Race context
Earnest Clayton is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic profile for Texas, U.S. House, 09. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Texas 09.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-07.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Alexandra Mealer (Republican), Alexandria Butler (Republican), Briscoe Rowell Cain III (Republican), Crystal Sarmiento (Republican), Dan Mims (Republican), Dwayne Bradley Stovall (Republican), Jaimy Blanco (Republican), James Buford (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 2 media claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-08-03.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6TX18273.
Indexed field reading
Earnest Clayton is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic profile for Texas, U.S. House, 09. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Earnest Clayton, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Earnest Clayton is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 09. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Earnest Clayton. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Earnest Clayton is H6TX18273.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-07.
The route record for Earnest Clayton reports 14 public claims, 14 valid citations, and 14 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-08-03. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Earnest Clayton: background (2), media (2), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Earnest Clayton returned 8 other indexed profiles: Alexandra Mealer (Republican), Alexandria Butler (Republican), Briscoe Rowell Cain III (Republican), Crystal Sarmiento (Republican), Dan Mims (Republican), Dwayne Bradley Stovall (Republican), Jaimy Blanco (Republican), James Buford (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Earnest Clayton: FEC H6TX18273; Other irs-990:_run; FEC Committee C00900621.
Profile questions
What office is Earnest Clayton indexed for?
Earnest Clayton is indexed for Texas, U.S. House, 09. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 09. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Earnest Clayton?
The party label on file for Earnest Clayton is Democratic.
What is Earnest Clayton's candidate status?
Earnest Clayton is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Earnest Clayton?
FEC candidate id on file: H6TX18273.
How many public claims are attached to Earnest Clayton?
The route record reports 14 public claims, 14 valid citations, and 14 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Media 2, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Earnest Clayton indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Earnest Clayton's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Alexandra Mealer (Republican), Alexandria Butler (Republican), Briscoe Rowell Cain III (Republican), Crystal Sarmiento (Republican), Dan Mims (Republican), Dwayne Bradley Stovall (Republican), Jaimy Blanco (Republican), James Buford (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.