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Texas District 15 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Texas District 15

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U.S. House, Texas District 15 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Bobby Pulido
72%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Monica De La Cruz incumbent
28%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentMonica De La Cruz

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
72% Bobby Pulido · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Bobby Pulido 72%
REP Monica De La Cruz 28%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Pulido 51.0% · Cruz 44.0% Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center / San Antonio Express-News; El País; Puente News Collaborative · 2026-10-16
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
MeasureDEMPulidoREPCruz
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Bobby Pulido$6,819,246.79
Monica De La Cruz$6,814,266.73
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Bobby Pulido$5,549,792.34
Monica De La Cruz$7,034,424.76
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Bobby Pulido$1,269,454.45
Monica De La Cruz$393,811.86
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Bobby Pulido51.0%Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center · 2026-10-16
Monica De La Cruz44.0%Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center · 2026-10-16
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Bobby PulidoNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Monica De La CruzNot 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

5 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-16
Pollster / sponsorField datesSamplePulidoCruzOthers
Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center2026-10-13 to 2026-10-16LV51.0%44.0%none
Normington, Petts & Associates2026-09-24 to 2026-09-28LV · n=40054.0%41.0%none
Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center2026-07-27 to 2026-07-30LV · n=70050.0%45.0%none
Applecart2026-05-18 to 2026-05-25LV · n=80248.0%46.0%none
Public Policy Polling2025-09-10 to 2025-09-11LV · n=53338.0%41.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    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) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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