There is no evidence Ceasar Ruiz is a Democrat except that he walked into a Democratic club meeting in June 2026 and said he was one. He was campaigning for Republicans in 2024. He never voted in a Democratic primary until the 2026 runoff. He needs the Democratic endorsement to win in Pflugerville.
“I'm an American, a veteran, and a Texan, and I am proud to call myself a Democrat.”
That is the whole case. He said it at a Pflugerville Area Democrats meeting in June 2026. There is no other evidence that he is a Democrat.
He runs for the Texas House as the Republican nominee for House District 50.
He gives $312.16 to Republican legislative candidate Caroline Harris.
Texas Ethics Commission
He promises Harris he will “block walk my rear off for you.”
The Travis County Republican Party features him in a recruiting email as “our 2016 nominee.”
He is campaigning with the Republican club, asking a colleague to stream its meeting and saying “we need to get rid of” two school board members.
He does not vote in the Democratic primary.
Travis County voter history
He votes in a Democratic primary for the first time, in the runoff.
Travis County voter history
He tells the Pflugerville Area Democrats he is “proud to call myself a Democrat.”
He asks the Pflugerville Area Democrats for their endorsement.
Endorsement forum, Sept. 13, 2026
He asks a council colleague to stream the meeting on “our private Repub club facebook page” and says they need to get rid of two school board members.
Texts from his phone to a council colleague, June 3, 2024
It called him “our 2016 nominee” in a recruiting email.
Travis County Republican Party email, December 2023
x.com/ruizfortexas, screenshot taken in 2026
Pflugerville votes overwhelmingly Democratic. He was campaigning for Republicans in 2024 and never voted in a Democratic primary until the 2026 runoff. Then his name went on the ballot and he started saying he was a Democrat.