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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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U.S. Representative, District 4

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

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Pat FallonPat FallonRepublican Incumbent
Jason PearceDemocratic
On ballot as
Pat Fallon
Jason Pearce
Current role
U.S. Representative, Texas District 4 (since January 3, 2021)
Not found
Background
  • University of Notre Dame graduate (per official biography)
  • Member, Notre Dame's 1988 national championship football team (per official biography)
  • Served as a U.S. Air Force officer, stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls
  • Entrepreneur; founded more than a dozen companies (per official biography)
  • Graduate, Plano Senior High School
  • Has worked in sales, customer service, mortgage loan origination and insurance (per his Ballotpedia survey)
  • Left his job after the 2024 election to run for Congress (per campaign)
  • Born and raised in Plano
Experience
  • Chair, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel
  • Member, Intelligence and Oversight committees
  • Texas Senate, District 30 (2019–2021)
  • Texas House, District 106 (2013–2019)
  • Frisco City Council (2009–2012); mayor pro tem (2011–2012)
  • No prior elected office found
  • Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 52.0%
Top priorities
  • Guns (July 2026 statement): "we in Congress must do all we can to ensure that they retain their God given right to bear arms"
  • Abortion (June 2022 statement): "we must continue our fight to protect life"
  • "I believe in terms limits, and mandatory retirement at 65, for all offices including the judicial branch"
  • "Banning Lobbying and overturning Citizens United"
  • "Banning companies and corporations from buying and renting single family homes"
  • Calls his top policy area "Affordability, point blank"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: In a June 2022 statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade: "unborn children are no less alive than you and me, for precious life begins at conception"
  • Immigration: At a March 2021 chamber of commerce briefing: "Immigration really does help continue your growth, but you have to manage it, you have to do it legally"
  • Guns: In a July 2026 statement: "Americans' Second Amendment rights are under assault, and we in Congress must do all we can to ensure that they retain their God given right to bear arms"
  • Health care: No public statement found
Claims and the record
  • 2022 review of late stock disclosures: The Office of Congressional Ethics found "substantial reason to believe" he reported 2021 stock trades late. The House Ethics Committee unanimously dismissed it (2022), finding no clear evidence the errors were "knowing or willful". His lawyer called it an inadvertent oversight.
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Immigration: Campaign site: "I oppose mass deportation operations that tear apart families and terrorize communities. I support real pathways to citizenship for people who have built their lives here."
  • Guns: His campaign website in February 2026, as quoted by Ballotpedia: "Universal background checks, reasonable waiting periods, and free safety training"
  • Health care: Campaign site: "I support Medicare for All: universal coverage for every American regardless of age, income, or employment status."
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Texas Values Action
  • President Donald Trump (primary)
None found in our research
Campaign website
fallonforcongress.com
pearcefortexas.com
Pat Fallon

Pat Fallon

Republican Incumbent
On ballot as
Pat Fallon
Current role
U.S. Representative, Texas District 4 (since January 3, 2021)
Background
  • University of Notre Dame graduate (per official biography)
  • Member, Notre Dame's 1988 national championship football team (per official biography)
  • Served as a U.S. Air Force officer, stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls
  • Entrepreneur; founded more than a dozen companies (per official biography)
Experience
  • Chair, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel
  • Member, Intelligence and Oversight committees
  • Texas Senate, District 30 (2019–2021)
  • Texas House, District 106 (2013–2019)
  • Frisco City Council (2009–2012); mayor pro tem (2011–2012)
Top priorities
  • Guns (July 2026 statement): "we in Congress must do all we can to ensure that they retain their God given right to bear arms"
  • Abortion (June 2022 statement): "we must continue our fight to protect life"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: In a June 2022 statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade: "unborn children are no less alive than you and me, for precious life begins at conception"
  • Immigration: At a March 2021 chamber of commerce briefing: "Immigration really does help continue your growth, but you have to manage it, you have to do it legally"
  • Guns: In a July 2026 statement: "Americans' Second Amendment rights are under assault, and we in Congress must do all we can to ensure that they retain their God given right to bear arms"
  • Health care: No public statement found
Claims and the record
  • 2022 review of late stock disclosures: The Office of Congressional Ethics found "substantial reason to believe" he reported 2021 stock trades late. The House Ethics Committee unanimously dismissed it (2022), finding no clear evidence the errors were "knowing or willful". His lawyer called it an inadvertent oversight.
Endorsements
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Texas Values Action
  • President Donald Trump (primary)
Campaign website
fallonforcongress.com

Jason Pearce

Democratic
On ballot as
Jason Pearce
Current role
Not found
Background
  • Graduate, Plano Senior High School
  • Has worked in sales, customer service, mortgage loan origination and insurance (per his Ballotpedia survey)
  • Left his job after the 2024 election to run for Congress (per campaign)
  • Born and raised in Plano
Experience
  • No prior elected office found
  • Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 52.0%
Top priorities
  • "I believe in terms limits, and mandatory retirement at 65, for all offices including the judicial branch"
  • "Banning Lobbying and overturning Citizens United"
  • "Banning companies and corporations from buying and renting single family homes"
  • Calls his top policy area "Affordability, point blank"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Immigration: Campaign site: "I oppose mass deportation operations that tear apart families and terrorize communities. I support real pathways to citizenship for people who have built their lives here."
  • Guns: His campaign website in February 2026, as quoted by Ballotpedia: "Universal background checks, reasonable waiting periods, and free safety training"
  • Health care: Campaign site: "I support Medicare for All: universal coverage for every American regardless of age, income, or employment status."
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
pearcefortexas.com

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