About this office
Texas is divided into 38 areas called districts, each with about 800,000 people. Every two years your district elects one U.S. Representative — one of 435 in Washington, and the only one who answers to you. They vote on laws that touch your health care, your taxes and your rights.
Candidates
Shaun FinnieShaun Finnie moved to Texas from Canada and spent three decades working as an investment banker before running for Congress.
About Shaun
Finnie holds a bachelor's degree, a graduate degree, and a law degree, all from Northwestern University, and built his career in energy-sector investment banking. He's running as a pragmatic Democrat focused on lowering healthcare costs, protecting Social Security and Medicare, and defending reproductive freedom in a district long represented by conservative lawmakers.
Steve TothSteve Toth spent years as a pastor at a Woodlands megachurch before going into politics and running a swimming pool company.
About Steve
Toth, a former pastor and owner of a pool-supply business in The Woodlands, has served in the Texas House since 2013 representing the area north of Houston. In March 2026 he beat sitting U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw in the Republican primary by campaigning further to the right on border security and conservative social issues, and has said he plans to join the House Freedom Caucus if elected.