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Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Michael C. Burgess

Brandon Gill (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Texas' 26th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Gill (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Brandon Gill was born in Clovis, New Mexico in 1994. grew up outside of Abilene, Texas. Gill earned undergraduate degrees in economics and history from Dartmouth College in 2016. His career experience includes working as an investment banker and an analyst at a hedge fund before launching his own news outlet and becoming a film producer.^[1]^[2]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2025-2026

Gill was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

Elections

2026

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Ernest Lineberger III is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Ernest Lineberger III

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Incumbent Brandon Gill and Gavin Solomon are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Brandon Gill
	Submit photo	Gavin Solomon

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Endorsements

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President Donald Trump (R)

2024

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 26

Brandon Gill defeated Ernest Lineberger III and Phil Gray in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 26 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Gill (R)	62.1	241,096
		Ernest Lineberger III (D)	35.7	138,558
		Phil Gray (L)	2.3	8,773

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 388,427
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Ernest Lineberger III advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ernest Lineberger III	100.0	18,308

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,308
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kelvin Leaphart (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Gill	58.4	49,876
		Scott Armey	14.5	12,400
		John Huffman	10.0	8,559
		Luisa Del Rosal	4.6	3,949
		Doug Robison	3.5	2,999
		Mark Rutledge	2.5	2,130
		Joel Krause	2.3	1,959
		Neena Biswas	1.9	1,665
		Burt Thakur	1.1	975
		Vlad De Franceschi	0.7	572
		Jason Kergosien	0.4	366

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,450
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26

Phil Gray advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Phil Gray (L)

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Endorsements

Gill received the following endorsements.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R)
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R)
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R)
U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R)
U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R)
Former President Donald Trump (R)

Pledges

Gill signed the following pledges.

Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform
U.S. Term Limits

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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Campaign website

Gill’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Immigration
Biden's open-borders policy is an abomination. It's extremely dangerous to our communities, and it's tearing our homeland apart. Our borders should not be controlled by cartels trafficking drugs and people. This has to stop now, and the solution is simple: seal the border and end this invasion of our homeland.

Build the border wall and tax remittances to pay for the wall’s construction and upkeep.
Reinstate "Remain in Mexico" and end “Catch and Release”.
Support the RAISE Act to replace our current immigration system with merit-based immigration.
Increase the number of immigration judges to end the backlog on illegal aliens.
Reform our asylum laws so illegal aliens cannot abuse the system.

Economy
The past few years of Bidenomics have been a disaster for American families. The cost of living is skyrocketing, while wages are collapsing. Housing is unaffordable. Gas prices are rising. Every trip to the grocery store is more and more painful.

A rising tide lifts all boats, but unfortunately our current system is crushing American families. The Federal government should seek to maximize economic prosperity, raise wages of the working and middle-class, and reduce the deficit to get inflation under control.

Cut wasteful spending and audit our federal departments.
Cut taxes across the board, unleash the free market, and let our economy grow.
Support a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.
Work towards reducing our deficit to under a trillion dollars a year and move towards a balanced budget by at least 2030.

Crime
Crime is one of the biggest hindrances to economic prosperity. While progressive elites have spent decades telling us that poverty causes crime, the opposite is true: crime causes poverty. It is past time we clean up our streets, throw rioters and looters in jail, end the trafficking of deadly narcotics, stop human trafficking dead in its tracks, and secure our schools. The violent anarchy the Left has unleashed on communities across our nation must end immediately.

Designate the Mexican Drug Cartel an international terrorist organization.
Investigate NGOs that pay for rioters and looters’ bail.
Fund the police and local law enforcement.
Increase mandatory minimums for violent crimes.

Energy
We cannot be a free country if we are dependent on foreign adversaries for our energy. Texas is the energy capital of the country and we should lead the nation in becoming energy independent - just like it was under President Trump.

Cut red tape across the industry
"Drill Baby Drill"

Second Amendment
The individual right to own a firearm has roots going back to — and beyond — our nation’s founding. Firearms constituted a main form of defense from predators, criminals, and a tyrannical government. They also helped our nation tame this land from sea to shining sea. Even today, farmers, ranchers, and hunters rely on firearms to protect livestock and provide for their families. Outside of that, millions of Americans keep firearms to protect their families from opportunistic burglars, criminal gangs, and random acts of violence. But most importantly, our Second Amendment exists so that we Americans can protect ourselves against a despotic, overreaching government. Our Second Amendment is the one that protects all the others. As a proud gun owner myself, I stand by our Founding documents— Our Second Amendment shall not be infringed. I will not give an inch on gun control.

Standing Up for Israel
Israel stands as a beacon of democracy and stability in the volatile Middle East. We firmly support Israel's right to defend itself against the barbaric assaults of Hamas. The international community must unequivocally denounce Hamas's terrorism and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel in its fight against these threats to peace and civilization.

Protecting Kids from Gender Transition Surgeries
Our children deserve protection from irreversible decisions pushed by ideological agendas. Subjecting minors to life-altering surgeries for gender transition is outrageous. We adamantly oppose any practice that risks the well-being and future of our youth in the name of ideological conformity.

Fighting Cultural Marxism in Schools and Higher Education
Our educational institutions have been hijacked by radical ideologies that undermine critical thinking and true academic inquiry. We will not stand idly by as cultural Marxism seeks to indoctrinate our youth. It's time to purge these corrosive ideologies from our schools and restore education to its rightful purpose of fostering open-mindedness and intellectual diversity. Parents - not radical, left-wing teachers - should determine school curriculums.

Pro-Life
I am unabashedly pro-life. Every child is made in God's image and deserves the right to life. Future generations will look back on aboriton the same way we look back on slavery. Abortion is an abomination that needs to be abolished.^[3]

”

—Brandon Gill’s campaign website (2024)^[4]

Campaign finance summary

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Brandon Gill campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Texas District 26	Candidacy Declared primary	$285,327	$125,794
2024*	U.S. House Texas District 26	Won general	$1,779,343	$1,651,519
Grand total			$2,064,669	$1,777,313
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Personal finance disclosures

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119th Congress (2025-2027)

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Candidate

U.S. House Texas District 26

Officeholder

U.S. House Texas District 26

Personal

Footnotes

↑ United States Congress, "GILL, Brandon," accessed June 18, 2025
↑ Brandon Gill for U.S. Congress, "Meet Brandon," accessed January 18, 2024
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Brandon Gill for U.S. Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 18, 2024

Political offices
Preceded by Michael C. Burgess (R)	U.S. House Texas District 26 2025-Present	Succeeded by -

Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Representatives

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Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)

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