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Carlos De La Cruz

Republican candidate · 2026 general election · Texas

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Carlos De La Cruz

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Jun 30, 2026. Covering the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Possibly out of date. last refreshed 2026-08-20

The 2026 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$1,048,751
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$765,713
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$195,000
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$776,362
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$272,389
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $1,048,751 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2026 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$765,71373.0%
PAC and other committee contributions$195,00018.6%
Party committee contributions$00.0%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$53,0005.1%
Other receipts, including transfers$35,0383.3%
Total receipts$1,048,751100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Jun 30, 2026 for the 2026 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2026 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$272,389
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$116,500
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$85
Contributions refunded to committees$0
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$34,933
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$960,628Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$53,000Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$85Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00922013, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 12R 2026 reported and what Q2 2026 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 12R 2026 reported through May 6, 2026 and Q2 2026 through Jun 30, 2026.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00922013
Measure12R 2026Reported through May 6, 2026Q2 2026Reported through Jun 30, 2026Change
Cash on hand at period end$132,892$272,389Up $139,497
Debts owed by the committee$176,883$116,500Down $60,383
Contribution refunds in the period$50$0Down $50

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $272,389 set beside the $237,806 this campaign spent during Q2 2026, through Jun 30, 2026, which is 1.1 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Carlos De La Cruz. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$2,351,990
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

Spent opposing

$12,285
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

What the money was spent on

These spending categories were produced by taxonomy spend-1.2 and the current rules are spend-1.3, so they are withheld until this record is refreshed.

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 49 shown $199,000 total · $60,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC C00639229$15,0007.5%3Jun 3, 2026
2KEEP TEXAS TEXAS PAC C00808717$15,0007.5%3Mar 26, 2026
3SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC C00570226$10,0005.0%2Mar 16, 2026
4ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC C00592089$10,0005.0%2Mar 17, 2026
5HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST C00809970$10,0005.0%2Jun 17, 2026
Show the complete list of 49 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Carlos De La Cruz

All 3 shown $2,351,990 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC C00928390$1,492,32163.4%14May 15, 2026
2DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS C00836221$616,38526.2%5May 19, 2026
3Strong PAC C00937094$243,28310.3%8Feb 23, 2026

Opposing Carlos De La Cruz

1 organization shown $12,285 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending opposing this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1PROTECT AND SERVE PAC C00716704$12,285100.0%1May 18, 2026

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Carlos De La Cruz and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Carlos De La Cruz

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Broadcast, cable, and radio advertising $904,14238.4%5
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $524,08022.3%3
Digital and online advertising $503,54721.4%6
Direct mail $408,73817.4%10
Phone calls and text messages $11,4830.5%3
Classified$2,351,990100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$2,351,990100%27

Opposing Carlos De La Cruz

Independent spending opposing this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Direct mail $12,285100.0%1
Classified$12,285100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$12,285100%1

Fundraising channels

Some money arrives through a committee that raised or collected it rather than from a committee that decided to give it. Those committees are listed here instead of among the political committees that contributed, because calling a payment processor or a shared fundraising account a donor would say something the filings do not. None of this is added to, or subtracted from, any total above.

Joint fundraising committees

A joint fundraising committee raises money for several campaigns at once and passes each participant its share. The amounts below are what each committee reported transferring to this campaign. The underlying contributions were made by individuals and committees to the joint effort, so a transfer is jointly raised money arriving, not a committee funding Carlos De La Cruz.

1 organization shown $2,500 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Joint fundraising committees ranked by the amount they reported transferring
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1THE GUARDIAN FUND C00493221$2,500100.0%1Mar 20, 2026

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2026 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Carlos De La Cruz

Committees itemized $199,000 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Leadership PACs $93,00046.7%2230
Non-connected committees $53,00026.6%915
Other candidates' committees $45,00022.6%1520
Corporate PACs $7,0003.5%23
Membership organization PACs $1,0000.5%11
Itemized total for this direction$199,000

Spent supporting Carlos De La Cruz

Committees itemized $2,351,990 in independent spending supporting Carlos De La Cruz.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $2,351,990100.0%327
Itemized total for this direction$2,351,990

Spent opposing Carlos De La Cruz

Committees itemized $12,285 in independent spending opposing Carlos De La Cruz.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $12,285100.0%11
Itemized total for this direction$12,285

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Carlos De La Cruz

Committees itemized $199,000 in contributions to this campaign. $138,000 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $61,000, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $7,000 and committees not yet categorized account for $54,000.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Mining Energy and natural resources $6,0009.8%12
Automotive Transportation $1,0001.6%11
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $138,000Not applicable3750
Committees not yet categorized $54,00088.5%1016
Base the shares are taken over$61,000100%
Itemized total for this direction$199,000

Spent supporting Carlos De La Cruz

Committees itemized $2,351,990 in independent spending supporting Carlos De La Cruz. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $2,108,707 and committees not yet categorized account for $243,283.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue $1,492,32163.4%114
Cryptocurrency and blockchain Finance, insurance, and real estate $616,38526.2%15
Committees not yet categorized $243,28310.3%18
Base the shares are taken over$2,351,990100%
Itemized total for this direction$2,351,990

Spent opposing Carlos De La Cruz

Committees itemized $12,285 in independent spending opposing Carlos De La Cruz. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $12,285.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Committees not yet categorized $12,285100.0%11
Base the shares are taken over$12,285100%
Itemized total for this direction$12,285

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$67,000
Across 10 notices, received Feb 12, 2026 to May 22, 2026

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on May 23, 2026. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Carlos De La Cruz's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2026 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
May 23, 2026$7,0003May 21 to May 22, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 21, 2026$5,5003May 19 to May 19, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 19, 2026$3,0003May 18 to May 18, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 17, 2026$3,5001May 15 to May 15, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 15, 2026$8,0004May 13 to May 13, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Feb 28, 2026$7,0002Feb 26 to Feb 26, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Feb 26, 2026$6,5002Feb 24 to Feb 24, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Feb 21, 2026$13,0004Feb 19 to Feb 19, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Feb 18, 2026$3,5001Feb 17 to Feb 17, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Feb 14, 2026$10,0006Feb 12 to Feb 13, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $523,761 of the $800,646 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 2,721 itemized contributions.

From Texas

$414,880
79.2% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$108,881
20.8% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside Texas is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2026 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$523,7612,721100.0%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 40 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • Texas this campaign's state $414,880
  • Alabama $11,443
  • Ohio $11,379
  • Virginia $10,847
  • Massachusetts $10,184
  • Florida $10,117
  • California $9,414
  • Pennsylvania $5,206
  • Arizona $4,495
  • Kansas $4,398
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2026 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
Texas this campaign's state$414,88084679.2%
Alabama$11,443412.2%
Ohio$11,379242.2%
Virginia$10,8471042.1%
Massachusetts$10,184591.9%
Florida$10,1172621.9%
California$9,4142481.8%
Pennsylvania$5,206731.0%
Arizona$4,495770.9%
Kansas$4,398990.8%
New York$4,316500.8%
Tennessee$4,0191120.8%
Missouri$3,50010.7%
Illinois$3,1771730.6%
South Carolina$2,127680.4%
District of Columbia$2,00020.4%
Georgia$1,807350.3%
Indiana$1,622290.3%
New Mexico$1,598260.3%
North Carolina$909160.2%
Oklahoma$750210.1%
New Jersey$694450.1%
Michigan$526170.1%
Wisconsin$524300.1%
Mississippi$465170.1%
Louisiana$421150.1%
Nevada$402930.1%
Nebraska$350110.1%
Idaho$311300.1%
Iowa$2501<0.1%
South Dakota$24420<0.1%
West Virginia$22212<0.1%
Oregon$21622<0.1%
Maine$2158<0.1%
Connecticut$2004<0.1%
Minnesota$1897<0.1%
Hawaii$12811<0.1%
Utah$855<0.1%
Colorado$725<0.1%
New Hampshire$592<0.1%
Reported with a place$523,7612,721100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2026 cycle: 259 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $1,048,751
  • Cohort median $89,281
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,048,751
Lowest in the cohort-$26
25th percentile$13,215
Median$89,281
75th percentile$514,776
Highest in the cohort$8,056,948
Campaigns counted259

213 of the 259 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 82th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 18.6%
  • Cohort median 0.0%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign18.6%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile0.0%
Median0.0%
75th percentile6.0%
Highest in the cohort85.8%
Campaigns counted240

202 of the 240 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 84th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $272,389
  • Cohort median $2,086
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$272,389
Lowest in the cohort-$44,709
25th percentile$0
Median$2,086
75th percentile$68,408
Highest in the cohort$6,389,992
Campaigns counted259

225 of the 259 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 87th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $2,351,990
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$2,351,990
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$7,061,640
Campaigns counted259

255 of the 259 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 98th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $12,285
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$12,285
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$1,842,767
Campaigns counted259

244 of the 259 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 94th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.