Texas 11th District
August Pfluger (R) holds this seat and is running again. 2 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.
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August Pfluger
Republican · holds this seat today
ALiberty Score AOn the liberty side in 122 of 128 votes and bills.
Raised $3,609,434 since January 2025: 71% transfers and other income, 23% from people, 6% from PACs and other committees. The filing at FEC.gov
Claire Reynolds
Democrat · state bar attorney, former public affairs counsel
No gradeNo grade yetI have no votes in Congress to count for Reynolds, and what Reynolds has said and done settles only 3 of my principles. I went through it on October 31. A grade needs 4.
Raised $128,535 since January 2025: 95% from people, 5% from PACs and other committees. The filing at FEC.gov
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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.
Claire Reynolds, on the record
I have no votes in Congress to count for Reynolds, so the grade above comes from this list: what Reynolds has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.
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Her campaign home page blames the war with the Islamic Republic for higher gas prices and says Congress can require the President to end it.
“Congress has the chance to require the President to end the conflict, and August Pfluger voted no.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Backing a congressional requirement to end the action against Iran is a war powers limit aimed at stopping it, the against side of this measure.
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Reynolds criticised how the Iran campaign is run and said the president should tell Congress the plan, without naming a policy on Iran itself.
“We have no exit strategy and don't know what a victory will look like”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
Criticism of the conduct of the war, with no sanctions, deal or war powers limit named, does not settle a side.
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Reynolds lists passing legislation requiring Medicare for all among her top priorities.
“pass legislation requiring Medicare for all”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Government-run health care for all is the against side of this measure.
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In the Oct 5 debate Reynolds said she wants to get rid of ICE and replace it with a smaller interior-enforcement agency.
“I want to get rid of ICE”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Abolishing ICE is the against side of this measure.
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