Melissa McDonough, a Democratic realtor and her party's 2024 nominee for Texas's 38th congressional district, is again the Democratic nominee for the seat in 2026, facing Republican Jon Bonck, a mortgage broker.
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2026 race
Melissa McDonough, a realtor who was the Democratic nominee for Texas's 38th congressional district in 2024, is again the party's nominee for the seat in 2026.
The district is based in west Houston and northwest Harris County, and its Republican incumbent, Wesley Hunt, ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
McDonough won the Democratic primary with 51.6% of the vote, ahead of Marvalette Hunter, a former chief of staff to then-Houston mayor Sylvester Turner, and high school counselor Theresa Courts.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, McDonough faces Republican Jon Bonck, a mortgage broker who won his party's runoff with 64.8%.