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Texas District 9 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Texas District 9

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U.S. House, Texas District 9 · Open seat
DEMNominee
Leticia Gutierrez
27%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Alex Mealer
73%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentNot available

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
73% Alex Mealer · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP Alex Mealer 73%
DEM Leticia Gutierrez 27%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Prior result, this seat Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMGutierrezREPMealer
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Leticia Gutierrez$215,052.56
Alex Mealer$2,782,239.54
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Leticia Gutierrez$104,160.83
Alex Mealer$2,580,967.94
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Leticia Gutierrez$110,891.73
Alex Mealer$201,271.60
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Leticia GutierrezNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Alex MealerNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Leticia GutierrezNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Alex MealerNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    not available

    Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.

    Prior result, this seat

    not available

    Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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