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Jay Furman
Republican Party
Candidate, U.S. House Texas District 35
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November 5, 2024
Next election
March 3, 2026
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Jay Furman (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.[source]

Furman changed districts due to redistricting. To read more about redistricting Texas, click here.


2026 battleground election

See also: Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)

Ballotpedia identified the March 3 Republican primary for Texas' 35th Congressional District as a battleground election. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Joshua Cortez (R), Carlos De La Cruz (R), John Lujan (R), and eight other candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 35th Congressional District on March 3, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025. As of January 2026, Cortez, De La Cruz, and Lujan led in media attention.[1][2][3]

The Texas Tribune's Kayla Guo described the 35th district as "one of five blue seats that were dismantled under new lines passed by the Legislature last week with the goal of electing more GOP members of Congress from Texas."[4] Incumbent Greg Casar (D) is running for re-election in the new 37th Congressional District.

An Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales analysis of Texas' 2025 redistricting said of the 2026 version of the 35th District that "it’s possible that Democrats could get over the hump here, though probably only in a blue wave election. We are therefore changing our rating for this seat from Solid Democratic to Likely Republican."[5] To learn more about redistricting in Texas ahead of the 2026 elections, click here.

Cortez is a former marketing professional and staffer to Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas). Cortez's website describes him as a "proud lifelong Republican with strong Christian values...he has been consistently involved with the conservative causes."[6] Cortez says he is running because "I’m an eighth generation Texan, this is my background, this is my home. These are the people that I know and love, and I have the experience to be able to serve the people of the new 35th District."[7]

De La Cruz is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the founder and owner of a kickboxing gym. De La Cruz is the brother of Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R).[8] De La Cruz describes himself as a "proud Air Force veteran, small businessman, husband, father, and conservative Texan with deep San Antonio roots." De La Cruz says he is running "to be President Trump’s wingman in Congress and take down the radical leftists who are destroying America."[9] Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R) said of her brother, "I know how hard Carlos has worked his entire life...He is a fighter, a devoted husband, a loving father, and the most patriotic man I know. I’m confident he will bring the kind of strong, conservative leadership Washington desperately needs."[8]

Lujan was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2021. Local political observers describe Lujan as a strong general election candidate, with the San Antonio Report quoting Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as saying at a 2024 Lujan campaign rally: "I have always lost John Lujan’s district...So has [U.S. Sen. Ted] Cruz and [U.S. Sen. John] Cornyn and every other statewide candidate. The only person who can win that race as a Republican is John Lujan."[10] Lujan says he "represents the very best of San Antonio and will be a dedicated voice for its citizens in Congress."[11]

Also running in the primary are Randy Adams (R), Mark Eberwine (R), Jay Furman (R), Vanessa Hicks-Callaway (R), Ryan Krause (R), Larry La Rose (R), Rod Lingsch (R), and Steven Wright (R).

As of January 2026, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales, and Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball each rated the general election Likely Republican.

Biography

Furman obtained a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University in 1998 and a master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in 2012. Furman served 28 years in the U.S. Navy, including 10 years as a naval aviator.[12][13]

Elections

2026

See also: Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

Maureen Galindo, Johnny Garcia, John Lira, and Whitney Masterson-Moyes are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35 on March 3, 2026.

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Maureen Galindo
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Johnny Garcia
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John Lira
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Whitney Masterson-Moyes

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
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Randy Adams
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Joshua Cortez
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Carlos De La Cruz
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Mark Eberwine
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Jay Furman
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Ryan Krause
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Larry La Rose
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Rod Lingsch
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John Lujan
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Polls

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Election campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Randy Adams Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Joshua Cortez Republican Party $160,434 $52,542 $107,892 As of September 30, 2025
Carlos De La Cruz Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Mark Eberwine Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Jay Furman Republican Party $116,376 $102,072 $19,227 As of September 30, 2025
Vanessa Hicks-Callaway Republican Party $0 $0 $0 As of December 31, 2025
Ryan Krause Republican Party $232,083 $65,712 $166,371 As of December 31, 2025
Larry La Rose Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Rod Lingsch Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
John Lujan Republican Party $75,584 $5,388 $70,196 As of September 30, 2025
Steven Wright Republican Party $8,375 $879 $25,146 As of September 30, 2025

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Satellite spending

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By candidate By election

Note: As of January 15, 2026, Mark Eberwine (R), Larry La Rose (R), and Rod Lingsch (R) had not registered as a candidate with the Federal Election Commission.


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2024

See also: Texas' 28th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 28th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 28th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 28

Incumbent Henry Cuellar defeated Jay Furman in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 28 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Henry Cuellar (D)
 
52.8
 
125,490
Image of Jay Furman
Jay Furman (R)
 
47.2
 
112,117

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Total votes: 237,607
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 28

Jay Furman defeated Lazaro Garza Jr. in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 28 on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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65.3
 
8,297
Image of Lazaro Garza Jr.
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34.7
 
4,410

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,707
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 28

Incumbent Henry Cuellar advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 28 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Henry Cuellar
 
100.0
 
35,550

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Total votes: 35,550
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 28

Jay Furman and Lazaro Garza Jr. advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jose Sanz and Jimmy León in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 28 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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44.8
 
12,036
✔
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Lazaro Garza Jr. Candidate Connection
 
27.1
 
7,283
Image of Jose Sanz
Jose Sanz Candidate Connection
 
20.5
 
5,502
Image of Jimmy León
Jimmy León Candidate Connection
 
7.5
 
2,021

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 26,842
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 28

Bailey Cole advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 28 on March 23, 2024.

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Endorsements

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Pledges

Furman signed the following pledges.

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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Campaign website

Furman’s campaign website stated the following:

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Defend Texas

  • Stop weaponized illegal mass migration, Fentanyl, and other illicit criminality.
  • Arrest/deport asylum abusers. End catch-and-release.
  • Return Remain in Mexico.
  • Finish the wall.
  • Deport criminal illegal aliens.
  • Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
  • Enact responsible immigration legislation.
  • Fully counter all forms of Chinese hybrid warfare and influence operations on United States interests.
  • See PLAN ALAMO

Protect Prosperity

  • Reduce your costs and increase your wages.
  • End the federal spending spree, balance the budget, re-privatize banking, and incentivize re-shoring of U.S. corporations, jobs, manufacturing and dollars.
  • Lower taxes and reduce regulation.
  • End aide to Ukraine and endless American foreign wars.
  • Increase fair bilateral trade (especially with a lawful Mexico).
  • Enforce fair trade with tariffs (especially on China).
  • Withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
  • Defund the Green Agenda.
  • And drill, drill, drill.

Live Free

  • Undo the lawless civil liberty abuses of the Biden-Cuellar Establishment.
  • End the big-tech, big-media, and big-government censorship and domestic spying racket.
  • Remove federal woke policies and defend women’s sports.
  • Defund the deep and administrative state, remove and revamp federal agencies.
  • Protect Social Security and Medicare.

Restore Education

  • Suspend the federal government from school and protect children from race, gender and woke indoctrination.
  • Encourage school choice and merit-based teacher/administrator employment.
  • Enshrine parental rights.

Sacred Lives

  • Defund all forms of federal government abortion support and make illegal all COVID mandates.
  • Restore Constitutionally protected medical freedom.
  • Commission a 911 Report-style COVID-19 Congressional Investigation – refer for prosecution those found criminally negligent and fire civil offenders.

Guard Guns

  • Defend Second Amendment against government – GIVE NO GROUND.

Trust Elections

  • Enact law requiring state-run federal elections that require in-person, paper ballot; voter ID; and realtime election monitoring.
  • Make illegal the bypassing of State Legislatures for all federal election decisions.
  • Increase penalties and the funding of prosecution for tampering with federal elections.
  • Impose Congressional term limits and insider trading prohibitions.
  • Enact real campaign finance reform.
  • Remove the revolving door of government to private employment and lobbying.[17]
 ”
—Jay Furman’s campaign website (2024)[18]

Campaign finance summary

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Jay Furman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Texas District 35On the Ballot primary$116,376 $102,072
2024U.S. House Texas District 28Lost general$780,704 $775,782
Grand total$897,080 $877,854
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ KXAN, "Josh Cortez Announces Intention to Run for Texas Congressional District 35," October 1, 2025
    2. ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Texas Rep. John Lujan files to run in redrawn 35th Congressional District," August 28, 2025
    3. ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Republican Carlos De La Cruz announces run for redrawn 35th Congressional District," October 2, 2025
    4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named LujanTrib
    5. ↑ Inside Elections, "A Detailed Analysis of Texas’ New Congressional Map," August 27, 2025
    6. ↑ Joshua Cortez campaign website, "Home page," accessed October 23, 2025
    7. ↑ KXAN, "Josh Cortez Announces Intention to Run for Texas Congressional District 35," October 3, 2025
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Texas Tribune, "Republican Carlos De La Cruz announces run for redrawn 35th Congressional District," October 2, 2025
    9. ↑ Carlos De La Cruz campaign website, "Meet Carlos," accessed October 23, 2025
    10. ↑ San Antonio Report, "GOP State Rep. John Lujan lays plans to run in new TX35," August 27, 2025
    11. ↑ John Lujan campaign website, "Home page," accessed October 23, 2025
    12. ↑ LinkedIn, "Jay Furman," accessed July 17, 2024
    13. ↑ Jay Furman 2024 campaign website, "About," accessed July 17, 2024
    14. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
    15. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
    16. ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
    17. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    18. ↑ Commander Jay Furman for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 16, 2024


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