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Democrat
Peter Filler
Democrat
Peter Filler
TX-09 Democratic nominee?
$29.2K
MAR 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleMiddle school English teacher
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderMale
LocationTexas
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BackgroundMiddle school English teacher
Notable personal detailsPeter Filler is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Texas’s 9th Congressional District (TX-09). He has worked as a middle school English teacher at KIPP Texas Public Schools in Houston. He previously ran as the Democratic nominee for Texas’s 2nd Congressional District in 2024.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Healthcare
Supports protecting women's ability to make their own health-care decisions and would appropriate federal funds for family planning and related services; describes himself as a moderate focused on bipartisan problem-solving with priorities that include addressing health care alongside cost-of-living issues.
Immigration & Border
Supports protecting the rights and due process of immigrants including citizens, green card holders, TPS recipients, and Dreamers; opposes no-bid contracting and fiscal waste used to 'seal the border'; favors proactive engagement with Mexico and Central America to address migration flows. Positions emphasize humanitarian protections and accountability while acknowledging enforcement/management concerns.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting women’s ability to make their own health-care decisions and would appropriate federal funds for family planning and related services. Emphasizes expanding access to healthcare (including Medicaid expansion) as part of his platform.
Climate & Energy
Supports strengthening reliability and deployment of solar and wind, securing federal funding for research into biofuels and renewable energy, and championing green energy investments to move beyond fossil fuels while supporting job creation and lower energy costs.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate’s campaign website and platform materials do not prominently articulate specific gun-policy proposals. A secondary aggregator/grade page characterizes him as making statements that support gun control but not prioritizing it, and local reporting describes him as a moderate focused on bipartisan problem-solving rather than emphasizing gun policy. Available public sources give mixed or limited signals on his positions on firearms regulation.
News
AINews Summary
Last updatedJun 12, 2026
Peter Filler is in the news because he is a candidate in Texas's newly redrawn 9th Congressional District, where the Republican runoff has now been won by Alex Mealer. That result moves the race closer to the general election in a district expected to strongly favor Republicans. Earlier coverage also noted that Texas primaries have begun and that the district was among those being targeted in broader GOP midterm messaging.
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Articles
NNewsmax16 days ago
Trump-Backed Mealer Wins Texas GOP Runoff in Redrawn Houston-Area District
Neutral
NNNBC News3 months ago
Incumbents are at risk as the first primaries of the midterm elections get underway
Neutral
FNFox News2 months ago
NRCC launches Tax Day ads targeting 28 Democrats over tax cuts vote
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Polls
TX-09 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$8.1K
$6.1K
$4.1K
$2.0K
$0
2024
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2024
$8.1K
$56.57
$8.1K
$335.75
Cycle 2026
$4.1K
$0.00
$4.2K
$280.04
Source: FEC
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