James E Trainor III
James E Trainor III ran for U.S. House in TX-21 in 2026 as a Republican (lost).
American lawyer and former Federal Election Commission commissioner
Ran for U.S. House, TX-21, 2026 · Lost to Mark Teixeira (Republican). Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia (House results table)
On the Texas ballot, Nov 3, 2026 U.S. Representative, District 21, 2 names on the official list. Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.Do you approve of James E Trainor III?
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Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Federal Election Commission · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, TX-21 · General · Republican · on the ballot
- 2026 · State House / Assembly, TX District U_S_21 · Primary · Republican · lost · 8,497 votes (8.9%) · source
Background
James Edwin "Trey" Trainor III is an American lawyer who served as a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from 2020 to 2025. He was elected chairman of the FEC for the remainder of 2020.
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In 2025, he served as vice chairman and as acting chairman during a transition in the commission's leadership.
Campaign finance
As of 2026-10-19 · Source: FEC
Sources
- Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Trainor_III
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6TX21376/
- photo_curated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Trainor_III
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