2020Final results
2020 election for Texas's 17th District
U.S. House · Texas
Pete Sessions (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Rick Kennedy (D) by 14.9 points.
Pete SessionsRepublican · winner
55.8%171,386
Rick KennedyDemocrat
40.9%125,565
Ted BrownLibertarian
3.2%9,918
306,869 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 10:09 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2020
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 10:09 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Rick KennedyPete Sessions
$216.8K
Raised by the campaign
$1.5M
$218.3K
Spent by the campaign
$1.7M
$0
Cash on hand
$166K
Other candidates' campaigns: Ted Brown $3K.
Campaign money: FEC, through Nov 23, 2020; FEC, through Dec 31, 2020.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2020