Monty Montanez
TX-32 Republican nominee?
$39.3K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCandidate
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyTrump-aligned Republican
LocationTexas
Notable personal detailsMonty Montanez is a Republican who ran for U.S. House in Texas’s 32nd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He filed with the Federal Election Commission as a House candidate in TX-32 and authorized the committee “Monty for Congress Campaign.” He has been described in news coverage as an Air Force veteran.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports a simpler tax code, cutting wasteful federal spending, fiscal discipline to stabilize interest rates and housing affordability, and a balanced federal budget. He favors reducing federal red tape and regulations to promote growth, incentives to reshore manufacturing, and an approach that prioritizes growth and private-sector job creation over expanded federal mandates.
Healthcare
Supports market-oriented reforms to lower costs through transparency, competition, and expanded Health Savings Accounts, while protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions and strengthening Medicare’s sustainability via public–private partnerships and streamlined regulations. Emphasizes patient control over bureaucratic approaches and targeted access for mental and behavioral health.
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Immigration & Border
Supports strengthening the southern border using technology, infrastructure, and additional personnel to stop illegal crossings and criminal activity, and prioritizes dismantling drug and human trafficking networks. Backs reforms to the asylum process to reduce abuse while respecting legitimate claims and supports legal, merit-based immigration reforms to strengthen the workforce. Emphasizes enforcement and border security alongside limited legal immigration changes.
Climate & Energy
Supports a Texas-first, all-of-the-above energy approach that includes oil and gas alongside renewables, carbon capture, and next-generation nuclear while opposing heavy-handed federal mandates and prioritizing reliability, affordability, and innovation.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports the Second Amendment and the right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms while opposing federal overreach on firearms policy. Backs enforcing existing laws to keep guns from violent criminals, holding ATF accountable, and focusing federal efforts on violent crime, mental-health intervention, and illegal trafficking rather than new restrictions on lawful gun owners.
News
Monty Montanez is in the news as one of nine Republicans running in the Texas 32nd Congressional District primary. The district was redrawn to favor Republicans, and the race is expected to go to a runoff because no candidate is likely to win outright. More broadly, the contest is part of a cycle with fewer competitive House races as redistricting and polarization reshape the map.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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