Texas · U.S. House · District 31 · 2026

Texas District 31 House race

General election in 50 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · Texas District 31 House race

John R. Carter has raised more than 3 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Texas District 31 House race, 2026 report raising $2.1M between them. John R. Carter reports $889,244 and Offer Shlomi reports $333,790, a gap of $555,454. Of what John R. Carter reports, 46% came from individuals and 54% from PACs. Outside groups spent for CARTER, JOHN R REP. ($55,000).

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.

John R. Carter

RIncumbent

R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 54% from PACs and 46% from individuals.

46% individuals54% PACs0% other

$889K

raised

Offer Shlomi

R · challenger

1% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 99% from other sources.

1% individuals0% PACs99% other

$334K

raised

Stuart Whitlow

D · challenger

8% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 92% from other sources.

8% individuals0% PACs92% other

$199K

raised

Raymond Hamden

R · challenger

24% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 76% from other sources.

24% individuals0% PACs76% other

$146K

raised

Justin Early

D · challenger

60% from individuals, 6% from PACs, and 34% from other sources.

60% individuals6% PACs34% other

$124K

raised

Valentina Gomez Noriega

R · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$123K

raised

Gregory Stoker

G · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

99% individuals0% PACs1% other

$79K

raised

Abhiram Garapati

R · challenger

Still has cash to spend. $39K on hand from $55K raised.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

$55K

raised

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Steven Dowell

R · challenger

43% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 57% from other sources.

43% individuals0% PACs57% other

$51K

raised

David Berry

R · challenger

30% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 70% from other sources.

30% individuals0% PACs70% other

$37K

raised

Elvis Lossa

R · challenger

20% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 80% from other sources.

20% individuals0% PACs80% other

$11K

raised

William Abel

R · challenger

20% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 80% from other sources.

20% individuals0% PACs80% other

$8K

raised

Michael Williams

R · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

raised

Where the money came from

$55K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$75K

Defense & Aerospace$38K

Small donors & unclassified$28K

Tech & Telecom$25K

Health & Pharma$18K

Banking & Financial$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND · super pac$55K
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC · pac$15K
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) · pac$10K
BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) · pac$10K
BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
CACI INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('CACI PAC') · pac$10K
CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

24%38%38%

24% PACs38% individuals38% other

The incumbent's record

John R. Carter is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)

$3.7M

$1.5M - $6.0M. up $575K since 2008.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Appropriations

Who funds them

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

Ideological / Leadership$75K

Defense & Aerospace$38K

Small donors & unclassified$28K

Tech & Telecom$25K

Health & Pharma$18K

Banking & Financial$10K

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

The tale of the tape

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

John R. Carter R · incumbent	vs	OS Offer Shlomi R · challenger
$889K	Raised	$334K
$171K	Cash on hand	$96
54%	From PACs	0%
46%	From individuals	1%
Ideological / Leadership	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No