Texas · U.S. House · District 11 · November 3, 2026

What it would take for Claire Reynolds.

Pfluger starts 32.4 points ahead on our starting line from recent official results. Campaign work can move about 5,458 net votes toward Reynolds, a 2.6-point gain. Winning outright would take a 29.8-point national wave on top of that. Here is the plan that makes Reynolds the one standing if one comes.

67,733
net votes between Reynolds and a win
37
days to election day. Early voting opens October 19.
32.4 pts
Pfluger lead, our starting line from recent results
In short

A long shot on the math: it takes a 29.8-point national wave.

Odds today0%
Odds with the plan0%
Net votes to find67,733
WherePrecinct 156 (Travis County), Precinct 150A (Travis County), Precinct 384 (Travis County)
Underdog UpdateSeptember 26, 2026. Underdog plan published. Starting line: Pfluger +32.4. Claire Reynolds needs 67,733 net votes. Odds 0% today, 0% with the plan.
The number

104,497 votes.

That is half of the 208,993 ballots we expect in this race, plus one. Where Reynolds stands today, and what is missing:

68,337 Claire Reynolds baseline
136,071 August Pfluger baseline

Starting line: a weighted blend of the official 2022 and 2024 results in this district (President, U.S. Senate, Railroad Commissioner, Governor, Attorney General). No 2026 polls have been published. 2026 turnout modeled on 2022, the last midterm.

The odds

0% today. A wave changes that.

We ran this race 20,000 times with realistic error on every assumption. Drag the slider to see the odds move as the campaign captures more of what history says is available.

Reynolds wins in
0%
of 20,000 simulated elections
With no plan
0%
tieReynolds loses by 99,835loses by 24,741
How much of what history allows the campaign achieves100%
The plan on this page sits at 100%. Median outcome at this setting: Reynolds short by 62,007.

Each simulation draws the starting line with an error of 7 points of margin (no 2026 polls, so the starting line comes from history and carries more error) and lets the plan over- or under-deliver by 30 percent. Seeded and reproducible; the method and data are at the bottom of the page.

Three moves

The gap closes three ways.

Change minds. Bring out voters who skip midterms. Win back the third-party vote. Every pool below is counted from official precinct returns and published polls.

Persuade
2,875
net votes in the plan, from a pool of 2,875

Who. 2,875 voters who split their ticket in recent elections and lean Pfluger today.

How. Live conversations on the call list that matters: voters who crossed party lines, plus the undecided. Reynolds needs to win 50 percent of the ones now leaning Pfluger.

Mobilize
1,975
net votes in the plan, from a pool of 18,531

Who. At least 18,531 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in precincts where Reynolds's side wins at least 55 percent.

How. Voter ID calls to people who voted in 2024 and skipped 2022, then a ballot chase until each one has voted.

Consolidate
608
net votes in the plan, from a pool of 1,738

Who. Voters who went third party in recent races, in the precincts that lean Reynolds's way.

How. A direct appeal to voters who went third party last time. They have already shown they will leave the two-party default.

Together: 5,458 net votes against a gap of 67,733. Still 62,275 short. The rest needs a national shift of about 29.8 points that no campaign controls.

Where it is won

12 precincts carry 26% of it.

Ranked by the net votes each one gives the plan. The darker the county, the more of the upset lives there.

Anderson CountyAndrews CountyAngelina CountyAransas CountyArcher CountyArmstrong CountyAtascosa CountyAustin CountyBailey CountyBandera CountyBastrop CountyBaylor CountyBee CountyBell CountyBexar CountyBlanco CountyBorden CountyBosque CountyBowie CountyBrazoria CountyBrazos CountyBrewster CountyBriscoe CountyBrooks CountyBrown County: 135 net votes in the planBurleson CountyBurnet County: 56 net votes in the planCaldwell CountyCalhoun CountyCallahan CountyCameron CountyCamp CountyCarson CountyCass CountyCastro CountyChambers CountyCherokee CountyChildress CountyClay CountyCochran CountyCoke County: 22 net votes in the planColeman County: 29 net votes in the planCollin CountyCollingsworth CountyColorado CountyComal CountyComanche CountyConcho County: 16 net votes in the planCooke CountyCoryell CountyCottle CountyCrane CountyCrockett CountyCrosby CountyCulberson CountyDallam CountyDallas CountyDawson CountyDeWitt CountyDeaf Smith CountyDelta CountyDenton CountyDickens CountyDimmit CountyDonley CountyDuval CountyEastland CountyEctor County: 411 net votes in the planEdwards CountyEl Paso CountyEllis CountyErath CountyFalls CountyFannin CountyFayette CountyFisher CountyFloyd CountyFoard CountyFort Bend CountyFranklin CountyFreestone CountyFrio CountyGaines CountyGalveston CountyGarza CountyGillespie CountyGlasscock County: 11 net votes in the planGoliad CountyGonzales CountyGray CountyGrayson CountyGregg CountyGrimes CountyGuadalupe CountyHale CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHansford CountyHardeman CountyHardin CountyHarris CountyHarrison CountyHartley CountyHaskell CountyHays CountyHemphill CountyHenderson CountyHidalgo CountyHill CountyHockley CountyHood CountyHopkins CountyHouston CountyHoward CountyHudspeth CountyHunt CountyHutchinson CountyIrion County: 11 net votes in the planJack CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJeff Davis CountyJefferson CountyJim Hogg CountyJim Wells CountyJohnson CountyJones CountyKarnes CountyKaufman CountyKendall CountyKenedy CountyKent CountyKerr CountyKimble County: 26 net votes in the planKing CountyKinney CountyKleberg CountyKnox CountyLa Salle CountyLamar CountyLamb CountyLampasas CountyLavaca CountyLee CountyLeon CountyLiberty CountyLimestone CountyLipscomb CountyLive Oak CountyLlano County: 138 net votes in the planLoving CountyLubbock CountyLynn CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMartin CountyMason County: 56 net votes in the planMatagorda CountyMaverick CountyMcCulloch County: 28 net votes in the planMcLennan CountyMcMullen CountyMedina CountyMenard County: 16 net votes in the planMidland County: 535 net votes in the planMilam CountyMills CountyMitchell CountyMontague CountyMontgomery CountyMoore CountyMorris CountyMotley CountyNacogdoches CountyNavarro CountyNewton CountyNolan CountyNueces CountyOchiltree CountyOldham CountyOrange CountyPalo Pinto CountyPanola CountyParker CountyParmer CountyPecos CountyPolk CountyPotter CountyPresidio CountyRains CountyRandall CountyReagan CountyReal CountyRed River CountyReeves CountyRefugio CountyRoberts CountyRobertson CountyRockwall CountyRunnels County: 46 net votes in the planRusk CountySabine CountySan Augustine CountySan Jacinto CountySan Patricio CountySan Saba County: 32 net votes in the planSchleicher CountyScurry CountyShackelford CountyShelby CountySherman CountySmith CountySomervell CountyStarr CountyStephens CountySterling County: 10 net votes in the planStonewall CountySutton CountySwisher CountyTarrant CountyTaylor CountyTerrell CountyTerry CountyThrockmorton CountyTitus CountyTom Green County: 536 net votes in the planTravis County: 2,811 net votes in the planTrinity CountyTyler CountyUpshur CountyUpton CountyUvalde CountyVal Verde CountyVan Zandt CountyVictoria CountyWalker CountyWaller CountyWard CountyWashington CountyWebb CountyWharton CountyWheeler CountyWichita CountyWilbarger CountyWillacy CountyWilliamson County: 534 net votes in the planWilson CountyWinkler CountyWise CountyWood CountyYoakum CountyYoung CountyZapata CountyZavala CountyEctorMidlandTom GreenTravisWilliamson
Fewer net votesMore net votes for the upset
  1. 01
    Precinct 156 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +30. 3.3% split their ticket. About 1,211 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +157
  2. 02
    Precinct 150A (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +29. 3.2% split their ticket. About 1,001 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +141
  3. 03
    Precinct 384 (Travis County)persuade
    Starting line Reynolds +38. 5.5% split their ticket. About 444 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +134
  4. 04
    Precinct 162 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +37. 2.0% split their ticket. About 856 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +133
  5. 05
    Precinct 152 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +32. 2.5% split their ticket. About 933 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +129
  6. 06
    Precinct 385A (Travis County)persuade
    Starting line Reynolds +29. 6.7% split their ticket. About 337 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +123
  7. 07
    Precinct 171 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +31. 2.4% split their ticket. About 749 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +110
  8. 08
    Precinct 164 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +38. 1.9% split their ticket. About 633 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +103
  9. 09
    Precinct 194 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +48. 2.8% split their ticket. About 467 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +99
  10. 10
    Precinct 180 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +37. 2.5% split their ticket. About 613 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +98
  11. 11
    Precinct 193 (Travis County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +49. 3.5% split their ticket. About 390 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +97
  12. 12
    Precinct 163 (Williamson County)mobilize
    Starting line Reynolds +37. 2.8% split their ticket. About 584 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
    +96
What the numbers say that the polls do not

The hidden path.

Precinct 156 (Travis County) carries the most.

Precinct 156 (Travis County) gives this plan more net votes than any other precinct: 157. It sits at Reynolds +30 on our starting line, and 3.3 percent of its voters split their ticket in recent elections.

Precinct 162 (Travis County) is a turnout race.

Reynolds's side leads Precinct 162 (Travis County) by about 37 points on our starting line, and it cast about 856 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (an estimate). Roughly that many of its 2024 voters sat out the last midterm; bringing enough of them back nets 102 votes there.

Precinct 385A (Travis County) splits its ticket the most.

Of the precincts in this plan, Precinct 385A (Travis County) has the highest share of ticket splitters: 6.7 percent. That is where a persuasion call is most likely to reach someone open to crossing over.

Spend it where it counts.

As of June 30, 2026, Pfluger had $2.88 million in cash on hand to Reynolds's $47K. That is exactly why the plan puts every dollar on the few places listed here instead of the whole map.

The evidence

Where voters cross over.

Every dot is a precinct. If no one split a ticket, every dot would sit on the line. The orange ones are where Reynolds's side lost voters it won further up the ballot.

-100-100-80-80-60-60-40-40-20-2000+20+20+40+40+60+60Reynolds's side, President 2024 margin (points)U.S. Senate 2024 margin (points)
Precincts
284
Slope
1.013
R²
0.998
Residual SD
2.1 pts
Crossover precincts
46

Weighted least squares, one point per precinct, weighted by ballots cast. Orange precincts sit more than one residual standard deviation below the line: Reynolds's side did worse there in this race than the top of the ticket predicts. Hover any dot for the precinct.

The next 37 days

Voting starts October 19.

  1. Now to October 5
    Find them

    Voter ID calls across the persuasion list in these precincts. Every conversation tags the voter: with Reynolds, with Pfluger, or undecided. The undecided become the persuasion universe; the supporters become the ballot chase list.

  2. October 6 to 18
    Persuade

    Second conversations with every undecided and soft voter, built around the one issue they named on the first call. The goal is 2,875 net votes from people who have crossed party lines before.

  3. October 19 to 25
    Bank the ballots

    Mail ballots are already going out, and in-person early voting runs October 19 through October 30. Mail ballot applications must be received by October 23. Chase every supporter's mail ballot request until it is returned, and move supporters to early voting while it is open.

  4. October 26 to November 2
    Turn them out

    The drop-off voters: people who voted in 2024 and skipped 2022. At least 18,531 of them live where Reynolds is favored. In-person early voting ends October 30. Mail ballots count if received by 7 p.m. on November 3, or by 5 p.m. on November 4 if postmarked by Election Day.

  5. November 3
    Election day

    Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Texas has no same-day registration; the registration deadline is October 5. The last calls go to identified supporters who have not voted, with their polling place in hand.

What has to be true

No wishful thinking.

Official results in this district: Trump carried the 2024 presidential race by 34.4 points; Cruz carried the 2024 U.S. Senate race by 30.3 points; Abbott carried the 2022 governor's race by 33.3 points.

  1. Reynolds wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters now leaning Pfluger.
  2. In Precinct 156 (Travis County) and Precinct 162 (Travis County), 35 percent of the people who voted in 2024 but skipped 2022 come back and vote.
  3. The national environment moves about 29.8 points toward Reynolds's side between now and November 3.
  4. No 2026 public poll exists for this race, so the starting line is a weighted blend of official recent results; the first real poll will move it.
The work

2,822 conversations.

That is how many live voter conversations this plan takes: about 53,859 dials to 17,953 households, before the last ballot is cast.

18K
households on the target list
54K
dials across three attempts
2,822
live conversations: persuasion, voter ID, ballot chase

Call list: every ticket splitter and undecided voter in the targeted places (you cannot tell which way they lean before the call), every targeted drop-off voter, and the reachable third-party voters. About 69 households for every 100 voters on the list, three attempts each, and a 5.24 percent live answer rate per attempt, the per-program average across 1.2 million real 2026 dials in our published benchmarks.

HyperPhonebank

We run this list.

Calls are the voter ID and ballot chase engine of this plan. They find the persuadable voters and the supporters, so every other dollar lands on the right door. The full call program for this list is an estimated $6,673 at our published rates: 17,953 households, three attempts each.

Professional live callers working exactly these precincts: persuasion on the ticket splitters, voter ID on the fence, ballot chase on every absentee request until it is returned. A live dashboard shows every conversation as it happens. Days to launch, not weeks.

The candidates

Who is on the ballot.

Underdog

Claire Reynolds (D)

Attorney who has spent 12 years in the State Bar of Texas Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel enforcing legal ethics standards; a Northwestern University journalism graduate with a law degree from the University of San Diego.

Cash on hand $46,790 and $89,281 raised since January 1, 2025, per FEC reports through June 30, 2026.

Favorite · incumbent

August Pfluger (R)

U.S. representative for the 11th District since 2021 and chairman of the Republican Study Committee; raised in San Angelo, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate who served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve and on the National Security Council staff.

Cash on hand $2,881,724 and $3,189,023 raised since January 1, 2025, per FEC reports through June 30, 2026.

Underdog Updates

What changed, and when.

We re-run this race as new polls, fundraising reports and early vote counts arrive. Every change to the numbers is logged here.

  1. September 26, 2026
    Underdog plan published

    Starting line: Pfluger +32.4. Claire Reynolds needs 67,733 net votes. Odds 0% today, 0% with the plan.

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Questions

Can Claire Reynolds win Texas's 11th Congressional District in 2026?

Only with help from the national environment. Campaign work can move about 5,458 net votes; the gap is 67,733. The rest would take a 29.8-point national shift.

Where are the votes Claire Reynolds needs?

Ranked by net votes in the plan: Precinct 156 (Travis County), Precinct 150A (Travis County), Precinct 384 (Travis County), Precinct 162 (Travis County), Precinct 152 (Travis County). Persuadable voters are counted from ticket splitting in 2022 and 2024 official returns; turnout targets are people who voted in 2024 and skipped 2022.

How many voters does Claire Reynolds need to persuade?

About 1,438 voters who lean August Pfluger today, each worth two votes of margin when they switch. That is 50 percent of the 2,875 persuadable voters leaning August Pfluger.

When does early voting start in Texas in 2026?

In-person early voting in Texas runs October 19 through October 30, 2026. The voter registration deadline is October 5, and applications for a mail ballot must be received by October 23. Mail ballots count if received by 7 p.m. on Election Day, or by 5 p.m. the next day if postmarked by Election Day. Texas does not offer same-day registration.

Who made this analysis?

The Political Group, an independent campaign services firm, from official Texas Secretary of State precinct returns, Census data, FEC filings and published polls. It is not affiliated with any candidate or party.

Method and sources

Precinct math from official Texas Secretary of State returns for 2022 and 2024, projected onto current district lines. Polls, ratings and fundraising as published on the dates shown. This is independent analysis by The Political Group, as of September 26, 2026. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any candidate or party, and it is written for every campaign that starts behind.

Statistics: a weighted least squares crossover regression on every precinct, and 20,000 seeded Monte Carlo simulations. The baseline error (7 points of margin) and plan efficacy spread (30 percent) are our stated assumptions. Download the precinct data (CSV, ready for JASP). Free to cite under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.

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