U.S. House · Texas · Nov 3 · 7 days out

Texas House, district 17

Pete Sessions (Republican, incumbent) against Casey Shepard (Democrat).

Republican · incumbent · record Rt-lean 22

96%party to win

vs.

Democrat · challenger · no positions yet

3%party to win

Where they stand

From their voting record.

Pete Sessionsrecord

IssueLeftCenterRight

Overall

Federal budget, taxes and spending

Business, finance and labor

Trade and industrial policy

Foreign policy, trade and defense

Health care

Education

Immigration

Crime and justice

Guns

Civil rights, gender and religion

Elections, representation and accountability

Federal power and civil liberties

Energy, environment, land and agriculture

Housing, transportation, technology and vice

FEC to Sep 30

RaisedSessions

$1.3MShepard

$15kItemized, named donorsSessions

$586kShepard

$6kNamed donorsSessions

327Shepard

8Itemized from TexasSessions

56%Shepard

100%

The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.

Campaign sites and X

“immigrants welcomed as partners in rebuilding the American dream” Shepard · Campaign site · Sep 29 · ↗

All market contracts · Kalshi and Polymarket · 4

Candidate	Platform	Contract	Bid	Ask	Last	Volume
Pete Sessions	Kalshi	Republican wins	95%	97%	96%	$5,754	Open ↗
Pete Sessions	Polymarket	Republican wins	96%	98%	96%	$27,551	Open ↗
Casey Shepard	Kalshi	Democrat wins	3%	6%	6%	$24,771	Open ↗
Casey Shepard	Polymarket	Democrat wins	3%	4%	3%	$25,254	Open ↗

Prices in cents on the dollar, read Oct 27, 2026. A party contract pays if that party wins the seat.

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Statement estimate · odds are a market close, not a poll