--- type: Candidate title: "Carmen Montiel" description: "U.S. House candidate, TX-38 (2026)" office: "U.S. House" state: "TX" district: "TX-38" party: "REP" stance: "challenger" election_year: 2026 status: "statutory candidate" committee: name: "CARMEN FOR CONGRESS 2026" id: "C00902304" ids: fec: "H2TX18207" sources: - field: filing source: FEC (Federal Election Commission) confidence: official tags: [candidate, federal, house, tx] timestamp: "2026-07-03" --- # Carmen Montiel Republican challenger for U.S. House (TX-38), 2026. ## Campaign Committee - CARMEN FOR CONGRESS 2026 (C00902304) ## Source - filing: FEC (Federal Election Commission) Federal candidate filing; not yet linked to an officeholder record.