Campaign money · 2025–2026 cycle
Who's Funding Pete Sessions?
Pete Sessions’s campaign for Texas’s 17th Congressional District has reported raising $1,323,420 through October 14, 2026. That includes $615,105 (46%) in itemized individual contributions, $5,583 (0.4%) in unitemized gifts of $200 or less, $659,162 from PACs, party and other committees and $10 from the candidate in contributions and loans. Itemized contributions name each contributor; the rankings below are built from them.
At a glance
Total raised$1,323,420January 1, 2025 – October 14, 2026
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| PACs and other committees | $659,162 | 50% |
| Individuals giving over $200 | $615,105 | 46% |
| Individuals giving $200 or less | $5,583 | 0.4% |
| The candidate’s own money | $10 | <0.1% |
| Other receipts | $43,560 | 3.3% |
The leader in each category
Itemized contributions, 2025–2026 cycle
- Top individualSnehal Patel$10,500 · 1.8% of $586,034
- Top committeeDEMOCRACY ENGINE, PAC$7,200 · 5.7% of $126,985
- Top employerU.S. Energy Stream, Inc.$10,000 · 1.7% of $583,534
- Top occupationManager$252,384 · 43% of $583,534
- Top industryFinance, Insurance & Real Estate$49,250 · 18% of $271,184
- Top stateTexas$330,800 · 56% of $586,034
Top individual contributors
The largest individual contributor to Sessions’s campaign is Snehal Patel, who gave $10,500 across 3 contributions. Brady Knowlton gave $8,500.
Sessions’s top individual contributors
- Snehal Patel$10.5K3 contributions
- Brady Knowlton$8,5002 contributions
- Karen Howard$7,5004 contributions
- Ronald Vance Howard$7,5004 contributions
- Chandrant Akshar$7,0002 contributions
- D. Andrew Beal$7,0002 contributions
- Abraham Brauner Wieder$7,0002 contributions
- Sara Brauner$7,0002 contributions
- Kenneth Fisher$7,0002 contributions
- Sherrilyn Fisher$7,0002 contributions
Top committee contributors
PACs, party committees and other committees gave $126,985 in itemized contributions. The largest is DEMOCRACY ENGINE, PAC, at $7,200 across 2 contributions. AIPAC PAC CONDUIT follows with $5,035. A joint fundraising committee passes along money it raised from many individuals, so its total here is not one contributor’s money.
Sessions’s top committee contributors
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, PAC$7,2002 contributions
- AIPAC PAC CONDUIT$5,0354 contributions
- BANKPAC$5,0003 contributions
- HILTOP HOLDINGS INC PAC$5,0001 contribution
- LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL FUND$5,0001 contribution
- MR. SMITH PAC$5,0001 contribution
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC (RPAC)$5,0001 contribution
- TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE PAC$5,0001 contribution
- AICPA PAC$3,5001 contribution
- JEWELERS OF AMERICA INC. PAC (JAPAC)$3,0001 contribution
Top employers
The leading named employer is U.S. Energy Stream, Inc.: contributors who work there gave $10,000 across 11 contributions. Monarch Financial is next at $8,500. Contributors who reported being unemployed, retired or self-employed gave $121,500 (21% of itemized individual dollars). Employers are as each contributor reported them; a company named here did not give itself.
Sessions’s top employers
- Self-employed$66.6K51 contributions
- Retired$31.1K26 contributions
- Not Reported$23.9K20 contributions
- U.S. Energy Stream, Inc.$10K11 contributions
- Monarch Financial$8,5002 contributions
- bankers life$7,5004 contributions
- SUGAR & SPICE BAKERY$7,5004 contributions
- ABC Supply Co., Inc.$7,0002 contributions
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP$7,0002 contributions
- ASCENSION BIOLOGICS LLC$7,0002 contributions
Top occupations
Among named occupations, contributors listing “Manager” gave the most: $252,384 across 152 contributions. “Attorney” follows at $39,750. Contributors reporting no occupation, or being retired, gave $80,700 (14% of itemized individual dollars).
Sessions’s top occupations
- Manager$252.4K152 contributions
- Retired$50K41 contributions
- Attorney$39.8K39 contributions
- Homemaker$17.8K8 contributions
- Physician$14.5K17 contributions
- Producer$14K4 contributions
- Self-employed$13K6 contributions
- Banker$12.5K5 contributions
- Consultant$12.3K13 contributions
- Real Estate$11.6K9 contributions
Top industries
Classified by contributors’ employers, the largest industry is Finance, Insurance & Real Estate, at $49,250 (8.4% of itemized individual dollars). Legal & Professional Services follows with $23,500. Contributors with no employer to classify, or self-employed, gave $127,500 (22% of itemized individual dollars).
Sessions’s top industries
- Self-Employed & Freelance$66.6K51 contributions
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$49.3K24 contributions
- Retired$31.1K26 contributions
- Not Reported$23.9K20 contributions
- Legal & Professional Services$23.5K24 contributions
- Government Relations and Lobbying Services$15.3K17 contributions
- Wholesale & Distribution$12.5K5 contributions
- Energy, Utilities & Mining$9,5005 contributions
- Diversified Holdings$6,0002 contributions
- Homemaker$6,0002 contributions
Top states
Texas contributors gave the most, $330,800 (56% of itemized individual dollars). That is the state Sessions is running in; 44% of itemized individual dollars came from outside it.
Sessions’s top states
- Texas$330.8K244 contributions
- New York$53.5K19 contributions
- New Jersey$32.5K11 contributions
- California$29.5K15 contributions
- Virginia$24.5K31 contributions
- Florida$17.8K10 contributions
- Louisiana$17.5K5 contributions
- District of Columbia$12.8K19 contributions
- Illinois$12.5K6 contributions
- Indiana$7,5004 contributions
About the data
Totals raised come from the FEC's summary of every committee authorized by Pete Sessions. The rankings cover the itemized contributions reported by the principal campaign committee (PETE SESSIONS FOR CONGRESS), net of refunds and excluding memo entries. A contribution made through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed is reported under the person who gave it.
Industries are assigned from each contributor's reported employer. Figures change as the campaign files new and amended reports.
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