Texas Ballot Compare

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nonpartisan voter guide · Texas

Tom Sell

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

Tom Sell

Tom Sell

Republican
On ballot as
Tom Sell
Current role
Co-founder, Combest, Sell & Associates, a Lubbock policy advisory and advocacy firm
Background
  • Bachelor of Science in agribusiness, Texas Tech University (per campaign)
  • Law degree, Texas Tech University (per campaign)
  • Farms and runs cattle with his father (per candidate)
  • Born in Lubbock; graduated from high school in Amarillo
Experience
  • Worked for former U.S. Rep. Larry Combest
  • Former deputy staff director, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
  • Key role, 2002 Farm Bill (per campaign)
  • Key role, Crop Insurance Reform Act of 2000 (per campaign)
  • Served on the Ranching Heritage Board, the Breedlove Board and the Lubbock Water Commission (per Lubbock Lights)
  • Republican primary runoff (May 26, 2026): won, 64.3% over Abraham Enriquez
Top priorities
  • "rein in the size of the federal government, including support for a balanced federal budget"
  • "preserve and rebuild the traditional, conservative values that made – and makes – America great"
  • "promote a robust West Texas economy that creates good paying jobs"
  • Says "rural health care continues to be a top issue for West Texans"
  • Told Lubbock Lights he signed a term limits pledge
Tidbits
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Immigration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026), gave congressional Republicans "an A+" for moving President Trump's agenda forward, including "securing our border"
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Health care: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026): "having served on a hospital foundation board, I know that rural health care continues to be a top issue for West Texans"
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • President Donald J. Trump (listed by campaign)
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (listed by campaign)
  • House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (listed by campaign)
  • House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (listed by campaign)
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  • Congressman Jim Jordan (listed by campaign)
  • Glenn "GT" Thompson, House Agriculture Committee Chairman (listed by campaign)
  • John Boozman, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman (listed by campaign)
  • Congressman Frank D. Lucas (listed by campaign)
  • Congressman Pete Sessions (listed by campaign)
  • Congressman Jake Ellzey (listed by campaign)
  • Monica De La Cruz (listed by campaign)
  • Congressman Brandon Gill (listed by campaign)
  • Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13) (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND (listed by campaign)
  • Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Cattle Raisers PAC (listed by campaign)
  • Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. (listed by campaign)
  • National Sorghum Producers (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Corn Producers Association (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Wheat Producers (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Cattle Feeders Association (listed by campaign)
  • Southwest Council of Agribusiness (listed by campaign)
  • Western Peanut Growers Association (listed by campaign)
  • Rolling Plains Cotton Growers (listed by campaign)
  • Forestry Political Action Committee, FORPAC (listed by campaign)
  • Cody Campbell, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Double Eagle Energy Holdings (listed by campaign)
  • Hon. Larry Combest, former TX-19 Congressman (listed by campaign)
  • Major General Walter B. Huffman (listed by campaign)
  • Rep. Carl Tepper (listed by campaign)
  • Jay Hardaway, GOP Nominee (TX HD-71) (listed by campaign)
  • Kelly Rowe, Lubbock County Sheriff (listed by campaign)
  • Ricky Bishop, Taylor County Sheriff (listed by campaign)
  • Ambassador Tibor Nagy (listed by campaign)
  • Dr. Donald May, former primary opponent (listed by campaign)
  • Jason Corley, former primary opponent (listed by campaign)
  • James Bob Barbee, former primary opponent (listed by campaign)
  • Ryan Zink, former primary opponent (listed by campaign)
  • Cat Parks, Former Texas GOP Vice-Chair (listed by campaign)
  • SBA Prolife America Candidate Fund (listed by campaign)
  • US Chamber of Commerce (listed by campaign)
  • National Association of Realtors PAC (listed by campaign)
  • GO PAC (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Hospital Association (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Young Republicans (listed by campaign)
  • Lubbock Young Republicans (listed by campaign)
  • 806 Advantage PAC (listed by campaign)
  • America First Insight (listed by campaign)
  • National Womens Prayer & Voting Army (listed by campaign)
  • Latinos United for Conservative Action (listed by campaign)
  • Republican National Hispanic Assembly (listed by campaign)
  • Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Texas (listed by campaign)
  • Latino Leadership Alliance (listed by campaign)
  • Latinos for America First (listed by campaign)
  • Hispanic 100 PAC (listed by campaign)
  • LEXIT (listed by campaign)
Campaign website
selltexastrue.com