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U.S. House · Texas's 22nd District

Fort Bend, Brazoria and southern Harris counties, southwest of Houston.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

✓ Fact-checked 2026-09-25: 12 claims re-checked against their sources

A second, independent research pass re-opened every cited source for this race and corrected or removed anything the source didn’t support.

On the ballot · 2 candidates

Trever NehlsR

Raised $206K · spent $183K · $23K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

Marquette Greene-ScottD

Raised $54K · spent $54K · $127 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

The candidates, in full

Trever Nehls

R

Won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary with 75.7% of the vote over Rebecca Clark.

Trever Nehls is the Republican nominee for this open southwest-Houston-area seat, previously held by his brother Troy Nehls. He holds graduate degrees in public administration and military strategic studies and founded a consulting firm.[2]

Little public record found for this candidate.

Background

  • Earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and corrections from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, a master's degree in public administration from Central Michigan University, and a master's degree in military strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.[2]
  • Worked in the private sector and founded Nehls Consulting, LLC.[2]

Campaign money

Raised $206K · spent $183K · $23K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

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Marquette Greene-Scott

D

Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary with 54.6% of the vote over four other candidates.

Marquette Greene-Scott is the Democratic nominee for this open seat. She is an attorney and former math teacher who currently serves as mayor pro tem of Iowa Colony, Texas.[3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

On the record — official actions

  • actionServes as mayor pro tem and Position 3 city council member for the City of Iowa Colony, Texas.[3]

Background

  • Born in Opelousas, Louisiana; earned a B.S. in secondary education/mathematics (1993) and an M.S. in mathematics (1997) from Southern University, and a J.D. in 2004 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.[3]
  • Worked as a high school and college math teacher and is a practicing attorney in Texas and Louisiana.[3]
  • Serves as mayor pro tem of the City of Iowa Colony, holding Position 3 on the city council.[3]

Campaign money

Raised $54K · spent $54K · $127 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

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Research notes & limits

This is an open seat after Texas redrew its congressional map for 2026; incumbent Troy Nehls did not run in the redrawn 22nd District's primary. Neither nominee has published detailed federal policy positions; Trever Nehls has not completed a Candidate Connection survey.

Sources · 3

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.Trever Nehls · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  3. 3.Marquette Greene-Scott - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words