Who's In the Race

Republican August Pfluger and Democrat Claire Reynolds will face off in the general election for Texas's 11th U.S. House District. Pfluger is the incumbent and has held the seat since at least the 2024 cycle. Reynolds won the Democratic primary on March 3, taking 57.6 percent of the vote over Pedro Ruiz. Pfluger ran unopposed in the Republican primary. The general election will take place on Nov. 3.

What They Stand For

Pfluger's campaign site says he supports securing the southern border to protect citizens from drug cartels, human traffickers, and illegal immigrants, backs President Trump's plan to secure the border, and supports using Permian Basin energy production to advance American energy.

Reynolds's campaign platform focuses on health care, abortion rights, and immigration reform. She supports moving toward a single-payer health insurance system modeled on Medicare for All, making abortion in Texas safe, legal, and rare, and securing the border while reforming the broader immigration system. Reynolds describes the 11th District as deeply conservative and says she is running to challenge what she calls entrenched interests that gerrymandered the district.

The Money Behind the Race

Outside spending in the race totals $53.71, all of it supporting Republican August Pfluger, and all of it comes from the Texas Alliance for Life Fed PAC, which has five associated records in the data as of Oct. 5. The committee totals below show combined amounts and do not indicate direction on their own.

| Party | Total | Count |
| ----- | ----: | ----: |
| REP | 53.71 | 5 |

| Support/opposition | Total | Count |
| ------------------ | ----: | ----: |
| support | 53.71 | 5 |

| Committee | Total | Count |
| ------------------------------- | ----: | ----: |
| TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC | 53.71 | 5 |

Race Outlook: Ratings and Betting Markets

The Cook Political Report rated the race Solid Republican as of Sept. 25, Sabato's Crystal Ball gave it the same rating as of Sept. 29, and Inside Elections did the same as of Oct. 2. Prediction market Kalshi put the Republican's probability of winning at 96 percent as of Oct. 5, 2026, with the Democrat at about four percent.

In 2022, Republican August Pfluger won Texas's 11th U.S. House District with 100 percent of the vote. The 2024 district-level result is not available in the race record. Statewide, Republicans won 21 of 34 federal congressional races in Texas in 2022 and 23 of 36 in 2024. In the 2024 presidential race, Republican Donald J. Trump carried Texas with 56.14 percent of the vote.

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