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2026 candidates we're tracking in TX-8
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Laura Jones
Democratic
Laura Jones is a real estate agent from San Jacinto County and a former county Democratic chair making her fourth run for this seat, per the Houston Chronicle.
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Jessica Hart Steinmann
Republican
Jessica Hart Steinmann is an attorney who serves as executive general counsel at the America First Policy Institute and directed a Justice Department victims office from 2020 to 2021, per her campaign site.
About this race
Texas's 8th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Texas primary is Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (runoff Tuesday, May 26, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.