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Texas House District 37 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

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Lloyd Doggett (DEM, incumbent), Ge'nell Gary (REP), Greg Casar (DEM), Janet Malzahn (REP), Lauren Pena (REP). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration	Register by Mon, Oct 5 (30th day before Election Day, moved to the next business day. Mailed applications must be postmarked by the deadline. New registrations are on paper; online is only for updating an existing record.) (passed)Source: votetexas.gov ↗
Early voting in person	Mon, Oct 19 to Fri, Oct 30 (passed)Source: sos.state.tx.us ↗
By mail	Mail voting needs a reason the state accepts (Only these voters qualify: away from the county, sick or disabled, expecting to give birth within 3 weeks of Election Day, 65 or older, or confined in jail or involuntary civil commitment); request a ballot by Fri, Oct 23 (Must be received by this date; a postmark does not count); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by 7 pm on Election Day, or postmarked by 7 pm on Election Day and received by 5 pm on Nov 4) (passed)Source: sos.state.tx.us ↗Source: votetexas.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (passed)Source: votetexas.gov ↗
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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Lloyd Doggett (DEM, incumbent)

Raised: $471K through 2026-09-30 individuals $76K · PACs $150K · cash on hand $6.3M
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

66 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $4,500
ALZHEIMER'S IMPACT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC $1,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC $2,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS $2,000
AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC (AKA AMBU-PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS PAC $2,000
AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOC. PAC (ACA-PAC) $2,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC $1,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC. PAC $5,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY - RAD PAC $2,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOC. PAC $2,000
AMERICAN DENTAL PAC $1,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFGE $2,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) PAC $5,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS PAC $5,000
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC PAC $1,000
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION PAC $2,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS $2,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CONSULTANT PHARMACISTS PAC $500
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ACTION FUND PAC $1,000
ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $1,000
BOILERMAKERS-BLACKSMITHS LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION ACTION PROGRAM (LEAP) $3,000
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
COMMITTEE ORGANIZED FOR THE TRADING OF COTTON PAC OF THE AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIAT $1,000
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA CWA-COPE PCC $2,000
CORPORATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PSYCHIATRY PAC (CAPPAC) $2,000
CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $5,000
DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
DRIVE (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) $2,500
FAA MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $1,000
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC $1,000
HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC $2,500
HUSCH BLACKWELL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
INTL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW)-COPE PAC $5,000
IRONWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $2,000
JSTREETPAC $491
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POL. LEAGUE OF THE INT'L ASSOC. OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
MUTUAL OF OMAHA COMPANIES PAC (IMPAC) $1,000
NAL. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOC. PAC $4,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) $1,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS $238
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EMS PAC $1,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS' ASSN PAC-NBWA $5,000
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $2,500
NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $2,000
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE PAC / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $1,000
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC $1,000
OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE) $5,000
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $2,500
SHEET METAL WORKERS' INT'L ASSOC. PAL $5,000
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. PAC (AOTPAC) $5,000
THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $1,000
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) PAC $1,000
US ONCOLOGY INC. NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Ge'nell Gary (REP)

Raised: $11K through 2026-06-30 individuals $10K · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $600 · cash on hand $0
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Greg Casar (DEM)

Raised: $1.4M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.0M · PACs $304K · from the candidate's other committees $40K · cash on hand $544K
Outside spending: $38 supporting Casar · latest reported 2025-08-02
Largest outside spenders: THE PEOPLE UNITED PAC — $38 supporting Casar

Bundled through PACs: $14K through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 JSTREETPAC — $14K from 26 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC

71 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

A NEW POLICY PAC $190
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $6,000
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $750
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $5,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $2,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC $2,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - P.E.O.P.L.E., NATIONAL $10K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $1,000
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC $1,000
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND $2,500
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $5,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) $5,000
DEFEND THE VOTE $5,000
DEMAND JUSTICE PAC $5,000
DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $1,000
DEMOCRATIC ACTION NETWORK $1,000
DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $2,000
END CITIZENS UNITED $2,500
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $5,000
HUSCH BLACKWELL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) $1,000
INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $5,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $1,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS IRON SHIP BUILDERS BLACKSMITHS FORGERS & HELPERS $3,500
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC $5,000
JSTREETPAC $2,500
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC $2,500
JUSTICE LEAGUE PAC $3,500
KPW PAC $1,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $3,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $10K
MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESS $4,000
MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) $2,500
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $7,500
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED $1,000
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
NEA ADVOCACY FUND $5,000
NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $1,000
NOT SO OLD FASHIONED PAC $3,500
OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE) $5,000
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $5,000
PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $2,000
REGINA HINOJOSA CAMPAIGN FUND $250
ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000
SCHOOLSFIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC $30
SECURE PAC $1,000
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $10K
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $2,500
TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE, INC. TEXAS HOME CARE & HOSPICE PAC- FEDERAL $1,000
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA $4,000
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) $5,000
UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW $5,000
UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $5,000
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $5,000
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $1,500
WAY TO LEAD PAC $3,500
YINZER PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Janet Malzahn (REP)

Raised: $5,332 through 2026-09-30 individuals $3,332 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $2,000 · cash on hand $402
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Lauren Pena (REP)

Raised: $132K through 2026-10-14 individuals $127K · PACs $0 · party $5,000 · cash on hand $4,454
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

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