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Texas has a whopping 38 seats in the House of Representatives. With so many races to cover, and so few of those races being competitive, it's not surprising that many candidates fly under the radar without receiving media attention. That's what Diamond Eye Candidate Report is here for! This article will list some candidates for U.S. House in Texas who have yet to be covered by other media sources.

In the 1st district, small business owner and retired fire chief David Thompson is waging a primary challenge against freshman Republican Rep. Nathaniel Moran. Moran was first elected in 2022, winning 78.1% of the vote in his bid to succeed outgoing incumbent Louie Gohmert. Thompson's campaign website can be foundhere.

In the 3rd district, freshman Republican Keith Self will have to defend his seat after he won itin a strange way in 2022. Self was one of several candidates challenging incumbent Rep. Van Taylor from the right in the Republican primary, finishing second with 27% of the vote; Taylor took just under 49% of the vote, necessitating a runoff. However, Taylor dropped out the day after the initial primary after revelations that he had an affair. This automatically made Self the Republican nominee, and he went on to win the general election with 60.6% of the vote.

Self didn't technically win the Republican primary, and three challengers hope he won't win this one either. The first is hospital executive John Porro, who ran for the 1st district in 2022 and polled 5.6% in the Republican primary. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Porro raised $7,937, spent $8,951, and ended with $792 on hand. His website can be foundhere. The second challenger is police officer and Army veteran Tre Pennie. Pennie was the Republican nominee for the 30th congressional district in 2020, taking 18.4% of the vote against incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Pennie raised $4,750, spent $805, and ended with $3,945 on hand. His website can be foundhere. The final challenger to Self is Burt Thakur, an engineering project manager and Navy veteran. Thakur, a former Jeopardy champion, ran for California's 25th congressional district in 2022 and took 14.5% of the vote, narrowly missing out on a spot in the general election. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Thakur raised $18,808, spent $2,210, and ended with $16,597 on hand. His website can be foundhere.

In the 7th district, incumbent Democrat Lizzie Fletcher is facing challengers from both sides of the aisle. On the Republican side, commercial real estate broker Caroline Kane has thrown her hat in the ring. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Kane raised $5,973, spent $2,147, and ended with $3,825 on hand. Her website can be foundhere. However, Fletcher won 63.8% of the vote in her 2022 re-election campaign, so the Democratic primary is one to watch here. Noor Mobeen, a teacher and former university professor, is running as a Democrat. His website can be foundhere.

In the 8th district, Democrat Laura Jones will seek a rematch with freshman Republican Morgan Luttrell. Jones, a former chair of the San Jacinto Democratic Party, was the Democratic nominee for this district in 2022 and took 30.5% of the vote in the general election. She currently serves on the boards of the Point Blank and Steven's Creek Water Company and the Coldspring Community Center. She has confirmed she will run again in 2024; herTwitter username reads "Laura Jones for Congress 2024." In thefirst quarter of 2023, Jones raised $340, spent $269, and ended with $489 on hand. Her website can be foundhere.

In the 9th district, Republican Andrew Alvarez will challenge incumbent Democrat Al Green. Alvarez mounted a primary challenge to 27th district Republican Michael Cloud in 2022, but took only 4.2% of the vote; Green, for his part, won his primary unopposed and was then re-elected with 76.7% of the vote. Alvarez, an auto dealership consultant, isalready holding campaign events for 2024. His website can be foundhere.

In the 12th district, incumbent Rep. Kay Granger is also facing a primary challenger. Middle school principal Ryan Catala ran against her in 2022 and polled 14.1% of the vote, after which Granger won the general election with 64.3% of the vote; Catala is now running for a second time. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Catala raised $272 and spent all of it, leaving him with no cash on hand. His campaign website can be foundhere. Construction company owner John O'Shea is also running in the Republican primary; his website can be foundhere.

In the 20th district, Democrat Joaquin Castro has his first Republican opponent, William Hayward. Hayward, an ostrich farmer, has made several unsuccessful runs for public office, including three congressional bids. First, he was the Republican nominee against 28th district Democrat Henry Cuellar in 2012, taking 29.8% of the vote in the general election. He then ran against Cuellar in theDemocratic primary in 2016, polling just 10.2% of the vote. Finally, he ran for the 35th district in 2022 as a Republican, but lost the primary runoff with 46.8% of the vote. Hayward faces an uphill battle against Castro, who was re-elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2022. His website can be foundhere.

In the 24th district, second-term Republican Beth Van Duyne faces a challenge from Democrat Francine Ly, a court system manager and former legislative aide. Van Duyne will be heavily favored to win the general election, seeing as she was re-elected with 59.8% of the vote in 2022. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Ly raised $11,633, spent $385, and ended with $11,247 on hand. Her website can be foundhere.

In the 26th district, incumbent Republican Michael Burgess is facing a challenge from Democrat Kelvin Leaphart, a leadership coach. Burgess is likely not vulnerable, as he was re-elected with 69.3% of the vote in 2022 with only a Libertarian as his opponent. Leaphart's website can be foundhere.

​In the 27th district, incumbent Republican Michael Cloud faces a pair of challengers. The first is Democrat Anthony Tristan, who ran for this district in 2022 but only took 26.0% of the vote in the primary. Tristan is a financial consultant and tax preparer. His website can be foundhere, though it hasn't launched yet. The other candidate is independent Eric Loyd, an activist who opposes the proposal to ban TikTok. His website can be foundhere. Both Tristan and Loyd will have a tough time unseating Cloud, who was re-elected with 64.4% of the vote in 2022.

In the 28th district, Republican Kyle Sinclar is giving it another shot in a new district. Sinclair, a healthcare executive and Army veteran, was his party's nominee for the 20th district in 2022, taking 31.6% of the vote against the aforementioned Joaquin Castro. He is now running against 28th district Democrat Henry Cuellar, who was re-elected with 56.7% of the vote in 2022. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Sinclair raised $18,118, spent $713, and ended with $17,404 on hand. His website can be foundhere.

In the 29th district, incumbent Democrat Sylvia Garcia has attracted a primary challenge from Sean Barry, a mechanical engineer who works as a designer in the fire protection industry. The general election will be no obstacle to whomever wins the primary, as Garcia was re-elected with 71.4% of the vote in 2022. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Barry raised $1,032 and spent every penny, ending with no cash on hand. His website can be foundhere.

In the 30th district, minister Angeigh Roc'ellerpitts will once again seek to be the Republican standard-bearer against freshman Democrat Jasmine Crockett. Roc'ellerpitts ran for this district in 2022 but finished last in the Republican primary, taking just 1.3% of the vote; Crockett easily won the Democratic nomination against a wide field of challengers and then prevailed with 74.7% of the vote in the general election. Roc'ellerpitts's website can be foundhere.

The 32nd district is an open seat, as incumbent Democrat Colin Allred is running for U.S. Senate; the real contest here will be in the (likely crowded) Democratic primary, as Allred was re-elected with 65.4% of the vote in 2022. Interestingly, two 2022 Democratic nominees from other areas in the state have announced they'll run here in 2024: Jan McDowell, moving from the 24th district, and Sandeep Srivastava, moving from the 3rd district. McDowell is a certified public accountant and frequent candidate. In thefirst quarter of 2023, she didn't raise any money, but spent $1,570 and ended with $1,054 on hand. Her website can be foundhere. Srivastava, meanwhile, is a realtor. In thefirst quarter of 2023, he raised $340, spent $678, and ended with $3,254 on hand. His website can be foundhere. Additionally, Zachariah Manning, who up until now was running for U.S. Senate, has announced he'll drop out and run for this district instead. His website can be foundhere.

In the 33rd district, incumbent Democrat Marc Veasey faces a trio of primary challengers. The first is community activist Carlos Quintanilla, who has challenged Veasey in every Democratic primary since 2012, except for 2020 when he ran as an independent. His best performance was in 2016, when he notched over 36% of the vote; most recently, he took 30.5% of the vote against Veasey in the 2022 primary. Quintanilla'swebsite is currently down, but he hasconfirmed his 2024 candidacy on Twitter. The second candidate is political consultant Viktor Valencia Avalos, whose website can be foundhere. The third is Luis Fuentes, a construction contractor. In thefirst quarter of 2023, Fuentes raised $1,299, spent $297, and ended with $1,099 on hand. His website can be foundhere. This is a very liberal district, and Veasey took 72.0% of the vote in his 2022 re-election bid.

Finally, in the 38th district, Democratic realtor Melissa McDonough has stepped up to challenge freshman Republican Wesley Hunt. This is Texas's newest district, created as a result of the 2020 census. Hunt, who was the Republican nominee against 7th district Democrat Lizzie Flethcer in 2020, became the first person elected to represent the new 38th district in 2022; after easily clearing the Republican primary, he prevailed with 62.3% of the vote in the general election. McDonough's campaign website can be foundhere.

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