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Michael Cloud

Michael Cloud

Republican · TX U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

9 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2018

  • background Born May 13, 1975; a member of the Republican Party
  • role U.S. Representative for Texas's 27th congressional district since 2018
  • role Member of the House Department of Government Efficiency Committee

Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-27 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,062,241 raised
  • $927,985 spent
  • $271,133 cash on hand
$1.06M
$1.03M
$819.03K
Itemized (≥ $200)$495.41K
Unitemized (< $200)$323.62K
Party committees$1.00K
Other committees (PACs)$208.25K
Transfers from other committees$22.21K
Offsets to expenditures$11.75K
$927.99K
Operating expenditures$886.60K
Contribution refunds$17.58K
Other disbursements$23.80K
Cash on hand$271.13K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Michael Cloud campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$746,292$688,600$57,692
2020$1,019,272$834,592$242,372
2022$1,076,329$1,037,215$281,487
2024$798,397$943,006$136,877
2026$1,062,241$927,985$271,133

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $28,370 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $680,800. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • HOUSE FREEDOM FUND $33,000
  • CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC $25,000 · Energy
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $22,500
  • KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) $22,000
  • THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $21,500
  • NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $19,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $19,000
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $17,900
  • VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $15,000 · Energy
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $13,500

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $165,527
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • ULINE $6,600
  • MAGIC INDUSTRIES INC $6,600
  • REPCON INC. $6,600
  • CL THOMAS, INC. $6,600
  • CL THOMAS INC. $6,600
  • KEATING AUTO $6,600
  • RANCHING $6,600
  • ATZENHOFFER CHEVROLET-CADILLAC $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $1,193 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $3,134 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Cloud, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

Congressional testimony