Race context
Pete Sessions is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for Texas, U.S. House, 17. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Texas 17.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Casey Shepard (Democratic), James Gordon Mitchell (Democratic), Jamilah N Flores (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 42 background claims; 5 positions claims; 10 statements claims; 43 media claims; 2 finance claims; 12825 votes claims; 7 controversies claims; 4 federal court records claims; 2082 other sourced notes claims; 2 ideology claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
The profile record reports 12825 vote claims. Claim text for that kind was not in the rows returned for this page.
Finance claims on file: 2. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H2TX03126.
Indexed field reading
Pete Sessions is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for Texas, U.S. House, 17. 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 Pete Sessions, 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 Pete Sessions is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 17. 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 incumbent for Pete Sessions. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Pete Sessions is H2TX03126.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Pete Sessions reports 15084 public claims, 15084 valid citations, and 15084 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. 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 Pete Sessions: background (42), positions (5), statements (10), media (43), finance (2), votes (12825), controversies (7), federal court records (4), other sourced notes (2082), ideology (2). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Pete Sessions returned 3 other indexed profiles: Casey Shepard (Democratic), James Gordon Mitchell (Democratic), Jamilah N Flores (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Pete Sessions: FEC H2TX03126; Other voteview:119:29759; GovTrack S000250; Wikidata Q437852; Vote Smart 288; Wikipedia Pete Sessions; Grokipedia Pete Sessions; Ballotpedia Pete Sessions.
Social handles stored for Pete Sessions: X PeteSessions (last polled 2026-06-30).
Profile questions
What office is Pete Sessions indexed for?
Pete Sessions is indexed for Texas, U.S. House, 17. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 17. 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 Pete Sessions?
The party label on file for Pete Sessions is Republican.
What is Pete Sessions's candidate status?
Pete Sessions is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Pete Sessions?
FEC candidate id on file: H2TX03126.
How many public claims are attached to Pete Sessions?
The route record reports 15084 public claims, 15084 valid citations, and 15084 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 42, Positions 5, Statements 10, Media 43, Finance 2, Votes 12825, Controversies 7, Federal Court Records 4, Other Sourced Notes 2082, Ideology 2. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Pete Sessions indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.
Who else is indexed in Pete Sessions's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Casey Shepard (Democratic), James Gordon Mitchell (Democratic), Jamilah N Flores (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.