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2020Final results

2020 election for Texas's 27th District

U.S. House · Texas

Michael Cloud (R) won with 63.1% of the vote, defeating Ricardo "rick" De La Fuente (D) by 28.1 points.

Michael CloudRepublican · winner
63.1%172,305
34.9%95,466
Phil GrayLibertarian
2.0%5,482
273,253 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

EvenR+23.42016R+20.72018 special electionR+23.72018R+28.12020R+28.92022R+32.12024

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.

Ricardo "rick" De La FuenteMichael Cloud
$1.3M
Raised by the campaign
$1M
$1.3M
Spent by the campaign
$834.6K
$0
Cash on hand
$242.4K

Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 10, 2020; FEC, through Dec 31, 2020.

Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2020

The candidates