Texas · U.S. House · District 19 · 2026

Texas District 19 House race

General election in 52 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · Texas District 19 House race

Tom Sell has raised more than 2 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Texas District 19 House race, 2026 report raising $4.5M between them. Tom Sell reports $2.1M and Jodey C. Arrington reports $914,094, a gap of $1.2M. Of what Tom Sell reports, 75% came from individuals and 24% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Tom Sell

R · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 24% from PACs and 75% from individuals.

75% individuals24% PACs1% other

$2.1M

raised

Jodey C. Arrington

RIncumbent

R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 68% from PACs and 27% from individuals.

27% individuals68% PACs5% other

$914K

raised

Abraham Enriquez

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 85% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

85% individuals0% PACs15% other

$704K

raised

Matthew Smith

R · challenger

13% from individuals, 2% from PACs, and 85% from other sources.

13% individuals2% PACs85% other

$376K

raised

Donald May

R · challenger

2% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 98% from other sources.

2% individuals0% PACs98% other

$255K

raised

Ryan Zink

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$54K

raised

Jason Corley

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 88% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

88% individuals0% PACs12% other

$42K

raised

Kyle Rable

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 96% from individuals and 3% from PACs.

96% individuals3% PACs1% other

$31K

raised

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James Barbee

R · challenger

0% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 100% from other sources.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

$16K

raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Energy & Utilities$20K

Banking & Financial$10K

Small donors & unclassified$10K

Health & Pharma$10K

Agriculture$10K

Insurance$5K

Ideological / Leadership$5K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. · pac$5K
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) · pac$5K
AMERICAN FUELS AND PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFPMPAC) · pac$5K
ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC) · pac$5K
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) · pac$5K
HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$5K
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MPAC) · pac$5K
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) · pac$5K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

26%58%16%

26% PACs58% individuals16% other

The incumbent's record

Jodey C. Arrington is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)

$483K

−$71K - $1.0M. down $611K since 2017.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on the Budget · Chair
Joint Economic Committee
House Committee on Ways and Means

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Energy & Utilities$20K

Banking & Financial$10K

Small donors & unclassified$10K

Health & Pharma$10K

Agriculture$10K

Insurance$5K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Tom Sell R · challenger TS	vs	Jodey C. Arrington R · incumbent
$2.1M	Raised	$914K
$385K	Cash on hand	$1.6M
24%	From PACs	68%
75%	From individuals	27%
Too few to rank	Top donor sector	Energy & Utilities
No	Incumbent	Yes