Race context
Ruth Torres is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic profile for Texas, U.S. House, 05. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Texas 05.
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.
Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (Democratic), Deadra Marsh-Foy (Independent), Lance Gooden (Republican), Travis Edwards (Republican).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 21 statements claims; 9 media claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-05-14.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H2TX05253.
Indexed field reading
Ruth Torres is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic profile for Texas, U.S. House, 05. 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 Ruth Torres, 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 Ruth Torres is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 05. 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 Ruth Torres. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Ruth Torres is H2TX05253.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-07.
The route record for Ruth Torres reports 35 public claims, 35 valid citations, and 35 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-05-14. 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 Ruth Torres: background (2), statements (21), media (9), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Ruth Torres returned 4 other indexed profiles: Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (Democratic), Deadra Marsh-Foy (Independent), Lance Gooden (Republican), Travis Edwards (Republican). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Ruth Torres: FEC H2TX05253; Other sec-edgar:_run; FEC Committee C00797316.
Profile questions
What office is Ruth Torres indexed for?
Ruth Torres is indexed for Texas, U.S. House, 05. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 05. 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 Ruth Torres?
The party label on file for Ruth Torres is Democratic.
What is Ruth Torres's candidate status?
Ruth Torres is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Ruth Torres?
FEC candidate id on file: H2TX05253.
How many public claims are attached to Ruth Torres?
The route record reports 35 public claims, 35 valid citations, and 35 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Statements 21, Media 9, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Ruth Torres indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Ruth Torres's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (Democratic), Deadra Marsh-Foy (Independent), Lance Gooden (Republican), Travis Edwards (Republican). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.