2 candidates are on the ballot. Below is what each one says they stand for, what they have actually done in office or in public life, and the arguments published for and against them — each quoted from a named source rather than summarised by us.
2 candidates · ballot order · Pat Fallon currently holds this seat
Medium confidenceMedium confidenceThe candidate's stated positions and basic record are documented, but coverage is thin — often little independent reporting, or criticism from only one side.What would raise it: More independent reporting, a documented voting record, or published criticism from a named opponent would raise this.
What they say they stand for
Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.
Border security, which his campaign calls the border catastrophe.
Second Amendment rights and opposition to new gun restrictions.
Banning vaccine mandates.
Opposition to abortion.
Expanding domestic energy production.
Religious liberty; opposition to critical race theory in schools; support for Taiwan and opposition to Russian aggression.
What they’ve actually done
Documented record from official sources.
U.S. Representative since January 2021; re-elected in 2024 with 68.4%.
Served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate before Congress.
Held the Republican nomination against Don Horn in the March 3, 2026 primary.
Arguments in favor
He still holds open in-person town halls across the district — Bonham, Sherman, Grayson County — taking questions on the government shutdown, Affordable Care Act subsidies and immigration at a time when many members have stopped holding them.
— Fallon's town hall schedule, reported by C-SPAN, KTEN and LegiStorm
When his disclosure failures were identified he corrected them rather than fighting: he filed reports going back to his swearing-in, paid $600 in fines, put a transaction review system in place and hired a compliance firm to audit his records.
— Fallon's attorney, reported by The Dallas Morning News
Arguments against
The Office of Congressional Ethics found he was late reporting 122 stock trades worth up to $21 million, and the House Ethics Committee confirmed it was investigating him. The complaint came from the Campaign Legal Center after Business Insider found 93 trades disclosed one to four months past the deadline.
— Office of Congressional Ethics and the Campaign Legal Center, reported by The Dallas Morning News and Forbes
His explanation was that he had not realised reports were due within 45 days because "in the Texas Legislature, where he served for eight years, financial transactions are reported on an annual basis, and Representative Fallon erroneously thought it was the same in Congress" — despite having attended the financial disclosure briefings at orientation.
— Fallon's attorney's letter, reported by The Dallas Morning News
What we couldn’t verify
The outcome of the House Ethics Committee's investigation was not established from the sources found.
His committee assignments were not established from the sources found.
No criticism of him by name from Jason Pearce's campaign or from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was found.
Wages that make work pay adequately, and expanding rather than cutting Social Security.
Refusing donor influence in campaign finance.
Clean water and air in north Texas, with corporate accountability.
Ending what he calls endless wars.
What they’ve actually done
Documented record from official sources.
Worked his way up through sales, mortgage, finance and insurance roles in the Dallas area.
Left his job and used personal savings to fund his campaign.
Has not held elected office.
Won the Democratic primary against Andrew Rubell on March 3, 2026.
We found no published arguments for or against this candidate.
What we couldn’t verify
No published criticism of Pearce by name could be found: not from Pat Fallon or his campaign, not from the National Republican Congressional Committee, not from his Democratic primary opponent, and not from north Texas news coverage. Because no case against him exists on the record, none is presented for him either, rather than showing his own campaign's case unanswered.
He has held no elected office; his career has been in sales, mortgage lending, restaurant management, insurance and security.
His fundraising totals were not reported in material available.
Positions and criticism are quoted from the named sources, not our assessments. This is built to help you start getting informed — confirm the official candidate list with your election authority before you vote.
Texas held its primary on March 3, 2026. Republican incumbent Pat Fallon held the nomination against Don Horn; Jason Pearce won the Democratic primary against Andrew Rubell. The district was redrawn in Texas's 2025 mid-decade redistricting and now runs along the Red River from Sherman and Paris into the Dallas–Fort Worth exurbs including Frisco and most of Plano. Roster confirmed against the Texas Secretary of State's certified ballot. Neither candidate is listed with arguments for or against here: no published criticism of either candidate by name from someone opposing them could be found, and setting out a case against one and not the other would tilt the page.
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