Texas 37th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

DGreg Casar
$1.17M
RLauren Peña
$118K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Greg Casar	D	$1,172,881	$0	$0	9%
Lauren Peña	R	$117,890	$0	$0	29%

$1.29M

Raised by candidates

$1.06M

Spent by candidates

Outside spending

0 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Greg Casar (D)	$1.17M	$889K	$251K	9%	59%	$947K	640
Lauren Peña (R)	$118K	$118K	$0	29%	51%	$117K	55

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.

No independent expenditures reported in this race yet.

Candidates

Greg Casar

D Democrat

Raised: $1.17M
Small-dollar: 9%
In-state: 59%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Backed by End Citizens United Backed by Justice Democrats Backed by the Working Families Party Union PAC money Accepted gifts or sponsored travel

Lauren Peña

R Republican

Raised: $118K
Small-dollar: 29%
In-state: 51%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.