2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Tom Sell?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.4M
- Spent
- $2.2M
- Cash on hand
- $268K
- Individuals 71% $1.7M
- PACs & other committees 29% $703K
- Other receipts 0.1% $2,500
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $97K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $1.3M supporting · $81K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) $15K
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15K
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15K
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $15K
- WESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15K
Who gave.
Who gives $1.7M from individuals
0.6% in small-dollar gifts
$9,368 of $1.7M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
83% from Texas · 17% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Texas $1.3M
- Virginia $39K
- Indiana $21K
- South Carolina $17K
- District of Columbia $15K
- Puerto Rico $14K
- Minnesota $12K
- Oklahoma $12K
Top employers named by donors
- RED ROCK DAIRY $28K
- HARGROVE CROP INSURANCE $21K
- EDWARD JONES $11K
- CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $10K
- FOWLER AGENCY LLC $8,000
- FIRST FINANCIAL BANK $5,500
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC $4,000
- TOM SELL FOR CONGRESS $1,750
- REED FARMS $1,000
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $300K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.1M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 13, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (905 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $1.4M for / $81K against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $46K more than the $1.4M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
What it bought, per the late reports
- TV, radio & streaming TV 4% $57K
- Digital ads 18% $252K
- Ads, medium not stated 39% $541K
- Mail, print & signs 17% $234K
- Phones & texts 23% $320K
- Ad production 0.2% $2,500
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 20, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (23 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗
Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Where it went.
Where the money went $1.7M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.7M of the $2.2M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 77% $1.3M
- Consultants & strategy 4% $60K
- Fundraising & processing fees 6% $96K
- Polling, research & data 6% $96K
- Travel, meals & events 0.2% $3,568
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $22K
- Legal & compliance 0.9% $16K
- Other or unclassified 6% $108K
Largest payees
- POOLHOUSE AGENCY, LLC $964K
- TARGETED CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC $286K
- HARPER POLLING $85K
- LILLY AND COMPANY $68K
- SERVISFIRST BANKCARD $39K
Paid to individuals: $49K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Nov 16, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (215 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Jodey ArringtonRepublican · $943K raised
- Abraham EnriquezRepublican · $704K raised · $273K outside
- Matthew SmithRepublican · $376K raised
- Donald R MayRepublican · $255K raised
- Ryan ZinkRepublican · $54K raised
- Kyle RableDemocrat · $49K raised
- Jason CorleyRepublican · $42K raised
- James Bob BarbeeRepublican · $16K raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.