Abteen Vaziri
Abteen Vaziri (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.
Vaziri completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Texas District 32
Dan Barrios (D), Jace Yarbrough (R), and Charles Harper (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Dan Barrios (D)  | |
 | Jace Yarbrough (R) | |
| Charles Harper (Independent) | ||
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Republican primary runoff
The Republican primary runoff scheduled for May 26, 2026, was canceled. Jace Yarbrough (R) advanced from the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ryan Binkley (R)
Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32
Dan Barrios (D) defeated Anthony Bridges (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Barrios | 60.1 | 26,368 |
 | Anthony Bridges | 39.9 | 17,526 | |
| Total votes: 43,894 | |||
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Republican primary
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Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jace Yarbrough | 49.0 | 33,821 |
| ✔ |  | Ryan Binkley | 21.7 | 15,007 |
 | Paul Bondar | 13.9 | 9,572 | |
 | Darrell Day | 5.8 | 4,024 | |
 | James Ussery | 2.8 | 1,957 | |
| Aimee Carrasco | 2.7 | 1,833 | ||
 | Gordon Heslop | 2.1 | 1,463 | |
 | Monty Montanez | 1.3 | 867 | |
 | Abteen Vaziri | 0.8 | 541 | |
| Total votes: 69,085 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eric Niehaus (R)
- Tobey Pearson (R)
- Zain Shaito (R)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Abteen Vaziri completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vaziri's responses.
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I believe in secure borders, safe communities, lower taxes, and a government that lives within its means. I’m running because Washington is failing our middle class both culturally and economically: inflation is crushing budgets, energy policy is driving up costs, crime is rising, and the border is out of control.
National sovereignty and American culture is personal to me. In Congress, I will confront radical Islam with a tough, targeted, lawful strategy—stop terror networks, disrupt foreign funding, strengthen vetting, and back intelligence and law enforcement. No theocracy. No Sharia. No foreign funded extremist influence—ever. As an Iranian refugee, I’ve seen what happens when radical Islam takes over a nation. Texas and America must never tolerate Islamist extremism or foreign funded authoritarian ideology—ever.
My agenda is simple: secure the border, lower costs through fiscal discipline, American energy, and ingenuity, defend constitutional rights, and clean up corruption in Congress so public service isn’t a get rich scheme.- Security first: secure the border and back law enforcement.
I will confront radical Islam here and abroad with intelligence-led operations, stronger vetting, and aggressive action against foreign funding and recruitment networks. We are not a nation without a secure border. I will ensure that American strength through our economy and geopolitical strategy increase our nation’s sovereignty without having endless wars.
Jobs and the economy are America’s security. Americans should be incentivized to obtain degrees and work-ready preparedness for the new smart economy. I will encourage this through enabling scholarships and financial aid only for STEM degrees that will help bolster our economy and infrastructure to compete globally. - Lower costs: stop reckless spending that fuels inflation and unleash American energy. I support more domestic oil and gas production, faster permitting, a stronger grid, and next generation nuclear so families pay less and North Texas wins jobs and investment while we build our infrastructure and meet our future energy needs for AI and future technologies. I will bring manufacturing back home and contain China economically through tariffs and energy independence.
- Accountability: ban congressional insider trading, shut the revolving door, and make Washington follow the rules it imposes on everyone else. I will introduce a bill that will levy a tax on all federal elected officials at 50% of any earnings while in elected office and place that revenue into healthcare funding for our VA. I’ll run a constituent first office that actually answers the phone, solves problems, and delivers results.
Immigration reform is absolutely necessary. H1-B fraud and abuse is a massive issue particularly in Texas. If companies state that they cannot find adequate workforce amongst our American graduates, then congress should only back student loans in STEM degrees to address this.
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See also
2026 Elections
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