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2026 candidates we're tracking in TX-17
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Casey Shepard
Democratic
Shepard is a civil rights advocate running for Congress to represent Central Texas, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Shepard's work has focused on advocating for people without resources to have their concerns heard, per the campaign site.
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Pete Sessions
Republican
Incumbent
Pete Sessions is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. First elected to Congress in 1996, he chaired the Rules committee from 2013 to 2019 and returned in the Waco based 17th district in 2020, per his official House biography and congressional records. He chairs an Oversight subcommittee and serves on Financial Services.
About this race
Texas's 17th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Texas primary is Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (runoff Tuesday, May 26, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.