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Texas Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot

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Texas's 2026 ballot includes governor (Greg Abbott (R), Gina Hinojosa (D), Pat Dixon (L)); U.S. Senate (Ken Paxton (R), James Talarico (D), Ted Brown (L)); 38 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked Texas jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.

State Snapshot

Primary ElectionMarch 3, 2026
Primary RunoffMay 26, 2026
General ElectionNov. 3, 2026
StateTexas
Places Listed32
Profiles1,624

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Texas's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

3 candidates
  • Greg Abbott (R)Incumbent
    Greg Abbott is Texas's incumbent governor and the Republican nominee for a fourth term, which would make him the state's longest-serving governor. A former attorney general and state supreme court justice, he launched his re-election bid with a property tax reform plan, and his tenure is defined by border security through Operation Lone Star, school choice legislation, and economic development.
    Priorities: Cut and reform property taxes with his Empowering Texas Taxpayers plan · Continue border security through Operation Lone Star · Keep growing Texas jobs and defending constitutional freedoms
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  • Gina Hinojosa (D)
    Gina Hinojosa is the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, a state representative from Austin, attorney, and former Austin school board president. Her populist campaign argues tax dollars are being spent to pad the pockets of the well-connected, with priorities focused on affordability, public education, and health care access.
    Priorities: Quality and accessible health care for all Texans · An affordable Texas that works for everyone · Back-to-basics public education, not vouchers
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  • Pat Dixon (L)
    Dixon is the Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of Texas; he has held several executive-level positions in private industry, non-profit, and political organizations, has worked with the Texas legislature since 2004, and is an engineer and business owner through DPAS-INC, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Apply limited-government principles to Texas · Expand individual liberty and free markets · Offer a third-party alternative for governor
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U.S. Senate

3 candidates
  • Ken Paxton (R)
    Ken Paxton is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, winning the nomination over incumbent John Cornyn in the state's marquee 2026 primary fight. Texas's attorney general since 2015, he built a national profile suing the federal government and pressing election-integrity cases. His campaign theme is unshakable, unbroken, unafraid.
    Priorities: Take the fight against the Washington establishment to the Senate · Continue his record of suing federal overreach and enforcing election integrity · Keep Texas a conservative stronghold
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  • James Talarico (D)
    James Talarico is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, an eighth-generation Texan, former middle school teacher, Presbyterian seminarian, and state representative. His campaign against corruption has drawn record grassroots support, raising more than $40 million with two-thirds from donors giving under $200, in one of the country's most watched Senate races.
    Priorities: Take the fight against corruption to Washington · Win power back for working people from billionaire mega-donors · Invest in public schools and affordable health care
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  • Ted Brown (L)
    Ted Brown is a retired independent insurance adjuster from Austin and a longtime Libertarian Party officer who serves as his state party's candidate coordinator, per his campaign site. His 2024 run for this seat drew a record vote total for a Libertarian Senate candidate in Texas, per Houston Public Media.
    Priorities: Repealing the federal income tax, per his campaign site · A non-interventionist foreign policy, per his campaign site · Ending the federal war on drugs, per his campaign site
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Lieutenant Governor

4 candidates
  • Dan Patrick (R)Incumbent
    Dan Patrick is Texas's incumbent lieutenant governor and the Republican nominee for a fourth term. A former radio host and state senator, he has presided over the Texas Senate since 2015, driving conservative priorities on border security, property taxes, and school choice.
    Priorities: Continue conservative leadership of the Texas Senate · Cut property taxes and secure the border · Advance school choice and family values legislation
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  • Vikki Goodwin (D)
    Vikki Goodwin is the Democratic nominee for Texas lieutenant governor, a state representative from Austin and real estate broker. Her campaign theme is a good win for Texas, promising a Senate leader who collaborates rather than dictates, with priorities on public schools, clean water and energy, housing affordability, and health care.
    Priorities: Fund neighborhood public schools, not private school vouchers · Protect clean water and a reliable energy grid · Make housing and health care affordable
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  • Kevin McCormick (G)
    Kevin McCormick
    McCormick is the Green Party candidate for Texas Lieutenant Governor, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Expanding public transit, per his campaign site · Investing in the rural economy, per his campaign site · Election reform including ranked choice voting, per his campaign site
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  • Anthony Cristo (L)
    High school English and debate teacher Anthony Cristo is a military veteran who resides in Cibolo, Texas, per his campaign site. He is the Libertarian Party candidate for Texas Lieutenant Governor. Anthony Cristo appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lieutenant Governor, per the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
    Priorities: Cutting both taxes and spending, per his campaign site · Free market economics, per his campaign site · Marijuana legalization, per his campaign site
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Attorney General

3 candidates
  • Mayes Middleton (R)
    Mayes Middleton is the Republican nominee for Texas attorney general in the open race created by Ken Paxton's Senate run. A seventh-generation Texan, oil company president, attorney, and state senator who chaired the Texas House Freedom Caucus, he authored the Save Women's Sports Act, and his platform emphasizes the border, election integrity, and a DOGE-style attack on government waste.
    Priorities: Secure the border and enforce deportation orders against criminal networks · Ensure strict election integrity and voter ID enforcement · Root out government waste, fraud, and abuse
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  • Nathan Johnson (D)
    Nathan Johnson is the Democratic nominee for Texas attorney general, a state senator from Dallas and attorney. His campaign argues the office has been corrupted and abused for personal and partisan ends, and points to his Senate record reforming the state insurance marketplace, fortifying the power grid after Winter Storm Uri, and leading on Medicaid expansion.
    Priorities: Restore an attorney general's office that works for Texans, not partisans · Take on market abuse and political corruption · Protect Texans' rights, freedoms, and access to health care
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  • Tom Oxford (L)
    Tom Oxford is a personal injury and civil rights attorney who owns a law firm near Beaumont and belongs to the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, per the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Tom Oxford.

Comptroller

4 candidates
  • Don Huffines (R)Incumbent
    Don Huffines is the Republican nominee for Texas comptroller and, as of July 2026, the appointed incumbent after Governor Abbott installed him in the office he had already won the nomination for. A fifth-generation Texan, real estate developer, and former state senator, his platform is to DOGE Texas government: eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse and demand honest, transparent budgets.
    Priorities: DOGE Texas government to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse · Demand honest, transparent state budgets · Keep Texas dollars in Texas and defend taxpayers
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  • Sarah Eckhardt (D)
    Sarah Eckhardt is the Democratic nominee for Texas comptroller, a state senator from Austin, attorney, and former Travis County judge. Her campaign promises to tell Texans honestly where their money is going, targeting no-bid contracts, the private school voucher program, and corporate tax breaks.
    Priorities: Stop no-bid contracts and audit the voucher program · Tell Texans honestly where their tax money goes · Fight health care costs and break single-party rule
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  • Shehla Faizi (G)
    Shehla Faizi
    Faizi is a graphic designer with a career in advertising and marketing journalism who was raised in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to Texas in 2012, per the campaign site. She became politically active after 2016 and volunteered for the Green Party's 2024 presidential campaign before running for comptroller, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Keeping Texas tax dollars in Texas, per her campaign site · Ending tax breaks for large corporations, per her campaign site · Restoring checks and balances to the office, per her campaign site
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  • V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza (L)
    V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza is on the Texas Secretary of State's certified list of November 3, 2026 candidates as the Libertarian nominee for comptroller; the SOS filing records the occupation chief financial officer. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza.

Agriculture Commissioner

3 candidates
  • Nate Sheets (R)
    Nate Sheets
    Sheets is a candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner and an agriculture entrepreneur and beekeeper who built a large branded honey business from a backyard operation; he is also a U.S. Navy Reserves veteran, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Bring agribusiness experience to the agriculture department · Support Texas farmers and ranchers · Restore integrity to the office
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  • Clayton Tucker (D)
    Clayton Tucker
    Tucker is a candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner and a farmer and rancher who operates a family farm near Lampasas raising cattle, goats, and donkeys; he previously served as Secretary of the Texas Farmers Union and worked as a water researcher and teacher, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Stand up for family farms and ranches · Promote fair trade for Texas producers · Protect rural water and land
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  • Austin R. Kelly (L)
    Kelly holds a Ph.D. in ecology and founded ARK Ecological Consulting; he is running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner and describes himself as a scientist rather than a career politician, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Water conservation protecting aquifers and groundwater rights, per his campaign site · Property rights and fighting eminent domain abuse, per his campaign site · Removing barriers to selling what farmers grow, per his campaign site
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Land Commissioner

3 candidates
  • Dawn Buckingham (R)Incumbent
    Dawn Buckingham is Texas's sitting land commissioner, per the Secretary of State's statewide officials roster, elected in 2022 as the first woman to hold the office. An eye surgeon and former state senator, she was the first Republican elected to the Texas Senate from Travis County, per her campaign site.
    Priorities: Border security through General Land Office land actions, per her campaign site · Public education funding through the Permanent School Fund, per her campaign site · Veterans programs through the Veterans Land Board, per her campaign site
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  • Benjamin Flores (D)
    Benjamin Flores announced in 2026 that he had been diagnosed with leukemia, stayed in the race, and later announced he was in remission, per the Texas Tribune; he remains an active candidate. A Bay City councilman with a background in cybersecurity and compliance, he won a two way Democratic primary and was endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman in that round, per the San Antonio Report.
    Priorities: Directing General Land Office revenue toward public schools, per the campaign site · Expanding Veterans Land Board programs and outreach, per the campaign site · Protecting Texas beaches and strengthening storm-recovery programs, per the campaign site
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  • Neill Snider (L)
    Neill Snider is on the Texas Secretary of State's certified list of November 3, 2026 candidates as the Libertarian nominee for land commissioner; the SOS filing records the occupation mechanical contractor. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Neill Snider.

Railroad Commissioner

3 candidates
  • Bo French (R)
    Bo French
    Bo French is a former chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party, an energy trader and rancher who has owned businesses providing security for energy companies, per the San Antonio Report. He won the May 26 runoff over sitting commissioner Jim Wright, per the Texas Tribune.
    Priorities: Reducing regulation on Texas oil and gas producers, per the campaign site · Enforcing state restrictions on foreign ownership of Texas land, per the campaign site
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  • Jon Rosenthal (D)
    Jon Rosenthal
    Jon Rosenthal is a four term Texas House member from Houston who spent 25 years in oil and gas as an engineer and project manager, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Data center energy policy, per his campaign site · Fair and affordable gas utility rates, per his campaign site · Texas energy jobs, per his campaign site
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  • Arthur DiBianca (L)
    Arthur DiBianca is a longtime Libertarian activist from Austin who has testified before the Texas Legislature, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Free market energy policy without subsidies or mandates, per his campaign site · Defending mineral and surface property rights, per his campaign site · Operator accountability for well plugging through bonding and insurance, per his campaign site
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Supreme Court, Chief Justice

2 candidates
  • Jimmy Blacklock (R)Incumbent
    Jimmy Blacklock is the incumbent Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, appointed to the court in 2018 and named the 28th Chief Justice in January 2025, per the court's official biography. He previously served as General Counsel to Gov. Greg Abbott.
    Priorities: Applying the Constitution and law as written rather than 'legislating from the bench', per the campaign site
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  • Maggie Ellis (D)
    Maggie Ellis is a justice on the Texas Third Court of Appeals, elected to that court in 2024, per the court's official biography. Before joining the bench she practiced law representing individuals and is Board Certified in Juvenile Law, per the same source.
    Priorities: Fair treatment of the public and access to the courts, per the campaign site
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Supreme Court, Place 2 (Unexpired Term)

2 candidates
  • Chari Kelly (D)
    Chari Kelly is a justice on the Texas Third Court of Appeals, elected in 2019, per the court's official biography. Before the bench she was a felony prosecutor in Travis and Comal counties and an Assistant Attorney General, and she is a former U.S. Army paratrooper and captain.
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  • James P. Sullivan (R)Incumbent
    James P. Sullivan is the incumbent on the Texas Supreme Court, appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in January 2025, per the court's official biography. He previously served as the Governor's General Counsel and as an Assistant Solicitor General, and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
    Priorities: Applying the Constitution and law as written, per the campaign site
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Supreme Court, Place 7

2 candidates
  • Kristen Hawkins (D)
    Kristen Hawkins is the judge of the 11th District Court in Harris County, elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020, per her campaign site. She holds board certifications in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Law.
    Priorities: Civility, professionalism and respect in the legal profession, per the campaign site
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  • Kyle D. Hawkins (R)Incumbent
    Kyle D. Hawkins is the incumbent on the Texas Supreme Court, appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in October 2025, per the court's official biography. He previously served as Texas Solicitor General.
    Priorities: Humility, diligence and applying the law as written, per the campaign site
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Supreme Court, Place 8

2 candidates
  • Gisela D. Triana (D)
    Gisela D. Triana is a justice on the Texas Third Court of Appeals, elected in 2018, per the court's official biography. She previously spent 14 years as judge of the 200th District Court.
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  • Brett Busby (R)Incumbent
    Brett Busby is the incumbent on the Texas Supreme Court, appointed in 2019 and elected in 2020, per the court's official biography. He previously served six years as a justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston.
    Priorities: Applying laws faithfully without rewriting them from the bench, per the campaign site · Expanding access to justice, including a licensing system for legal paraprofessionals, per the campaign site
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Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 3

3 candidates
  • Thomas Smith (R)
    Thomas Smith has served as Special Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Justice in the Texas Attorney General's office since 2015, per his campaign site. He earlier practiced civil law and clerked for an Ohio Supreme Court chief justice.
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  • Okey Anyiam (D)
    Okey Anyiam is a criminal defense lawyer in Dallas who has practiced law since 1997, per the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Mark Ash (L)
    Mark Ash is a candidate for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 4

2 candidates
  • Kevin Patrick Yeary (R)Incumbent
    Kevin Patrick Yeary is the incumbent Place 4 judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, first elected in 2014, per the court's official biography. He previously worked as a defense attorney and Assistant District Attorney. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Audra Riley (D)
    Audra Riley is the presiding judge of Criminal District Court 3 in Dallas County, per the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 9

2 candidates
  • John Messinger (R)
    John Messinger has served as general counsel in the Office of State Prosecuting Attorney since 2010, per the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Holly Taylor (D)
    Holly Taylor is a criminal defense attorney who spent more than 17 years as a prosecutor, per the San Antonio Report.
    Priorities: An independent voice ensuring fair and thorough case review, per the campaign site · Upholding the Constitution and treating everyone with dignity, per the campaign site
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Court Of Appeals, 15th District, Chief Justice

2 candidates
  • Scott Brister (R)Incumbent
    Scott Brister is the incumbent Chief Justice of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, appointed effective September 1, 2024, per the court's official biography. He previously served six years on the Texas Supreme Court. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Jerry Zimmerer (D)
    Jerry Zimmerer previously served as an elected justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston for six years, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Court efficiency, per the campaign site
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Court Of Appeals, 15th District, Place 2

2 candidates
  • Scott K. Field (R)Incumbent
    Scott K. Field is the incumbent Place 2 justice on the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, per the court's official biography. He previously served as the inaugural judge of the 480th District Court in Williamson County. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Tom Baker (D)
    Tom Baker is a U.S. Navy JAG Corps veteran who previously served as an elected justice on the Third Court of Appeals in Austin from 2019 to 2024, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Judicial impartiality regardless of party affiliation, per the campaign site
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Court Of Appeals, 15th District, Place 3

2 candidates
  • April Farris (R)Incumbent
    April Farris is the incumbent Place 3 justice on the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, appointed September 1, 2024, per the court's official biography. She previously served on the First Court of Appeals. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Marc M. Meyer (D)
    Marc M. Meyer is a retired Houston Fire Department captain and paramedic with 20 years of service who now practices law defending health care providers, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Protecting individual rights against state power, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-1

2 candidates
  • Yolanda R. Prince (Democratic)
    Prince is a project manager with Prairie View A&M University's Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center, where she works on reducing juvenile crime and strengthening families, per the campaign site. She holds bachelor's degrees in public administration and public relations from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, per the campaign site. She has also held leadership roles with the League of Women Voters, the NAACP and the Smith County Democratic Party, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability, per her campaign site · Healthcare access, per her campaign site · Rural opportunity and accountability, per her campaign site
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  • Nathaniel Moran (Republican)Incumbent
    Nathaniel Moran
    Nathaniel Moran is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2022. An attorney and former Smith County Judge, he serves on the Ways and Means and Ethics committees, per his official House biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the state's certified candidate filing is the only verifiable source for Nathaniel Moran.

U.S. House - TX-2

2 candidates
  • Shaun Finnie (Democratic)
    Shaun Finnie
    Finnie worked as an oil and gas lawyer for three years before spending three decades in investment banking, focusing on energy sector mergers and acquisitions, per the campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics, a law degree and an MBA in finance and accounting from Northwestern University, per the campaign site. He has served on the John Cooper School's Board of Trustees and has taught personal finance to young Texans for seven years, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability, per his campaign site · Healthcare, per his campaign site · Checks and balances and the federal debt, per his campaign site
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  • Steve Toth (Republican)
    Steve Toth
    Toth is a Texas legislator who has served in the state House, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Toth authored curriculum standards legislation and, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, secured funding for border security initiatives, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Education, per his campaign site · Energy independence, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-3

2 candidates
  • Evan Hunt (Democratic)
    Evan Hunt
    Hunt is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a combat aviator, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Hunt has held executive roles in the defense and aerospace industry and lives in McKinney, Texas, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Protecting Social Security, per his campaign site · Healthcare affordability, per his campaign site · Public education, per his campaign site
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  • Keith Self (Republican)Incumbent
    Keith Self
    Keith Self is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2022 after a 25 year Army career and three terms as Collin County Judge, per his official House biography. He serves on the Foreign Affairs committee.
    Priorities: Advance President Trump's America First agenda, per the campaign site · Fight the radical left's woke agenda and DEI policies, per the campaign site · Preserve the Constitutional Republic, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-4

2 candidates
  • Jason Pearce (Democratic)
    Jason Pearce is a Plano, Texas native who built a career in sales and customer-facing roles, including work in the mortgage industry and later in finance and insurance, per his campaign site. He is running for U.S. House in Texas's 4th Congressional District. Jason Pearce appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, TX-4, per the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
    Priorities: Medicare for All, per his campaign site · Housing affordability, per his campaign site · Expanding Social Security, per his campaign site
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  • Pat Fallon (Republican)Incumbent
    Pat Fallon
    Pat Fallon is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, serving since 2021 after service in the Texas House and Senate and as an Air Force officer, per his official House biography. He serves on the Armed Services, Oversight, and Intelligence committees. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the state's certified candidate filing is the only verifiable source for Pat Fallon.

U.S. House - TX-5

2 candidates
  • Chelsey Hockett (Democratic)
    Chelsey Hockett
    Chelsey Hockett is a union-family mom in East Texas who previously worked as a general manager at a retail store, per her campaign site and a Lone Star Left interview. She has said the store closed two weeks after COVID-19 hit, leaving her family facing a nearly $100,000 hospital bill from an emergency c-section and NICU stay. She is running for U.S. House in Texas's 5th Congressional District. Chelsey Hockett appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, TX-5, per the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
    Priorities: Medicare for All, per her campaign site · Public school funding, per her campaign site · A higher minimum wage and expanded Social Security, per her campaign site
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  • Lance Gooden (Republican)Incumbent
    Lance Gooden
    Lance Gooden is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2018 after three terms in the Texas House, per his official House biography. He serves on the Judiciary and Armed Services committees.
    Priorities: Delivering results rather than rhetoric in Congress, per the campaign site · Opposing what he calls growing calls for socialism, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-6

2 candidates
  • Danny Minton (Democratic)
    Danny Minton is vice president of sales at Clarix Imaging, a breast cancer surgery company, after 30 years working in healthcare, per the Fort Worth Report. He holds a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Oklahoma and has never held elected office. He is running for U.S. House in Texas's 6th Congressional District. Danny Minton appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, TX-6, per the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
    Priorities: Universal, affordable healthcare modeled on Medicare and the VA, per the campaign site · Strengthening public schools and opposing school vouchers, per the campaign site · Fair taxation and support for small businesses, per the campaign site
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  • Jake Ellzey (Republican)Incumbent
    Jake Ellzey
    Jake Ellzey is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in a 2021 special election. A 20 year Navy fighter pilot and former Texas state representative, he serves on the Appropriations committee, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Border security, including finishing the border wall, per the campaign site · Strengthening public schools, per the campaign site · Supporting veterans and law enforcement, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-7

3 candidates
  • Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (Democratic)Incumbent
    Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
    Lizzie Pannill Fletcher is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2018. A former Houston litigator, she is vice ranking member of the Energy and Commerce committee, per her official House biography.
    Priorities: Addressing flooding in the Houston area, per the campaign site · Improving transportation and infrastructure, per the campaign site · Supporting jobs and the economy, per the campaign site
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  • Alexander Hale (Republican)
    Hale works as an energy and chemicals consultant for Alvarez & Marsal in Houston, per the campaign site. He previously interned with the American Enterprise Institute and the office of U.S. Senator Ben Sasse in Washington, and served as an analyst for the Baylor Angel Network, per the campaign site. He graduated from Baylor University with degrees in finance, political science, philosophy and business, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: The Houston energy economy, per his campaign site · Border security, per his campaign site · Fiscal responsibility, per his campaign site
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  • Espoir Ngabo (Green)
    Ngabo has worked in information technology for nearly a decade, including roles at BrandSafway, Entegris and Kapsch Group, per the campaign site. He currently serves as a regional IT analyst at BrandSafway, maintaining systems that businesses depend on, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Lowering housing costs and expanding affordable housing, per the campaign site · Implementing universal, single-payer healthcare, per the campaign site · Increasing flood mitigation investment in Houston, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-8

2 candidates
  • Laura Jones (Democratic)
    Jones is a small business owner and Army mom who describes herself as a lifelong Texan and working-class American, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: A minimum wage tied to the cost of living, per her campaign site · Medicare for All, per her campaign site
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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.
    Priorities: Border security, per her campaign site · Election integrity, per her campaign site · Protecting families, per her campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-9

2 candidates
  • Leticia Gutierrez (Democratic)
    Gutierrez holds a finance degree from the University of St. Thomas and has spent 15 years as a community organizer and advocate, working with elected officials and government agencies on behalf of her district, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability, per her campaign site · Ending corporate subsidies, per her campaign site · Grid and infrastructure resilience, per her campaign site
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  • Alex Mealer (Republican)
    Alex Mealer is a West Point graduate, Army explosive ordnance disposal veteran, and former oil and gas finance executive with Harvard law and business degrees who was the 2022 Republican nominee for Harris County Judge, per her campaign site and the Texas Tribune.
    Priorities: The Houston Ship Channel and port economy, per her campaign site · Border security, per her campaign site · Lake Houston flood mitigation, per her campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-10

2 candidates
  • Caitlin Rourk (Democratic)
    Caitlin Rourk is an Army military intelligence officer who served full time in the Texas Army National Guard and led communications at Dell, with a University of Chicago degree and a UT McCombs MBA, per her campaign site.
    Priorities: Lower costs for working families, per her campaign site · Lower healthcare costs, per her campaign site · Government accountability, per her campaign site
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  • Chris Gober (Republican)
    Chris Gober is an election law attorney who led a major national political committee in 2024 and headed Texas redistricting defense, per his campaign site and the Texas Tribune. A Harvard Law graduate raised in Throckmorton, he won the March primary outright.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · The economy and competing with China, per his campaign site · Rural affordability and healthcare, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-11

2 candidates
  • Claire Reynolds (Democratic)
    Reynolds holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, and has lived in Texas since 2007, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability, per her campaign site · Healthcare, per her campaign site · Immigration reform, per her campaign site
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  • August Pfluger (Republican)Incumbent
    August Pfluger
    August Pfluger is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2020. A retired Air Force colonel and fighter pilot from San Angelo, he chairs the Republican Study Committee and serves on Energy and Commerce, per his official House biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the state's certified candidate filing is the only verifiable source for August Pfluger.
    Priorities: Strengthening the local economy, per the campaign site · Supporting education and schools, per the campaign site · Addressing community concerns, per the campaign site

U.S. House - TX-12

2 candidates
  • Angela “Heli” Rodriguez Prilliman (Democratic)
    Angela “Heli” Rodriguez Prilliman
    Angela “Heli” Rodriguez Prilliman is a Fort Worth entrepreneur and educator with more than a decade in the technology sector, raised in Stephenville and a Texas A&M graduate, per her campaign site and the Fort Worth Report.
    Priorities: Universal health care, per her campaign site · Universal child care, per her campaign site · Fully funding public schools, per her campaign site
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  • Craig Goldman (Republican)Incumbent
    Craig Goldman
    Craig Goldman is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2024 after 12 years in the Texas House, where he chaired the House Republican Caucus, per his official House biography. He serves on the Energy and Commerce committee.
    Priorities: Border security, per the campaign site · Reducing property taxes, per the campaign site · Preventing human trafficking through National Guard deployment, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-13

2 candidates
  • Mark Nair (Democratic)
    Nair is an educator, innovator, inventor, and entrepreneur running for the U.S. House, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Nair's family has been part of the district for more than 30 years, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Fiscal responsibility, per NewsChannel 6 · Affordable housing, per NewsChannel 6 · Water resources, per NewsChannel 6
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  • Ronny Jackson (Republican)Incumbent
    Ronny Jackson
    Ronny Jackson is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2020. A retired Navy rear admiral who served as White House physician to Presidents Obama and Trump, he serves on the Intelligence, Agriculture, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs committees, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Strong border security and immigration enforcement, per the campaign site · Supporting veterans, including rural veteran advocacy, per the campaign site · Protecting the local economy, including farming, ranching, and oil and gas, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-14

2 candidates
  • Thurman Bill Bartie (Democratic)
    Bartie is a lifelong Port Arthur native who served as Mayor and was the first African American Justice of the Peace in Precinct 8, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Bartie's career reflects public service, education, ministry, and community leadership, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Jobs and economic opportunity, per his campaign site · Hurricane and flood infrastructure, per his campaign site · Strengthening the Affordable Care Act, per his campaign site
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  • Randy Weber (Republican)Incumbent
    Randy Weber
    Randy Weber is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2012. A former Texas state representative who founded an air conditioning business in 1981, he serves on the Energy and Commerce and Science committees, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Lower taxes, per the campaign site · Reduced wasteful spending, per the campaign site · Better schools, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-15

2 candidates
  • Bobby Pulido (Democratic)
    Bobby Pulido
    Bobby Pulido is a Tejano music star from Edinburg with a three decade recording career and a St. Mary's University political science degree, per the Texas Tribune and his campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability, per the Texas Tribune · Healthcare costs, per his campaign site · Water rights, per his campaign site
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  • Monica De La Cruz (Republican)Incumbent
    Monica De La Cruz
    Monica De La Cruz is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2022 as the first Republican Latina to represent Texas in Congress, per her official House biography. She serves on the Agriculture and Financial Services committees, and told the Texas Tribune her 2026 priorities center on the local economy, border security, farms, and protecting Social Security and Medicare.
    Priorities: Agriculture and South Texas water needs, per the campaign site · Border security and immigration, per the campaign site · Preventing fentanyl trafficking, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-16

2 candidates
  • Veronica Escobar (Democratic)Incumbent
    Veronica Escobar
    Veronica Escobar is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2018. A former El Paso County Judge, she serves on the Appropriations committee, per her official House biography.
    Priorities: Expanding healthcare access and lowering costs, per the campaign site · Addressing the climate crisis, per the campaign site · Reforming immigration with fair, humane policies, per the campaign site
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  • Adam Bauman (Republican)
    Adam Bauman is a career Border Patrol veteran who served on its tactical unit and a Navy special warfare veteran who now runs a canine drug detection business, per his campaign site and El Paso Matters.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Property taxes, per his campaign site · Veterans' care, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-17

2 candidates
  • Casey Shepard (Democratic)
    Shepard is a civil rights advocate running for Congress to represent Central Texas, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Shepard's work has focused on advocating for people without resources to have their concerns heard, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Confronting chaos and defending freedoms, per the campaign site · Stopping the march toward authoritarianism, per the campaign site · Cutting through Washington's red tape and delivering results for Texans, per the campaign site
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  • Pete Sessions (Republican)Incumbent
    Pete Sessions
    Pete Sessions is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. First elected to Congress in 1996, he chaired the Rules committee from 2013 to 2019 and returned in the Waco based 17th district in 2020, per his official House biography and congressional records. He chairs an Oversight subcommittee and serves on Financial Services.
    Priorities: Strengthening the local economy, per the campaign site · Supporting education and schools, per the campaign site · Addressing community concerns, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-18

2 candidates
  • Christian Dashaun Menefee (Democratic)Incumbent
    Christian Dashaun Menefee
    Christian Dashaun Menefee is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, sworn in February 2026. Previously the youngest and first Black Harris County Attorney, he serves on the Science, Space, and Technology committee, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Affordability and the American Dream, per the campaign site · Guaranteeing Access to Healthcare Through Medicare for All, per the campaign site · Protecting Abortion Rights & Reproductive Healthcare, per the campaign site
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  • Ronald Dwayne Whitfield (Republican)
    Landscaping business owner, running as the Republican nominee in this district, per the occupation recorded on the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate filing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the filing is the only verifiable source for Ronald Dwayne Whitfield.

U.S. House - TX-19

2 candidates
  • Kyle Rable (Democratic)
    Rable is a Texas Tech PhD candidate, a U.S. Army Reserves captain, and a member of CWA Local 6186, per the campaign site. He previously served as secretary of the Lubbock County Democratic Party, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Cost of living, per his campaign site · Rural revitalization, per his campaign site · Defending Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, per his campaign site
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  • Tom Sell (Republican)
    Tom Sell
    Sell served as a top aide to former U.S. Rep. Larry Combest, working on the 2002 Farm Bill and the Crop Insurance Reform Act of 2000 while Combest chaired the House Agriculture Committee, per the campaign site. He later co-founded a Lubbock firm with Combest serving West Texas producers and communities, per the campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree in agribusiness and a law degree from Texas Tech University, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Reining in Washington and empowering local communities, per his KCBD interview · Agriculture resiliency, per his KCBD interview · Efficient enforcement of existing border law, per his KCBD interview
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U.S. House - TX-20

2 candidates
  • Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Incumbent
    Joaquin Castro
    Joaquin Castro is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2012 after five terms in the Texas House. A Stanford and Harvard Law graduate from San Antonio, he serves on the Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees, per his official House biography.
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  • Edgardo Rafael Baez (Republican)
    Baez has served as a soldier, critical care nurse, and attorney practicing law for over two decades, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Baez brings military discipline and legal advocacy experience to a congressional campaign in the greater San Antonio area, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Stimulating local businesses and creating sustainable employment, per the campaign site · Combating high crime rates linked to drug and homelessness issues, per the campaign site · Expanding affordable housing access, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-21

2 candidates
  • Kristin Hook (Democratic)
    Kristin Hook is a biologist with a Cornell doctorate who worked at the National Institutes of Health and as a Government Accountability Office scientist, and was the 2024 nominee for this seat, per Texas Public Radio.
    Priorities: The economy, per her campaign site · Healthcare access, per her campaign site · Abortion rights, per her campaign site
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  • Mark Teixeira (Republican)
    Teixeira is a former Major League Baseball All Star who played 14 seasons, earning three All Star selections and a 2009 World Series championship with the New York Yankees, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Teixeira attended Georgia Tech, was drafted fifth overall by the Texas Rangers in 2001, and has been active in community service since returning to Texas in 2021, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Lower costs, per his campaign site · Border and public safety, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-22

2 candidates
  • Marquette Greene-Scott (Democratic)
    Marquette Greene-Scott
    Greene-Scott serves as Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Iowa Colony, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Greene-Scott is running for Texas Congressional District 22 with an emphasis on evaluating issues independent of strict party alignment, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Creating jobs and economic growth, per the campaign site · Improving infrastructure, per the campaign site · Bipartisan problem-solving based on facts rather than party lines, per the campaign site
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  • Trever Nehls (Republican)
    Trever Nehls
    Trever Nehls is a retired Army colonel with 33 years of service and a former Fort Bend County constable, per Fox News and his campaign site. He is the twin brother of the retiring congressman and not the incumbent.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Affordability, per his campaign site · Supporting law enforcement, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-23

3 candidates
  • Katy Padilla Stout (Democratic)
    Katy Padilla Stout is a San Antonio attorney who represents children in foster care, a former teacher, and a mother of four, per KENS 5 and the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
    Priorities: Cost of living, per her campaign site · Universal pre-K and public education, per her campaign site · Healthcare, per her campaign site
  • Brandon Herrera (Republican)
    Herrera is an entrepreneur running for Congress in Texas's 23rd District, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Herrera built a firearm manufacturing business and has focused on firearm safety and Second Amendment advocacy, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: The Second Amendment, per his campaign site · Limiting federal power, per his campaign site · Border security, per his campaign site
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  • Ben Mendoza (Independent)
    Mediator, running as the Independent candidate in this district, per the occupation recorded on the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate filing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the filing is the only verifiable source for Ben Mendoza.
    Priorities: Addressing high taxes, vagrancy, and crime in District 2, per the campaign site · Reopening parks and maintaining streets, per the campaign site · Creating a citizen police commission to oversee police hiring and firing, per the campaign site

U.S. House - TX-24

2 candidates
  • Kevin Burge (Democratic)
    Kevin Burge is a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who worked in the White House Situation Room, now an IT security specialist, per the Fort Worth Report.
    Priorities: Affordable housing, per his campaign site · Medicare for all, per his campaign site · Checks and balances, per his campaign site
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  • Beth Van Duyne (Republican)Incumbent
    Beth Van Duyne
    Beth Van Duyne is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. The first woman elected mayor of Irving and a former federal housing official, she serves on the Ways and Means committee and chairs a Small Business subcommittee, per her official House biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the state's certified candidate filing is the only verifiable source for Beth Van Duyne.

U.S. House - TX-25

2 candidates
  • Dione Sims (Democratic)
    Dione Sims
    Dione Sims is the founder of a Fort Worth nonprofit and the granddaughter of Juneteenth activist Opal Lee, per the Fort Worth Report.
    Priorities: civil rights, per the campaign site · wages, per the campaign site · healthcare, per the campaign site
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  • Roger Williams (Republican)Incumbent
    Roger Williams
    Roger Williams is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. He serves on the Financial Services and Small Business committees, per the House Clerk's member profile.
    Priorities: Lower taxes, per the campaign site · Government deregulation, per the campaign site · Small business relief, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-26

3 candidates
  • Steven Shook (Democratic)
    Steven Shook
    Shook, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC, has provided care to critically ill and injured patients since 2009, per the campaign site. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Shook holds degrees from Tarrant County College, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas at Arlington, and comes from a family of healthcare providers and small business owners, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Healthcare affordability, per his campaign site · Cost of living, per his campaign site · Grid reliability, per his campaign site
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  • Brandon Gill (Republican)Incumbent
    Brandon Gill
    Brandon Gill is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, elected in 2024. A Dartmouth graduate and former investment banker from Flower Mound, he serves on the Judiciary, Budget, and Oversight committees, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Securing the southern border and completing border wall construction, per the campaign site · Addressing the cost-of-living crisis and pursuing a balanced budget, per the campaign site · Pursuing energy independence through reduced regulatory barriers, per the campaign site
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  • Phil Gray (Libertarian)
    Property manager, running as the Libertarian candidate in this district, per the occupation recorded on the Texas Secretary of State's certified candidate filing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the filing is the only verifiable source for Phil Gray.
    Priorities: Paying down the national debt, per iVoterGuide questionnaire · Government-funded health insurance available alongside private options, per iVoterGuide questionnaire

U.S. House - TX-27

2 candidates
  • Tanya Lloyd (Democratic)
    Tanya Lloyd
    Lloyd is a fifth generation Texan and longtime public school teacher running for U.S. House in Texas's 27th Congressional District, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Lloyd worked in car dealerships and real estate before earning a bachelor's degree in education and teaching in the Lockhart Independent School District, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Protecting public education with full funding, per the campaign site · Expanding rural healthcare access, per the campaign site · Supporting farmers through fair pricing, per the campaign site
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  • Michael Cloud (Republican)Incumbent
    Michael Cloud
    Michael Cloud is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. He serves on the Appropriations and Oversight committees, per the House Clerk's member profile.
    Priorities: National defense, per the campaign site · Border security, per the campaign site · Federal spending and debt, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-28

3 candidates
  • Henry Cuellar (Democratic)Incumbent
    Henry Cuellar
    Henry Cuellar is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. A former Texas Secretary of State and the eldest of eight children of migrant farmworkers, he is a senior Appropriations committee member, per his official House biography.
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  • Tano E. Tijerina (Republican)
    Tijerina is a South Texas native and former Webb County Judge, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Tijerina has focused on infrastructure improvements, law enforcement support, and expanding opportunities for young people in the region, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Affordability, per his campaign site · Public safety, per his campaign site
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  • Marlón Durán (Green)
    Marlón Durán
    Durán is a community activist, organizer, and English and Spanish translator who grew up undocumented in McAllen, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Opposing immigration enforcement actions he says harm families, per the campaign site · Rejecting corporate donor influence in politics, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-29

2 candidates
  • Sylvia Garcia (Democratic)Incumbent
    Sylvia Garcia
    Sylvia Garcia is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, elected in 2018 as one of the first two Latinas from Texas in Congress. A former Houston city controller and Harris County commissioner, she is vice ranking member of the Financial Services committee, per her official House biography.
    Priorities: Lowering costs for healthcare, housing, and groceries, per the campaign site · Protecting voting rights, per the campaign site · Supporting the Dream and Promise Act, per the campaign site
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  • Martha Fierro (Republican)
    Martha Fierro
    Fierro is the director of Texas Rotunda Prayer & Worship, which partners with more than 200 churches and ministries across Houston on civic engagement, per the campaign site. She began working at 19 as a health care worker at the Texas Medical Center and later founded the SheSpoke mentoring program for small business owners, per the campaign site. A first-generation college graduate, she holds two degrees from the University of Houston, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Healthcare affordability through competition, per her campaign site · School choice, per her campaign site · Energy independence, per her campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-30

2 candidates
  • Frederick D. Haynes III (Democratic)
    Haynes has served as senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas for more than four decades, growing the congregation from fewer than 100 members to more than 13,000, per the campaign site. He founded the THRIVE Intern and Leadership Program, which provides paid employment and job training, and has served on the boards of the Conference of National Black Churches and Paul Quinn College, per the campaign site. He holds degrees from Bishop College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Graduate Theological Foundation and Christian Theological Seminary, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Economic opportunity, per KERA · Voting rights, per KERA · Criminal justice reform, per KERA
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  • Everett Jackson (Republican)
    Everett Jackson is a small business owner and community organizer making his first run for office, per CBS Texas. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the state's certified candidate filing is the only verifiable source for Everett Jackson.

U.S. House - TX-31

3 candidates
  • Justin Early (Democratic)
    Justin Early
    Justin Early is a cybersecurity architect at Dell Technologies, a former Army paratrooper, and a Georgetown resident, per the Williamson County Sun and KVUE.
    Priorities: Lower costs and higher wages, per his campaign site · Veterans and Social Security, per his campaign site · Privacy protections, per his campaign site
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  • John Carter (Republican)Incumbent
    John Carter
    John Carter is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster. A former Williamson County district judge, he chairs the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations subcommittee, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Limiting federal involvement in Texas affairs, per the campaign site · Border security, per the campaign site · Strengthening the economy, per the campaign site
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  • Greg Stoker (Green)
    Stoker is a U.S. Army Ranger who served four combat deployments in Afghanistan, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Stoker has since worked as a political analyst and is running as a Green Party candidate in Texas Congressional District 31, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: No More Foreign Wars, per the campaign site · Affordable Housing, per the campaign site · Ending the sending of American tax dollars overseas, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-32

2 candidates
  • Dan Barrios (Democratic)
    Dan Barrios
    Barrios was born and raised in Brownsville and has lived in North Texas for more than 25 years, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Barrios was elected to the Richardson City Council in 2023 and is now running for Congress, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Lower costs and consumer protections, per his campaign site · Healthcare affordability, per his campaign site · Defending the Constitution, per his campaign site
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  • Jace Yarbrough (Republican)
    Jace Yarbrough is an Air Force veteran and constitutional lawyer with Stanford Law and UT Austin degrees who co-founded a classical Christian academy, per his campaign site. He became the nominee when his runoff opponent withdrew, per KSAT.
    Priorities: Protecting religious liberty and opposing mandates, per the campaign site · Pro-life advocacy, per the campaign site · Parental empowerment in education, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-33

2 candidates
  • Colin Allred (Democratic)
    Colin Allred
    Colin Allred represented the Dallas based 32nd district in the U.S. House from 2019 to 2025 and was the 2024 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, per congressional records. A Dallas native, former NFL linebacker, and civil rights attorney, he won the May 26 runoff, per the Texas Tribune.
    Priorities: Affordability, per his campaign site · Immigration, per his campaign site · Fighting corruption, per his campaign site
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  • Patrick David Gillespie (Republican)
    Patrick David Gillespie is a candidate for U.S. House District 33 in Texas, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Stronger border enforcement, per the campaign site · Photo ID requirements for voting, per the campaign site · Shifting coal plants to natural gas and withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-34

4 candidates
  • Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Incumbent
    Vicente Gonzalez
    Vicente Gonzalez is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, first elected in 2016 and serving this district since 2022. An attorney who earned a GED before his law degree, he co-chairs the Blue Dog Coalition and serves on Financial Services, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Lowering everyday costs for working families, per the campaign site · Protecting access to affordable, quality healthcare, per the campaign site · Investing in public schools, per the campaign site
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  • Eric Flores (Republican)
    Flores is an infantry officer and prosecutor, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Flores brings experience from military service and the courtroom to the campaign for Congress, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Lower cost of living, per his campaign site · Water resources, per his campaign site
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  • Eddie Espinoza (Green)
    Eddie Espinoza is a Desert Storm Army combat veteran and retired Rio Grande Valley elementary teacher of 26 years whose 2024 statewide run helped secure his party's Texas ballot access, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Campaign finance reform, rejecting PAC funding, per the campaign site · Support for working-class families and young people, per the campaign site · Environmental protection, per the campaign site
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  • Chris Royal (Libertarian)
    Royal is a Libertarian Party candidate for Congress in Texas, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Royal advocates for constitutional principles and limited government spending, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Balancing the federal budget, per the campaign site · Reducing complexity in federal regulations, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-35

2 candidates
  • Johnny C. Garcia (Democratic)
    Johnny C. Garcia
    Johnny C. Garcia was born and raised on San Antonio's West Side and has spent about two decades with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, where he serves as public information officer after work as a SWAT hostage negotiator, per Texas Public Radio.
    Priorities: Rewarding hard work, per the campaign site · Making healthcare affordable, per the campaign site · Prioritizing public safety, per the campaign site
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  • Carlos De La Cruz (Republican)
    De La Cruz is a 20 year U.S. Air Force veteran who served deployments to the Middle East and at Lackland Air Force Base, including border service, per the campaign site. The campaign site says De La Cruz is a Texas native and small business owner, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Spending cuts, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-36

2 candidates
  • Rhonda Hart (Democratic)
    Rhonda Hart is a disabled Army veteran whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting and who worked to pass the safe storage provision in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, per Houston Public Media.
    Priorities: Public education, per her campaign site · Gun safety, per her campaign site · Veterans, per her campaign site
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  • Brian Babin (Republican)Incumbent
    Brian Babin
    Brian Babin is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the House Clerk's current member roster, sworn in January 2015. A dentist and former Woodville mayor and Air Force captain, he chairs the House Science, Space, and Technology committee, per his official House biography.
    Priorities: Border security and immigration enforcement, per the campaign site · Restoring public education, per the campaign site · Advancing the space program, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-37

2 candidates
  • Greg Casar (Democratic)
    Greg Casar
    Greg Casar is a sitting member of the U.S. House, per the House Clerk's current member roster, running in this redrawn district. Sworn in January 2023 after seven years on the Austin City Council, he chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, per his official House biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the state's certified candidate filing is the only verifiable source for Greg Casar.
  • Lauren B. Peña (Republican)
    Lauren B. Peña is a paralegal and mother of six who describes herself as a trafficking survivor in her campaign materials, per KVUE.
    Priorities: Ending human trafficking, starting with her proposed SAFE NIGHTS Act, per the campaign site · Lowering energy costs for families, per the campaign site · Making Austin housing affordable, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - TX-38

3 candidates
  • Melissa McDonough (Democratic)
    Melissa McDonough
    McDonough has spent nearly 30 years as a Realtor and 20 years owning and managing a real estate brokerage overseeing more than 45 agents, per the campaign site. She has served as a national marketing director across 24 states and previously led the Women's Council of Realtors' Houston chapter, per the campaign site. A Harris County resident for nearly three decades, she has also volunteered on the Tomball ISD school bond committee, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Properly funding public education, per the campaign site · Improving flood mitigation and embracing renewable energy, per the campaign site · Protecting Social Security, per the campaign site
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  • Jon Bonck (Republican)
    Bonck is a mortgage industry professional and real estate professional from greater Houston with more than two decades of experience helping families with homeownership, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Bonck serves as a deacon and Bible study teacher at Second Baptist Church, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Border security, per his campaign site · Parental rights, per his campaign site · Spending cuts, per his campaign site
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  • Alex McMenemy (Green)
    McMenemy is a Green Party candidate from Tomball, Texas who studied accounting and theatre, per the campaign site. The campaign site says McMenemy grew up in a working class family and has worked as a musician and cyclist advocate, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Free, universal healthcare and education, per the campaign site · Removing money from politics, per the campaign site
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2026 Court Races by District

These Texas judicial seats are elected by court district or county, so each one appears only on ballots inside that district. Enter your address in the lookup to see which, if any, is on yours.

Court Of Appeals, 1st District, Place 3

2 candidates
  • Todd Frankfort (R)
    Todd Frankfort is a Houston attorney with more than 30 years of experience focused on family law, per his campaign site. He is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
    Priorities: Applying the law as written rather than changing it from the bench, per the campaign site
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  • Veronica Rivas-Molloy (D)Incumbent
    Veronica Rivas-Molloy is a candidate for Court of Appeals, 1st District, Place 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 1st District, Place 4 - Unexpired Term

2 candidates
  • David M. Gunn (R)Incumbent
    David M. Gunn joined the First Court of Appeals in October 2024, per the court's official biography, after more than two decades as an appellate partner at a Houston law firm. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Julie Countiss (D)
    Julie Countiss previously served as a justice on the First Court of Appeals, per Houston Chronicle reporting. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 1st District, Place 5

2 candidates
  • Amy Guerra (D)Incumbent
    Amy Guerra is the incumbent Place 5 justice on the First Court of Appeals, elected in 2020, per the court's official biography. She previously served as an Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Jessica Caird (R)
    Jessica Caird is a candidate for Court of Appeals, 1st District, Place 5 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 3rd District, Chief Justice

2 candidates
  • Cory Liu (R)
    Cory Liu is a judge of the Texas 250th District Court, per the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Darlene Byrne (D)Incumbent
    Darlene Byrne is the incumbent Chief Justice of the Third Court of Appeals, elected in 2020, per the court's official biography. She previously presided for 20 years over the 126th Judicial District Court in Travis County. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 4th District, Chief Justice

2 candidates
  • Antonia "Toni" Arteaga (D)
    Antonia "Toni" Arteaga has served as judge of the 57th Civil District Court in Bexar County for nearly two decades, per the San Antonio Report. She has twice served as president of the Texas Association of District Court Judges. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Bert Richardson (R)
    Bert Richardson is a judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, elected in 2014 and reelected in 2020, per the court's official biography. He previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bexar County and as a state district court judge, per the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 5th District, Place 3

2 candidates
  • Matthew Kolodoski (R)
    Matthew Kolodoski is a candidate for Court of Appeals, 5th District, Place 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Amanda Reichek (D)
    Amanda Reichek previously served as a justice on the Fifth Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2024, authoring more than 500 appellate opinions, per her campaign site.
    Campaign site →

Court Of Appeals, 5th District, Place 6

2 candidates
  • Benjamin N. Smith (R)
    Benjamin N. Smith is a candidate for Court of Appeals, 5th District, Place 6 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Monica Purdy (D)
    Monica Purdy is the presiding judge of the 95th Judicial District Court in Dallas County, per local reporting. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 5th District, Place 8

2 candidates
  • Andrea D. Plumlee (D)
    Andrea D. Plumlee is a candidate for Court of Appeals, 5th District, Place 8 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • Ashley Wysocki (R)
    Ashley Wysocki is the judge of the 162nd District Court in Dallas County, per Governor's office announcements of her earlier district court appointments. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 13th District, Place 6

2 candidates
  • Clarissa Silva (R)Incumbent
    Clarissa Silva has served on the Thirteenth Court of Appeals, Place 6, since January 1, 2021, per MyRGV reporting. She previously worked as a prosecutor in the Nueces County District Attorney's Office and the San Patricio County Attorney's Office.
    Priorities: Protecting constitutional principles, due process and fair application of the law, per the campaign site
    Campaign site →
  • John Ball (D)
    John Ball practices family and criminal law in McAllen and previously worked in the Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office Border Prosecution Unit, per his campaign site. He is double board certified in Criminal Law and Family Law.
    Campaign site →

Court Of Appeals, 14th District, Chief Justice

2 candidates
  • Sarah Beth Landau (D)
    Sarah Beth Landau served as a justice on the First Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2024, per her campaign site. She previously worked as a federal public defender and commercial litigator.
    Priorities: Modernizing court operations and expanding legal education access for law students, per the campaign site
    Campaign site →
  • Kevin Jewell (R)
    Kevin Jewell currently serves as a justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Place 2, elected in 2016, per the court's official biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

Court Of Appeals, 14th District, Place 7

2 candidates
  • Ken Wise (R)Incumbent
    Ken Wise is the incumbent Place 7 justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, appointed in October 2013, per the court's official biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
  • William Demond (D)
    William Demond is a candidate for Court of Appeals, 14th District, Place 7 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the state's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.

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Anderson County

4 candidates
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Andrews County

4 candidates
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Angelina County

22 candidates
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  • 18 office types represented

Aransas County

4 candidates
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Archer County

2 candidates
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Armstrong County

4 candidates
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Atascosa County

6 candidates
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Austin County

4 candidates
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Bailey County

4 candidates
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Bandera County

4 candidates
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Bastrop County

4 candidates
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Baylor County

4 candidates
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Bee County

2 candidates
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Bell County

49 candidates
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  • 23 office types represented

Bexar County

73 candidates
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  • 44 office types represented

Blanco County

2 candidates
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Borden County

4 candidates
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Bosque County

4 candidates
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Bowie County

4 candidates
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Brazoria County

38 candidates
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Brazos County

27 candidates
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Brewster County

4 candidates
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Briscoe County

4 candidates
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Brooks County

2 candidates
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Brown County

2 candidates
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Burleson County

4 candidates
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Burnet County

4 candidates
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Caldwell County

4 candidates
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Calhoun County

4 candidates
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Callahan County

2 candidates
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Cameron County

38 candidates
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Camp County

4 candidates
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Carson County

4 candidates
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Cass County

4 candidates
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Castro County

4 candidates
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Chambers County

4 candidates
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Cherokee County

4 candidates
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Childress County

4 candidates
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Clay County

2 candidates
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Cochran County

4 candidates
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Coke County

4 candidates
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Coleman County

4 candidates
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Collin County

223 candidates
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  • 57 office types represented

Collingsworth County

4 candidates
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Colorado County

2 candidates
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Comal County

2 candidates
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Comanche County

4 candidates
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Concho County

4 candidates
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Cooke County

2 candidates
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Coryell County

21 candidates
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  • 7 office types represented

Cottle County

4 candidates
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Crane County

4 candidates
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Crockett County

4 candidates
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Crosby County

4 candidates
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Culberson County

2 candidates
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Dallam County

4 candidates
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Dallas County

37 candidates
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  • 22 races covered

Dawson County

4 candidates
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Deaf Smith County

4 candidates
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Delta County

4 candidates
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Denton County

92 candidates
  • 92 tracked candidate profiles
  • 45 office types represented

Dewitt County

4 candidates
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Dickens County

4 candidates
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Dimmit County

4 candidates
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Donley County

4 candidates
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Duval County

4 candidates
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Eastland County

4 candidates
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Ector County

4 candidates
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Edwards County

4 candidates
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El Paso County

44 candidates
  • 44 tracked candidate profiles
  • 36 races covered

Ellis County

6 candidates
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  • 3 races covered

Erath County

4 candidates
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Falls County

4 candidates
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Fannin County

4 candidates
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Fayette County

4 candidates
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Fisher County

4 candidates
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Floyd County

4 candidates
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Foard County

4 candidates
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Fort Bend County

57 candidates
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  • 29 races covered

Franklin County

4 candidates
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Freestone County

4 candidates
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Frio County

4 candidates
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Gaines County

4 candidates
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Galveston County

48 candidates
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  • 21 office types represented

Garza County

4 candidates
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Gillespie County

4 candidates
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Glasscock County

4 candidates
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Goliad County

4 candidates
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Gonzales County

4 candidates
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Gray County

4 candidates
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Grayson County

27 candidates
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  • 16 office types represented

Gregg County

4 candidates
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Grimes County

4 candidates
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Guadalupe County

6 candidates
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  • 3 races covered

Hale County

4 candidates
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Hall County

4 candidates
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Hamilton County

4 candidates
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Hansford County

4 candidates
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Hardeman County

4 candidates
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Hardin County

4 candidates
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Harris

85 candidates
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  • 45 races covered

Harrison County

4 candidates
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Hartley County

4 candidates
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Haskell County

4 candidates
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Hays County

35 candidates
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  • 15 office types represented

Hemphill County

4 candidates
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Henderson County

6 candidates
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Hidalgo County

37 candidates
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  • 30 races covered

Hill County

4 candidates
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Hockley County

4 candidates
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Hood County

4 candidates
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Hopkins County

4 candidates
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Houston County

4 candidates
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Howard County

4 candidates
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Hudspeth County

2 candidates
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Hunt County

2 candidates
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Hutchinson County

4 candidates
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Irion County

4 candidates
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Jack County

2 candidates
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Jackson County

2 candidates
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Jasper County

4 candidates
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Jeff Davis County

2 candidates
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Jefferson County

40 candidates
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  • 18 office types represented

Jim Hogg County

4 candidates
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Jim Wells County

2 candidates
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Johnson County

47 candidates
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  • 20 office types represented

Jones County

4 candidates
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Karnes County

4 candidates
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Kaufman County

30 candidates
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  • 15 office types represented

Kendall County

2 candidates
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Kenedy County

2 candidates
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Kent County

4 candidates
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Kerr County

4 candidates
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Killeen city

23 candidates
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  • 4 office types represented

Kimble County

4 candidates
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King County

4 candidates
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Kinney County

4 candidates
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Kleberg County

2 candidates
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Knox County

4 candidates
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La Salle County

4 candidates
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Lamar County

4 candidates
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Lamb County

4 candidates
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Lampasas County

4 candidates
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Lavaca County

4 candidates
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Lee County

4 candidates
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Leon County

4 candidates
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Liberty County

26 candidates
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  • 20 office types represented

Limestone County

4 candidates
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Lipscomb County

4 candidates
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Live Oak County

4 candidates
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Llano County

4 candidates
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Loving County

4 candidates
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Lubbock County

46 candidates
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  • 24 office types represented

Lynn County

4 candidates
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Madison County

4 candidates
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Marion County

4 candidates
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Martin County

4 candidates
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Mason County

4 candidates
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Matagorda County

2 candidates
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Maverick County

4 candidates
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Mcculloch County

4 candidates
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McLennan County

31 candidates
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  • 27 races covered

Mcmullen County

4 candidates
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Medina County

4 candidates
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Menard County

4 candidates
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Midland County

21 candidates
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  • 15 office types represented

Milam County

4 candidates
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Mills County

4 candidates
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Mitchell County

4 candidates
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Montague County

2 candidates
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Montgomery County

46 candidates
  • 46 tracked candidate profiles
  • 25 office types represented

Moore County

4 candidates
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Morris County

4 candidates
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Motley County

4 candidates
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Nacogdoches County

4 candidates
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Navarro County

4 candidates
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Newton County

4 candidates
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Nolan County

4 candidates
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Nueces County

36 candidates
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  • 22 races covered

Ochiltree County

4 candidates
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Oldham County

4 candidates
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Orange County

4 candidates
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Palo Pinto County

2 candidates
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Panola County

4 candidates
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Parker County

23 candidates
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  • 11 office types represented

Parmer County

4 candidates
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  • 2 races covered

Pecos County

2 candidates
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Polk County

4 candidates
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Potter County

4 candidates
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Presidio County

2 candidates
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Rains County

2 candidates
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Randall County

18 candidates
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  • 16 races covered

Reagan County

4 candidates
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Real County

4 candidates
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Red River County

4 candidates
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Reeves County

2 candidates
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Refugio County

4 candidates
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Roberts County

4 candidates
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Robertson County

4 candidates
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Rockwall County

4 candidates
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Runnels County

4 candidates
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Rusk County

4 candidates
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Sabine County

4 candidates
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San Augustine County

4 candidates
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San Jacinto County

4 candidates
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San Patricio County

2 candidates
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San Saba County

4 candidates
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Schleicher County

4 candidates
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Scurry County

4 candidates
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Shackelford County

2 candidates
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  • 1 race covered

Shelby County

4 candidates
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Sherman County

4 candidates
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Smith County

38 candidates
  • 38 tracked candidate profiles
  • 22 office types represented

Somervell County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Starr County

4 candidates
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Stephens County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Sterling County

4 candidates
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Stonewall County

4 candidates
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Sutton County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
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Swisher County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Tarrant County

120 candidates
  • 120 tracked candidate profiles
  • 65 office types represented

Taylor County

36 candidates
  • 36 tracked candidate profiles
  • 17 office types represented

Terrell County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Terry County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Throckmorton County

4 candidates
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  • 2 races covered

Titus County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
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Tom Green County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Travis County

22 candidates
  • 22 tracked candidate profiles
  • 15 races covered

Trinity County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Tyler County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Upshur County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Upton County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Uvalde County

4 candidates
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Val Verde County

4 candidates
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Van Zandt County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
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Victoria County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Waco city

59 candidates
  • 59 tracked candidate profiles
  • 17 office types represented

Walker County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Waller County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Ward County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
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Washington County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Webb County

22 candidates
  • 22 tracked candidate profiles
  • 16 races covered

Wharton County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Wheeler County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Wichita County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Wilbarger County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Willacy County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Williamson County

33 candidates
  • 33 tracked candidate profiles
  • 23 races covered

Wilson County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Winkler County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Wise County

66 candidates
  • 66 tracked candidate profiles
  • 33 office types represented

Wood County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Yoakum County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Young County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Zapata County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Zavala County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Every county in Texas

All 254 counties, A to Z. Each page shows the statewide races on every ballot in that county; the 254 marked in bold also carry hand-verified local races.

Anderson CountyAndrews CountyAngelina CountyAransas CountyArcher CountyArmstrong CountyAtascosa CountyAustin CountyBailey CountyBandera CountyBastrop CountyBaylor CountyBee CountyBell CountyBexar CountyBlanco CountyBorden CountyBosque CountyBowie CountyBrazoria CountyBrazos CountyBrewster CountyBriscoe CountyBrooks CountyBrown CountyBurleson CountyBurnet CountyCaldwell CountyCalhoun CountyCallahan CountyCameron CountyCamp CountyCarson CountyCass CountyCastro CountyChambers CountyCherokee CountyChildress CountyClay CountyCochran CountyCoke CountyColeman CountyCollin CountyCollingsworth CountyColorado CountyComal CountyComanche CountyConcho CountyCooke CountyCoryell CountyCottle CountyCrane CountyCrockett CountyCrosby CountyCulberson CountyDallam CountyDallas CountyDawson CountyDeWitt CountyDeaf Smith CountyDelta CountyDenton CountyDickens CountyDimmit CountyDonley CountyDuval CountyEastland CountyEctor CountyEdwards CountyEl Paso CountyEllis CountyErath CountyFalls CountyFannin CountyFayette CountyFisher CountyFloyd CountyFoard CountyFort Bend CountyFranklin CountyFreestone CountyFrio CountyGaines CountyGalveston CountyGarza CountyGillespie CountyGlasscock CountyGoliad CountyGonzales CountyGray CountyGrayson CountyGregg CountyGrimes CountyGuadalupe CountyHale CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHansford CountyHardeman CountyHardin CountyHarris CountyHarrison CountyHartley CountyHaskell CountyHays CountyHemphill CountyHenderson CountyHidalgo CountyHill CountyHockley CountyHood CountyHopkins CountyHouston CountyHoward CountyHudspeth CountyHunt CountyHutchinson CountyIrion CountyJack CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJeff Davis CountyJefferson CountyJim Hogg CountyJim Wells CountyJohnson CountyJones CountyKarnes CountyKaufman CountyKendall CountyKenedy CountyKent CountyKerr CountyKimble CountyKing CountyKinney CountyKleberg CountyKnox CountyLa Salle CountyLamar CountyLamb CountyLampasas CountyLavaca CountyLee CountyLeon CountyLiberty CountyLimestone CountyLipscomb CountyLive Oak CountyLlano CountyLoving CountyLubbock CountyLynn CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMartin CountyMason CountyMatagorda CountyMaverick CountyMcCulloch CountyMcLennan CountyMcMullen CountyMedina CountyMenard CountyMidland CountyMilam CountyMills CountyMitchell CountyMontague CountyMontgomery CountyMoore CountyMorris CountyMotley CountyNacogdoches CountyNavarro CountyNewton CountyNolan CountyNueces CountyOchiltree CountyOldham CountyOrange CountyPalo Pinto CountyPanola CountyParker CountyParmer CountyPecos CountyPolk CountyPotter CountyPresidio CountyRains CountyRandall CountyReagan CountyReal CountyRed River CountyReeves CountyRefugio CountyRoberts CountyRobertson CountyRockwall CountyRunnels CountyRusk CountySabine CountySan Augustine CountySan Jacinto CountySan Patricio CountySan Saba CountySchleicher CountyScurry CountyShackelford CountyShelby CountySherman CountySmith CountySomervell CountyStarr CountyStephens CountySterling CountyStonewall CountySutton CountySwisher CountyTarrant CountyTaylor CountyTerrell CountyTerry CountyThrockmorton CountyTitus CountyTom Green CountyTravis CountyTrinity CountyTyler CountyUpshur CountyUpton CountyUvalde CountyVal Verde CountyVan Zandt CountyVictoria CountyWalker CountyWaller CountyWard CountyWashington CountyWebb CountyWharton CountyWheeler CountyWichita CountyWilbarger CountyWillacy CountyWilliamson CountyWilson CountyWinkler CountyWise CountyWood CountyYoakum CountyYoung CountyZapata CountyZavala County

How to vote in Texas in November 2026

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the Texas election office as of 2026-09-04; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.

Voter registration deadline
online by Monday, October 5, 2026; by mail Monday, October 5, 2026; in person by Monday, October 5, 2026
Early voting
Monday, October 19, 2026 through Friday, October 30, 2026
Mail ballot
request by Friday, October 23, 2026; return: Carrier envelope must generally be received by the early voting clerk by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (with a limited late-arrival allowance for ballots postmarked by...
Election Day hours
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Where to vote
Find your polling place with the Texas election office's official lookup.
ID at the polls
Voters who possess one of seven acceptable forms of photo ID (Texas driver license, Election ID Certificate, Personal ID Card, or Handgun License issued by DPS; U.S. military ID with photo; U.S. citizenship certificate with photo; or U.S. passport) must present it at the polls. Voters aged 18-69 may use ID expired up to 4 years; ages 70+ may use ID expired any length of time (except citizenship certificates, which don't expire). Voters without an acceptable photo ID who cannot reasonably obtain one may sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration and present an alternate ID (e.g., utility bill, bank statement, government check, voter registration certificate).

Texas 2026 Election Questions

Who is running for governor of Texas in 2026?

The tracked 2026 candidates for governor of Texas are Greg Abbott (R), Gina Hinojosa (D), Pat Dixon (L). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

Who is running for U.S. Senate in Texas in 2026?

The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in Texas are Ken Paxton (R), James Talarico (D), Ted Brown (L). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

When is the Texas 2026 primary election?

Texas's 2026 state primary was held on March 3, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.

When is the voter registration deadline in Texas for the November 2026 election?

To vote in Texas's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Monday, October 5, 2026; by mail Monday, October 5, 2026; in person by Monday, October 5, 2026, per the state election office.

When does early voting start in Texas for the November 2026 election?

Early in-person voting in Texas runs Monday, October 19, 2026 through Friday, October 30, 2026, per the state election office.

What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Texas for November 2026?

Texas mail ballots: request by Friday, October 23, 2026; return: Carrier envelope must generally be received by the early voting clerk by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (with a limited late-arrival allowance for ballots postmarked by..., per the state election office.

Where do I vote in Texas in November 2026?

Polling places are assigned by address. Use the Texas election office's official lookup at https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/#/login to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.

Find Your Exact Ballot

Enter an address to narrow statewide, congressional, county, and municipal races.

 Voting Resources

Registration, deadlines, and official election links for voters.

 Election Calendar

Track major 2026 dates and upcoming election milestones.
Note: State hubs summarize tracked places; exact ballot results depend on address and district boundaries.Profiles: Candidate data updates as official filings and campaign materials publish.