Chris Fernandez
Chris Fernandez (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 22nd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.[source]
Elections
2026
See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for U.S. House Texas District 22
Demile James (American Independent Party) is running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 3, 2026.
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| Demile James (American Independent Party) | ||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22
Chris Fernandez (D), Sterling Gadison (D), Marquette Greene-Scott (D), Robert Thomas (D), and Pearl Vuorinen (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22
Rebecca Clark (R), Jacey Jetton (R), and Trever Nehls (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2026.
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 | Rebecca Clark | |
 | Jacey Jetton | |
| Trever Nehls | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Troy Nehls (R)
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2020
See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 22
Troy Nehls defeated Sri Preston Kulkarni and Joseph LeBlanc in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Troy Nehls (R) | 51.5 | 210,259 |
 | Sri Preston Kulkarni (D) | 44.6 | 181,998 | |
 | Joseph LeBlanc (L) | 3.9 | 15,791 | |
| Total votes: 408,048 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22
Troy Nehls defeated Kathaleen Wall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Troy Nehls | 69.9 | 36,132 |
 | Kathaleen Wall | 30.1 | 15,547 | |
| Total votes: 51,679 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22
Sri Preston Kulkarni defeated Derrick Reed, Nyanza Moore, and Carmine Petricco III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sri Preston Kulkarni | 53.1 | 34,664 |
 | Derrick Reed | 24.7 | 16,126 | |
 | Nyanza Moore | 14.5 | 9,449 | |
| Carmine Petricco III | 7.8 | 5,074 | ||
| Total votes: 65,313 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chris Fernandez (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Troy Nehls | 40.5 | 29,583 |
| ✔ | | Kathaleen Wall | 19.4 | 14,201 |
 | Pierce Bush | 15.4 | 11,281 | |
 | Greg Hill | 14.1 | 10,315 | |
 | Dan Mathews | 3.0 | 2,165 | |
| Bangar Reddy | 1.6 | 1,144 | ||
 | Joe Walz | 1.4 | 1,039 | |
| Shandon Phan | 1.1 | 773 | ||
 | Diana Miller | 1.1 | 771 | |
 | Jon Camarillo | 1.0 | 718 | |
 | Douglas Haggard | 0.5 | 398 | |
 | Howard Lynn Steele Jr. | 0.4 | 283 | |
 | Matt Hinton | 0.4 | 274 | |
| Brandon Penko | 0.1 | 96 | ||
 | Aaron Hermes | 0.1 | 92 | |
| Total votes: 73,133 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Schell Hammel (R)
- Keli Chevalier (R)
- Clint Morgan (R)
- Felicia Harris Hoss (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22
Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 21, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Joseph LeBlanc (L) |
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Libertarian primary convention
Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian primary convention.
Campaign themes
2026
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
