← Back to U.S. Representative, District 38Candidate · November 3, 2026 General Election
Melissa McDonough
On the ballot for · 2-year term
In their own words
Quoted from Melissa McDonough’s own official campaign material — what the campaign says the candidate will do. Some campaigns write about their candidate in the third person; the wording is theirs either way. These are the candidate’s claims: PlainDocket doesn’t check, rate or endorse them, and every candidate in a race is quoted the same way, from the same kind of source.
“As parents it was our responsibility to educate our children. Whom we choose to partner with is a choice but ultimately it is our responsibility to make sure at the end of each school year our boys are accomplished in all areas of academic, spiritual, and life lessons. Public schools are a great foundation.”
“It just takes a conversation with each individual kid to know their interests and suggest an appropriate book. Having a literate population produces a better, stable, economic and caring society.”
“There are a number of things that have happened in recent years that crossed the line for me personally.”
“I recognize that I am at a place in MY story where I can speak up for those who cannot. Among many other things, attacks on individual people's freedoms have crossed MY line. My generation has allowed this to happen. I don't want to pass this on to my children. It is time to speak up. This is why I am running for Congress!”
Where the money comes from
$66,929$66,929 in total receipts, through Jun 30, 2026 — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary raised, through Jun 30, 2026
Individuals 56% · PACs & committees 2% · Own money 42%Bands are shares of the $67K$66,929 attributed to a named source — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary the filing attributes to a named source. Total receipts also include transfers, loans and refunds, which aren’t donations, so these don’t add up to the figure above.
By size of gift
47%<$200
9%$200–499
15%$500–999
13%$1k–1.9k
16%$2k+
Share of the $37K$37,386 the filing breaks out by gift size — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary broken out by gift size. Gifts under $200 aren’t itemised individually, so they appear as one combined figure — that is how the filing reports them, not a rounding of ours.
Official filing:
- These lines don't add up to total receipts — receipts also include transfers, self-loans and offsets, which aren't donations.
- Corporations cannot give directly to federal candidates. Any employer information the FEC publishes is self-reported by individual donors, not a corporate gift.
- Filing is quarterly. The figures above are current only through the coverage date shown, which can be several months old depending on where a candidate is in the filing cycle.
Official records
We searched the registries below and found no record for Melissa McDonough.
Checked 28 July 2026: Texas Legislature (impeachment records) · Texas Ethics Commission (final orders) · State Bar of Texas (attorney discipline) · Texas State Securities Board (enforcement orders). The same registries are searched for every candidate in a race, and each entry describes only what the record itself states — including how it ended. We publish no allegations and no news coverage.
- The Texas Ethics Commission is required by law to keep dismissed complaints, and findings it treats as technical or minor, confidential — so no result there means no publicly-issued final order, not that no complaint was ever filed.
- A State Bar profile shows public disciplinary history the Bar publishes online; older judgments are held by its disciplinary counsel and aren't in that profile.
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