 2021 only.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices
H.R. 6708, Student Loan Relief Act, 117th Congresshttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr6708ih/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Introduced text. Gonzalez is its only sponsor, on February 11, 2022. It directs the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay the lesser of $25,000 or a borrower's outstanding federal student loan balance. Referred to committee; no further action. He had introduced the same title in the 116th Congress as H.R. 8514.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt
H.R. 5013, Affordable Homeownership Access Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5013
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Gonzalez on August 13, 2021; referred to the Financial Services Committee. He had introduced the same title in the 116th Congress as H.R. 5614.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Legislation on homeownership
H.R. 7647, MORE Opportunities for Homeownership Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7647
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 23, 2026, with Brian Fitzpatrick as original cosponsor; referred to the Financial Services Committee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: Legislation on homeownership
Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/CREC-2026-01-22/granules/CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgH1353-2/htm
Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Submitted by Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, January 22, 2026, pages H1353 to H1909. Its community project funding tables list ten Community Development Fund projects with Gonzalez in the House requester column, from $250,000 to $2,000,000 and together $8,265,467. The statement covers four of the year's twelve bills, Divisions A to D; Division C, Homeland Security, is not in Public Law 119-75. Projects in the other bills are listed elsewhere and were not totalled.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: More than $8 billion for the region
H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: More than $8 billion for the region
Roll Call 52, 2024, H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202452
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of February 15, 2024; the question was on passage; it passed 224-200. Democrats voted 9-200. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville
H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7176
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsor August Pfluger of Texas. Passed the House on February 15, 2024; its action list shows no public law.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville
H.R. 7176, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr7176eh/htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
The engrossed text. Section 2 strikes the Natural Gas Act's separate export and import approval (section 3(a)-(c)), leaves the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alone to approve export and import facilities, including LNG terminals, and requires it to deem those exports and imports consistent with the public interest.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville
H.R. 9355, LNG For Allies Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9355
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsor August Pfluger of Texas, introduced November 22, 2022; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. The introduced text, BILLS-117hr9355ih on GovInfo, would amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of gas export applications to certain allies. It was referred to committee.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville
15 U.S.C. 717b, exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminalshttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717b&num=0&edition=prelim
Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act. Subsection (e)(1) gives the Commission exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion or operation of an LNG terminal.
official legislative record
For: Vicente Gonzalez: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville
ESPINOZA FOR TEXAS, Form 99 of January 29, 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Its text: "We didn't raise $5,000 by December 31, 2025". The committee lists him as its treasurer.
fec filing
For: Eddie Espinoza: A campaign that takes no PAC money
ESPINOZA FOR TEXAS, Form 99 of March 25, 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Its text: the campaign has not met the $5000 reporting threshold.
fec filing
For: Eddie Espinoza: A campaign that takes no PAC money
ESPINOZA FOR TEXAS, Form 99 of April 11, 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Its text: the committee has not met the $5,000 reporting threshold.
fec filing
For: Eddie Espinoza: A campaign that takes no PAC money
Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agendahttps://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-special-session-agenda-
Office of the Texas Governor · Published Jul 9, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Release of July 9, 2025 announcing the proclamation for the special session beginning July 21. One of its 18 items is a revised congressional redistricting plan.
official office record
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Eddie Espinoza, Statement of Candidacy (FEC Form 2)https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/H6TX34106/1914731/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Signed September 13, 2025: Green Party, House of Representatives, Texas district 34, designating Espinoza for Texas, C00919688, as principal committee.
fec filing
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026, amended (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Principal campaign committee only, covering April 1 to June 30, 2026. The amendment of September 10, 2026 is the version the FEC marks most recent; its totals are the same as the original filed July 15. The $591,622.27 of debt includes $576,500 he has lent the committee from his own funds in seven loans between July 31, 2025 and February 25, 2026. Committee C00912246; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-09-10; file 2011366; image 202609109904182045.
fec filing
For: Campaign finance
VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Principal campaign committee only, covering April 1 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026 and read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 as the most recent report of the period. The $425,000 of debt is what remains of a $750,000 loan he made to the committee from his own funds on August 31, 2022. Committee C00592659; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1997473; image 202607159890614693.
fec filing
For: Campaign finance

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