2020 general election
Texas 3rd District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$5.3M was spent on the 2020 Texas 3rd District race: $4.8M raised by the campaigns, $1.2M of it from PACs, plus $575K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Van Taylor (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$5.3M
Raised by campaigns
$4.8M
PAC checks
$1.2M
Outside money
$575K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Van TaylorRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.1M
- Spent
- $3.3M
- From individuals
- $1.3M
- From PACs
- $970K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $511K
- Outside money for
- $570K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 31% of Taylor's money came from PACs
Corporate $398K (46%)Trade group $192K (22%)Leadership PAC $119K (14%)Membership $71K (8%)Union $5K (1%)Super PAC $7K (1%)Party $750 (0%)Other $69K (8%)
- National Apartment Association Trade group$15K
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Corporate$11K
- Experian North America Inc. Corporate$10K
- Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Membership$10K
- American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
- With Honor PAC Other$10K
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation Corporate$10K
- Naiop, Inc. Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- With Honor Fund, Inc. · $533K supporting
- Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC · $25K supporting
- National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · $6K supporting
- Freedomworks for America · $5K supporting
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $2K supporting
Lulu SeikalyDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $1.7M
- Spent
- $1.7M
- From individuals
- $1.5M
- From PACs
- $182K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $5K
- Outside money for
- $5K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 11% of Seikaly's money came from PACs
Leadership PAC $55K (35%)Membership $17K (11%)Union $32K (20%)Super PAC $10K (6%)Party $5K (3%)Other $40K (25%)
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union$5K
- Elect Democratic Women Other$5K
- Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America Leadership PAC$5K
- Iuoe Local 965 Pef Union$5K
- Cbcpac-Newdem Fund for the Majority Other$5K
- People First Future Other$5K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education Union$5K
- Backpac Leadership PAC$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- Her Time PAC · $5K supporting
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Texas 3rd District race?
- $5.3M was spent on the 2020 Texas 3rd District race: $4.8M raised by the campaigns, $1.2M of it from PACs, plus $575K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Van Taylor (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Texas 3rd District race?
- Van Taylor (Republican) raised $3.1M and had $570K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Texas 3rd District race?
- With Honor Fund, Inc. ($533K), Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC ($25K), National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee ($6K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Texas 3rd District race?
- National Apartment Association Political Action Committee gave $15K to Van Taylor; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company - PAC gave $11K to Van Taylor; Experian North America, Inc Political Action Committee (Experian PAC) gave $10K to Van Taylor.