Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, currently holds this House seat and is running for re-election. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, has taken $40,650 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Edgardo Rafael Báez, a Republican, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in available records.
Key issues in Texas
Major issues facing Texas, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
Affordability and rising prices — Rising prices top voter concerns, with groceries, healthcare and gasoline the most-cited household budget pressures.
Electricity costs and grid — Voters want lower power bills amid ongoing questions about grid reliability and winterization after extreme weather.
Water infrastructure — Rapid growth and recurring drought push leaders to fund new water supply and infrastructure projects.
School voucher rollout — The new $1 billion Education Freedom Accounts program drew over 270,000 applications against limited capacity.
Education outcomes — Voters broadly agree students should read and do math at grade level, with school performance under scrutiny.
Immigration and border — Border security ranks among voters' top issues, shaping debate over state enforcement spending and policy.
Candidates & funding
Joaquin Castro DemocratNominee
AIPAC-linked $40,650FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC-linked contributions $40,650, career 2022-2026. Source: FEC via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$514,776 raised · $499,054 spent · $154,380 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Joaquin Castro D
Edgardo Rafael Báez R
Raised
$515K
$49K
Individuals
$374K73%
$16K33%
PACs & parties
$141K27%
$5001%
Self-funded
$0
$32K66%
Other
$30%
$0
AIPAC-linked*
$41K
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Outside spending†
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* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Joaquin Castro310 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$515K
Campaign spent$499K
Cash on hand$154K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals73%
PACs / committees27%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
Trade association PAC$10K
Individual$9K
Individual$8K
Membership PAC$8K
PAC$8K
Labor PAC$8K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$6K
Individual$6K
Individual$6K
Individual$6K
Labor PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Cooperative PAC$5K
Membership PAC$5K
Labor PAC$5K
Labor PAC$5K
PAC$5K
Labor PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Labor PAC$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Corporate PAC$4K
PAC$4K
Labor PAC$4K
Individual$3K
Showing the 50 biggest of 310 donors. The other 260 gave $227K combined.
Plus $47K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.