BATES, BETSY
R Β· house
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- FEC candidate id
H2TX08190- Internal id
ef2992b0-34f6-445a-b752-252571a6f544- Status
- open seat
Who this candidate represents
Who lives here β American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), TX-08. Source.
| Category | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|
| People | Population | 846,118 |
| People | Median age | 36 |
| Income | Median household income | $90,294 |
| Income | Per-capita income | $40,596 |
| Income | In poverty | 10.9% |
| Income | Unemployed | 5.9% |
| Income | Gini inequality index | 0.436 |
| Race | White alone | 51.7% |
| Race | Black alone | 12.5% |
| Race | Asian alone | 6.6% |
| Race | Hispanic or Latino | 32.6% |
| Race | Two or more races | 18.5% |
| Origin | Foreign-born | 19.9% |
| Language | Speaks English only at home | 66.9% |
| Language | Speaks Spanish at home | 24.5% |
| Education | High school or higher | 59.0% |
| Education | Bachelor's or higher | 33.7% |
| Education | Advanced degree | 11.4% |
| Household | Family households | 77.2% |
| Household | Avg household size | 2.90 |
| Household | Never married (15+) | 28.9% |
| Housing | Median home value | $298,500 |
| Housing | Median gross rent | $1,587 |
| Housing | Single-family detached | 74.0% |
| Housing | Built before 1940 | 0.5% |
| Housing | Overcrowded (>1 per room) | 4.9% |
| Housing | Vacant units | 8.6% |
| Service | Veterans (18+) | 6.8% |
| Health | With a disability | 11.2% |
| Connectivity | Households with broadband | 94.1% |
| Connectivity | Households with no internet | 3.5% |
| Commute | Drove alone | 71.2% |
| Commute | Public transit | 0.9% |
| Commute | Worked from home | 14.6% |
Elections
- 2022 general house Β· TX-8 β lost_general
Committees
No committees on file.
Election prediction
Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%
P(win) = 20.1%
| Feature | Ξ P(win) |
|---|---|
| Base rate (historical) | 15.1% |
| R (major party) | +10.0% |
| open seat | -5.0% |
Baseline model (incumbency Γ party Γ office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.
Transfers from committees
Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).
| Date | From committee | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-28 | A STRONGER TEXAS FUND | 24A | $4,300 |
| 2022-01-20 | A STRONGER TEXAS FUND | 24A | $2,000 |
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-28 | A STRONGER TEXAS FUND | committee_contributed_to_candidate | $4,300 | 24A | fec_pas2 |
| 2022-01-28 | A STRONGER TEXAS FUND | contributed_to | $4,300 | pas2 | |
| 2022-01-20 | A STRONGER TEXAS FUND | committee_contributed_to_candidate | $2,000 | 24A | fec_pas2 |
| 2022-01-20 | A STRONGER TEXAS FUND | contributed_to | $2,000 | pas2 |