Joshua Cortez
Running for U.S. House District 35 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$265K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Joshua Cortez is a Republican candidate for U.S. House District 35 in Texas in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $265,463 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.
Data last updated July 2026.
Joshua Cortez (Republican) ran for U.S. House in Texas' 35th Congressional District in 2026 and lost the Republican primary on March 3, 2026. He graduated from Baylor University in 2006 and from the University of Virginia in 2020, and later attended the Harvard Kennedy School, graduating in 2025. Cortez previously taught at the University of North Texas, served on the staff of U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, and has worked as a rancher and the founder of a tech company.
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95% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$265K
Total raised
$265K
Total spent
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Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.
Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC