Official portrait of Pete Sessions
U.S. House

Pete Sessions

U.S. Representative for Texas’s 17th District

Party
Republican
In office since
January 7, 1997
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in TX-17

Candidates registered with the FEC for TX-17 in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Pete SessionsIncumbentRepublican$1.1M$934K
James Gordon MitchellDemocrat$19K$0
Casey ShepardDemocrat$8,801$3,145

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through June 30, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments2
  • House Committee on Financial Services
    • National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
    • Capital Markets
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
    • Government OperationsChairman
    • Health Care and Financial Services
Contact
Washington office
2204 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4317

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

More on Sessions: Congress.gov · FEC filings · Ballotpedia · Wikipedia · GovTrack