Peggy Wardlaw
Peggy Wardlaw (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 21st Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.
Elections
2026
See also: Texas' 21st 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 21
Kristin Hook (D), Mark Teixeira (R), and Dan McQueen (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Kristin Hook (D)  | |
 | Mark Teixeira (R) | |
 | Dan McQueen (Independent) | |
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
Kristin Hook (D) defeated Regina Vanburg (D) and Gary Taylor (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristin Hook | 60.4 | 35,413 |
 | Regina Vanburg | 27.7 | 16,261 | |
 | Gary Taylor | 11.9 | 6,963 | |
| Total votes: 58,637 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Daniel Weber (D)
Republican primary
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Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Teixeira | 62.6 | 52,280 |
 | Jason Cahill | 9.9 | 8,245 | |
 | Trey Trainor | 8.3 | 6,976 | |
 | Mike Wheeler | 7.0 | 5,888 | |
 | Weston Martinez | 2.1 | 1,758 | |
 | Daniel Betts | 1.9 | 1,550 | |
 | Kyle Sinclair (Withdrew, still on ballot) | 1.7 | 1,394 | |
 | Peggy Wardlaw | 1.6 | 1,373 | |
 | Heather Tessmer | 1.5 | 1,244 | |
 | Paul Rojas | 1.4 | 1,179 | |
 | Ezekiel Enriquez | 1.3 | 1,088 | |
 | Jacques DuBose | 0.7 | 571 | |
| Total votes: 83,546 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chip Roy (R)
- Denis Goulet (R)
- Jessica Karlsruher (R)
- Matt Okerson (R)
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 21
Chip Roy defeated Joseph Kopser and Lee Santos in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chip Roy (R) | 50.2 | 177,654 |
 | Joseph Kopser (D) | 47.6 | 168,421 | |
 | Lee Santos (L) | 2.1 | 7,542 | |
| Total votes: 353,617 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21
Joseph Kopser defeated Mary Wilson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Kopser | 57.9 | 14,765 |
 | Mary Wilson | 42.1 | 10,722 | |
| Total votes: 25,487 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21
Chip Roy defeated Matt McCall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chip Roy | 52.7 | 18,088 |
 | Matt McCall | 47.3 | 16,243 | |
| Total votes: 34,331 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
Mary Wilson and Joseph Kopser advanced to a runoff. They defeated Derrick Crowe and Elliott McFadden in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Wilson | 30.9 | 15,736 |
| ✔ | | Joseph Kopser | 29.0 | 14,787 |
 | Derrick Crowe | 23.1 | 11,742 | |
 | Elliott McFadden | 17.0 | 8,667 | |
| Total votes: 50,932 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chip Roy | 27.1 | 19,428 |
| ✔ | | Matt McCall | 16.9 | 12,152 |
 | William Negley | 15.5 | 11,163 | |
 | Jason Isaac | 10.0 | 7,208 | |
 | Jenifer Sarver | 5.6 | 4,027 | |
 | Robert Stovall | 4.8 | 3,414 | |
 | Susan Narvaiz | 3.8 | 2,720 | |
 | Francisco Canseco | 3.5 | 2,489 | |
 | Ryan Krause | 3.2 | 2,300 | |
 | Al Poteet | 1.8 | 1,300 | |
| Peggy Wardlaw | 1.8 | 1,285 | |
| Samuel Temple | 1.4 | 1,020 | ||
 | Anthony White | 1.3 | 952 | |
 | Eric Burkhart | 1.0 | 723 | |
 | Mauro Garza | 0.9 | 663 | |
 | Autry Pruitt | 0.6 | 455 | |
| Foster Hagen | 0.5 | 394 | ||
 | Ivan Andarza | 0.1 | 96 | |
| Total votes: 71,789 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
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