Texas: Don’t Mess With Texas
Texas is holding elections for one U.S. Senate seat, 36 U.S. House seats, governor and seven other state executive offices, 15 out of 31 state Senate seats, and all 150 state House seats. Three state Supreme Court seats, three court of criminal appeals seats, and 45 appellate court seats are on the ballot. Ballotpedia is also covering local races in 13 counties and school board elections in 26 public school districts.
What is the partisan balance in the state?
Congress: Republicans hold both U.S. Senate seats and 25 U.S. House seats. Democrats hold the remaining 11 U.S. House seats.
Governor: Republican.
Lt. Governor: Republican.
Attorney General: Republican.
State Senate: 20-10 Republican majority with one vacancy.
State House: 93-55 Republican majority with two vacancies.
Races to watch
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United States Senate election in Texas: Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faces Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) and entrepreneur Neal Dikeman (L) in the election for U.S. Senate in Texas. Although Texas has voted to send a Republican to the White House, U.S. Senate, and governor’s office in every statewide election since 1994, two election forecasters call this race a “Toss-up” or “Leans Republican.” Cruz was first elected in 2012 by a margin of 16 percentage points.
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Texas’ 7th Congressional District: Incumbent John Culberson (R) and attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D) are running in the election for Texas’ 7th District. Culberson was first elected in 2000. He won re-election in 2016 by 12 points. That year, Hillary Clinton (D) carried the 7th District, defeating Donald Trump (R) by a margin of 1 percentage point. No Democratic candidate has won election to represent the district since 1964.
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Texas’ 23rd Congressional District: Incumbent Rep. Will Hurd (R) faces Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Ruben Corvalan (L) in the general election for Texas' 23rd Congressional District. District 23 is a swing district, give Democrats hope that they might flip the seat back to their control. The 2016 election saw Hurd narrowly defeat his Democratic challenger Pete Gallego by just over one percentage point. Hurd originally unseated Gallego in the 2014 general election; prior to that Gallego had held the office for two years.
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Texas’ 32nd Congressional District: U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R), civil rights attorney Colin Allred (D), and Melina Baker (L) are running in the general election for Texas' 32nd District. Most election forecasters call the seat a “Toss-up.” It was one of 25 Republican-held U.S. House districts that Hillary Clinton (D) carried in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions, who was first elected in 2002, ran unopposed in 2016 and won re-election by 26.4 percentage points in 2014.
What you need to know if you’re a Texas voter
Early voting dates: October 22 to November 3.
Polls open/close: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voter ID: Texas requires voters to present a form of photo identification at the polls. If voters do not possess the required form of identification, poll workers must ask voters whether they "cannot obtain an acceptable form of photo ID." If voters answer "yes" to this question, they can present a non-photo form of identification and complete a "Reasonable Impediment Declaration." Upon doing so, voters may cast a regular ballot.
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