MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Texas · District 18 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH6TX18232

Overview

Raised: $3.8M
Spent: $3.7M
Cash on hand: $77.7K
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+62.0

VotePredictor gives Christian D. Menefee a 99% chance of winning as of November 9, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Christian D. Menefee’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 9, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

4 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

2 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 1 fundraising patterns

Fundraising pattern for review →Cluster total: $24,950
Multiple reported donors associated with the same normalized employer gave to this recipient on one date. Repeated amounts and concentration within the loaded cycle warrant a review of possible fundraising activity. The pattern does not establish a bundler, coordination or wrongdoing.
Evidence date: Apr 11, 2025
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $2,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Apr 16, 2026
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $1,000
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Jan 23, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 2 notice(s) to CHRISTIAN D. MENEFEE FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-01, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 1, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Texas · District 18
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: CHRISTIAN D. MENEFEE FOR CONGRESS (C00899831)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Christian D. Menefee? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2.7M
Unitemized individual contributions$714.6K
Other committees$292.4K
Candidate contributions$100

Top contributors

SAMUELS, BENJAMIN100% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$24.5K6 contributions
KIRK, ALLANDemocraticDerived from contributions$17.5K4 contributions
MCCARTHY, PETER

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$3.6M
Contribution refunds$31.7K
Other disbursements$55.9K

Largest operating payments

BUYING TIME MEDIA$200KMEDIA TIME BUY · Oct 24, 2025
BUYING TIME MEDIA$200KMEDIA TIME BUY · Oct 10, 2025
BUYING TIME MEDIA$135KMEDIA TIME BUY · Jan 23, 2026
BUYING TIME MEDIA$120KMEDIA TIME BUY · Feb 23, 2026
BUYING TIME MEDIA$100KMEDIA TIME BUY · May 15, 2026
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS$100KFUNDRAISING · Apr 11, 2025
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS$86.1KFUNDRAISING · Feb 4, 2026
BUYING TIME MEDIA$75KMEDIA TIME BUY · Oct 20, 2025
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Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Mar 25	$218,406	$0
Apr 25	$93,518	$0
May 25	$135,948	$0
Jun 25	$248,124	$0
Jul 25	$38,940	$0
Aug 25	$80,283	$0
Sep 25	$160,334	$0
Oct 25	$270,945	$0
Nov 25	$170,780	$0
Dec 25	$124,280	$0
Jan 26	$260,697	$0
Feb 26	$364,779	$0
Mar 26	$205,963	$0
Apr 26	$138,978	$0
May 26	$147,480	$0
Jun 26	$11,330	$0

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Texas · District 18
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: HOUSTON
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

CHRISTIAN D. MENEFEE FOR CONGRESSC00899831 Authorized candidateMENEFEE, CHRISTIANH6TX18232
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Mar 5, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $31,656
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash86104ab93e4f83177b8a3f29f29b58e51bab771716bd295a02106332dcdeaa88

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MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

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Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

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Money network