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U.S. House, District 38: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
MELISSA MCDONOUGH

MELISSA MCDONOUGH

Running for U.S. House · Texas District 38

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
JB

JON BONCK

Running for U.S. House · Texas District 38

NationalRepublican

MELISSA MCDONOUGHCandidateJON BONCKChallenger

Job fit

MELISSA MCDONOUGH

Other work

  • She has almost 30 years of experience as a REALTOR 1

JON BONCK

Other work

  • Jon entered the mortgage business 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

MELISSA MCDONOUGH

  • GunsBoth address this
    She backs Ethan's Law promoting secure storage of firearms to keep children from accessing unsecured guns, plus stronger background checks. 3
  • ImmigrationBoth address this
    She advocates streamlining immigration processes rather than ineffective barriers, noting long immigration backlogs increase illegal immigration. 3
  • Health care costs
    McDonough's platform lists universal healthcare (Medicare for All) as a priority. 4

No public stance found on: Cost of living & jobs, Crime & safety

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JON BONCK

  • GunsBoth address this
    Under his 'Protect the Second Amendment' plank: God-given rights don't need D.C.'s permission. 2
  • ImmigrationBoth address this
    Finish the wall. End the invasion. Put Texas first. 2

No public stance found on: Health care costs, Cost of living & jobs, Crime & safety, Climate & energy

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How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

MELISSA MCDONOUGH

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorspolitical allies (same party)
small donors$21Klarge donors$55Kpolitical allies(same party)$500$105K raised
$20,6505Small individual donors
$54,5315Large individual donors

JON BONCK

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorsother politiciansmembership organizationspolitical allies (same party)Other kinds of donors
small donors$32Klarge donors$1.1Motherpoliticians$62Kmembershiporganizations$27Kpolitical allies(same party)$26KOther kinds ofdonors$28K$1.5M raised
$32,4806Small individual donors
$1,085,9076Large individual donors

Checks

MELISSA MCDONOUGH

No voting record to check yet

JON BONCK

No voting record to check yet

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Sources

  1. About Melissa - Melissa For Congress · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. Jon Bonck for Congress (fetched page text) · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience, Top issues
  3. melissaforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. melissaforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

ALEX MCMENEMY

Green

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $10K raised, 53% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Sources

1 Background: ALEX FOR THE PEOPLE – Alex McMenemy for Congress TX-38 · checked 2026-10-18

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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MELISSA MCDONOUGH
Candidate B

MELISSA MCDONOUGH

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $105K raised, 52% from large donors, 0% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $500.00 (0% of $104,723.39 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $500.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, more rules on who can buy guns, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 Background: About Melissa - Melissa For Congress · checked 2026-10-18

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 more rules on who can buy guns: Candidate statement

5 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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JB
Candidate C

JON BONCK

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $1.5M raised, 74% from large donors, 22% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $327,497.02 (22% of $1,469,614.99 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $141,603.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: protecting the right to own and carry guns, a tighter border and stricter enforcement.

Sources

1 Background: Jon Bonck for Congress (fetched page text) · checked 2026-10-18

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 protecting the right to own and carry guns: Candidate statement

4 a tighter border and stricter enforcement: Candidate statement

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