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Texas · U.S. House · District 36 · 2026

Texas District 36 House race

General election in 52 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Texas District 36 House race

Brian Babin has raised more than 3 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Texas District 36 House race, 2026 report raising $934,167 between them. Brian Babin reports $703,182 and Doug Rogers reports $230,985, a gap of $472,197. Of what Brian Babin reports, 33% came from individuals and 61% 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.

Brian Babin

Brian Babin

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 61% from PACs and 33% from individuals.

33% individuals61% PACs6% other
$703K
raised
DR

Doug Rogers

D
D · challenger

13% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 87% from other sources.

13% individuals0% PACs87% other
$231K
raised
RH

Rhonda Hart

D
D · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other
$0
raised

Where the money came from

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

Defense & Aerospace$26K
Energy & Utilities$18K
Tech & Telecom$16K
Small donors & unclassified$10K
Ideological / Leadership$10K
Agriculture$10K
Health & Pharma$8K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC · pac$10K
  • ANTI-WOKE FUND · super pac$10K
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC · pac$10K
  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC · company$10K
  • TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$8K
  • CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC · pac$8K
  • DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$6K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

46%28%26%
46% PACs28% individuals26% other

The incumbent's record

Brian Babin is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)
$4.1M
$2.3M - $6.0M. up $2.5M since 2015.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
2
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Chair
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Who funds them

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

Defense & Aerospace$26K
Energy & Utilities$18K
Tech & Telecom$16K
Small donors & unclassified$10K
Ideological / Leadership$10K
Agriculture$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.

Brian Babin
R · incumbent
Brian Babin
vs
DR
Doug Rogers
D · challenger
$703K
Raised
$231K
$909K
Cash on hand
$0
61%
From PACs
0%
33%
From individuals
13%
Defense & Aerospace
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No