Republican Party primaries in Texas, 2026

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Republican Party primaries, 2026

Primary Date

March 3, 2026

Primary Runoff Date

May 26, 2026

Federal elections

Republican primaries for U.S. House

State party

Republican Party of Texas

State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Texas on March 3, 2026.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Texas utilizes an open primary system. State law requires voters to sign the following pledge before voting in a primary: "I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year."

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)

A Republican Party primary took place on March 3, 2026, in Texas to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Cornyn	42.5	665,169
✔		Ken Paxton	40.8	638,481
		Wesley Hunt	13.0	203,555
		Sara Canady	1.2	18,168
	Submit photo	Anna Bender	1.1	17,112
		Gulrez Khan	0.7	10,917
		Virgil Bierschwale	0.4	6,086
	Submit photo	John Adefope	0.4	5,865

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Alvarez (R)
• Tony Schmoker (R)
• Alexander Duncan (R)
• Leo Wyatt (R)
• Matthew Elliot Kelley (R)
• Keith Allen (R)
• Barrett McNabb (R)
• Connor Kraus (R)
• Rennie Mann (R)
• Andrew Trakas (R)

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Texas, 2026 (March 3 Republican primaries)

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Texas are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 38 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 38 U.S. House districts. The primary was March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.

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District 1

 Republican primary candidates

• Nathaniel Moran (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Ryan Nichols

District 2

 Republican primary candidates

• Daniel Crenshaw (Incumbent)
• Martin Etwop
• Nicholas Plumb 
• Steve Toth ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Jon Bonck
• Jameson Ellis
• T.C. Manning
• Ava Zolari

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District 3

 Republican primary candidates

• Keith Self (Incumbent) ✔
• Mark Newgent 

Did not make the ballot:

• Zain Shaito

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District 4

 Republican primary candidates

• Pat Fallon (Incumbent) ✔
• Don Horn

District 5

 Republican primary candidates

• Lance Gooden (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Travis Edwards 

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District 6

 Republican primary candidates

• Jake Ellzey (Incumbent) ✔
• James Buford
• Brian Stahl 

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District 7

 Republican primary candidates

• Tina Blum Cohen ✔
• Alexander Hale ✔
• Alexander Kalai
• Erin Montgomery 

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District 8

 Republican primary candidates

• Jay Fondren 
• Brett Jensen
• Stephen Long 
• Jessica Steinmann ✔
• Nick Tran 
• Deddrick Wilmer

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District 9

 Republican primary candidates

• Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco
• Briscoe Cain ✔ 
• Michael Curran
• Alex Mealer ✔ 
• Dan Mims
• Crystal Sarmiento
• Steve Stockman
• Dwayne Stovall 
• Terry Lee Thain

Did not make the ballot:

• Alexandria Butler 
• Peter Emmert
• Deddrick Wilmer

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District 10

 Republican primary candidates

• Rob Altman 
• Ben Bius 
• Robert Brown 
• Jenny Garcia Sharon
• Chris Gober ✔ 
• Brandon Hawbaker 
• Jessica Karlsruher 
• Kara King
• Scott MacLeod
• Jeremy Story 

Did not make the ballot:

• Christopher Hurt 
• Joshua Ross Lovell
• Carl Segan 
• Phil Suarez 

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District 11

 Republican primary candidates

• August Pfluger (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• James Ussery

District 12

 Republican primary candidates

• Craig Goldman (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Brian Sprague 
• Semaj Swire

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District 13

 Republican primary candidates

• Ronny L. Jackson (Incumbent) ✔
• Chasity Wedgeworth 

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District 14

 Republican primary candidates

• Randy Weber (Incumbent) ✔
• Jessica Forgy 

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District 15

 Republican primary candidates

• Monica De La Cruz (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Ponciano Garcia

District 16

 Republican primary candidates

• Manuel Barraza ✔
• Adam Bauman ✔
• Hector Cabildo
• Raul Castaneda 
• Marisela Chavez
• Deliris Montanez
• Ruben Rios

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District 17

 Republican primary candidates

• Pete Sessions (Incumbent) ✔

District 18

 Republican primary candidates

• Elizabeth Vences 
• Ronald Whitfield ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Allen Berry 
• Cyrus Sajna 

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District 19

 Republican primary candidates

• James Barbee
• Jason Corley
• Abraham Enriquez ✔
• Donald May
• Tom Sell ✔
• Matthew Smith
• Ryan Zink

Did not make the ballot:

• Jodey Arrington (Incumbent)
• Christopher Adams

District 20

 Republican primary candidates

• Edgardo Baez ✔ 

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District 21

 Republican primary candidates

• Daniel Betts 
• Jason Cahill 
• Jacques DuBose
• Ezekiel Enriquez 
• Weston Martinez
• Paul Rojas 
• Kyle Sinclair (unofficially withdrew) 
• Mark Teixeira ✔
• Heather Tessmer
• Trey Trainor 
• Peggy Wardlaw
• Mike Wheeler 

Did not make the ballot:

• Chip Roy (Incumbent)
• Denis Goulet
• Jessica Karlsruher
• Matt Okerson 

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District 22

 Republican primary candidates

• Rebecca Clark 
• Trever Nehls ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Troy Nehls (Incumbent)
• Jacey Jetton

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District 23

 Republican primary candidates

• Tony Gonzales (Incumbent) ✔
• Keith Barton 
• Francisco Canseco 
• Brandon Herrera ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Ezekiel Enriquez
• Susan Storey Rubio

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District 24

 Republican primary candidates

• Beth Van Duyne (Incumbent) ✔

District 25

 Republican primary candidates

• Roger Williams (Incumbent) ✔

District 26

 Republican primary candidates

• Brandon Gill (Incumbent) ✔
• Robert Chick 

Did not make the ballot:

• Gavin Solomon

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District 27

 Republican primary candidates

• Michael Cloud (Incumbent) ✔
• Chris Hatley 

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District 28

 Republican primary candidates

• Eileen Day
• Tano Tijerina ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Juan Esparza

District 29

 Republican primary candidates

• Martha Fierro ✔

District 30

 Republican primary candidates

• Sholdon Daniels ✔ 
• Gregor Heise
• Everett Jackson ✔
• Nils Walker 

Did not make the ballot:

• Cody Nickson
• Stephani Reazor
• Michael Alan Vivroux

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District 31

 Republican primary candidates

• John Carter (Incumbent) ✔
• William Abel 
• David Berry
• Steven Dowell 
• Ed Ewald
• Abhiram Garapati 
• Valentina Gomez Noriega
• Raymond Hamden
• Elvis Lossa 
• Offer Vince Shlomi

Did not make the ballot:

• Jack McConnell
• Mike Williams

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District 32

 Republican primary candidates

• Ryan Binkley ✔ 
• Paul Bondar 
• Aimee Carrasco
• Darrell Day 
• Gordon Heslop 
• Monty Montanez
• James Ussery
• Abteen Vaziri 
• Jace Yarbrough ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Eric Niehaus
• Tobey Pearson 
• Zain Shaito 

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District 33

 Republican primary candidates

• Patrick Gillespie ✔
• Monte Mitchell
• Kurt L. Schwab
• John Sims ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Payton Jackson

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District 34

 Republican primary candidates

• Keith Allen 
• Luis Buentello
• Eric Flores ✔
• Mayra Flores
• Fred Hinojosa (unofficially withdrew)
• Gregory Kunkle Jr.
• Scott Mandel (unofficially withdrew)
• Jay Nagy 

Did not make the ballot:

• Mauro Garza
• Bam Morales 

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District 35

 Republican primary candidates

• Randy Adams
• Joshua Cortez 
• Carlos De La Cruz ✔
• Mark Eberwine
• Jay Furman
• Vanessa Hicks-Callaway 
• Ryan Krause 
• Larry La Rose
• Rod Lingsch 
• John Lujan ✔
• Steven Wright 

Did not make the ballot:

• Christopher Schuchardt

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District 36

 Republican primary candidates

• Brian Babin (Incumbent) ✔
• Jonathan Mitchell

District 37

 Republican primary candidates

• Ge'Nell Gary ✔ 
• Janet Malzahn 
• Lauren Peña ✔ 

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District 38

 Republican primary candidates

• Avery Ayers 
• Jon Bonck ✔
• Craig Goralski
• Barrett McNabb 
• Carmen Montiel 
• Michael Pratt 
• Larry Rubin 
• Jennifer Sundt
• Jeff Yuna 
• Shelly deZevallos ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Wesley Hunt (Incumbent)
• Damien Mockus 

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State elections

State Senate

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2026

Elections for the Texas State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary was March 3, 2026, and the primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Texas State Senate elections, 2026
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Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1	Laticia Ambroz	Bryan Hughes (i)
District 2	Keenen Colbert	Bob Hall (i) Jason Eddington
District 3	Bobby Tillman	Trent Ashby Rhonda Ward
District 4	Ron Angeletti	Brett Ligon   Charlie Miller
District 5	Kevin Nelson Paul Thomasson	Charles Schwertner (i)   Apollo Hernandez   Larry Nance
District 9	Taylor Rehmet (i)	Leigh Wambsganss Did not make the ballot: John Huffman
District 11	Shannon Dicely   Cameron Rollwitz	Dennis Paul
District 13	Borris Miles (i)	The Republican primary was canceled.
District 18	Erica Gillum	Lois Kolkhorst (i)
District 19	Roland Gutierrez (i)	Marcus Cardenas Robert Marks, Jr Adam Salyer
District 21	Judith Zaffirini (i)   Cortney Jones	Julie Dahlberg
District 22	Amy Martinez-Salas	David Cook Jon Gimble Rena Schroeder
District 24	Joe P. Herrera	Peter P. Flores (i)
District 26	José Menéndez (i)	The Republican primary was canceled.	Convention results pending
District 28	Riley Rodriquez	Charles Perry (i)
District 31	John Betancourt	Kevin Sparks (i)

House of Representatives

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary was March 3, 2026, and the primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.

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State executive offices

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2026

Fifteen state executive offices are up for election in Texas in 2026:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Agriculture Commissioner
Comptroller
Land Commissioner
Railroad Commissioner
State Board of Education (8 seats)

To see a full list of candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Governor of Texas

Republican primary candidates

• Greg Abbott (Incumbent) ✔
• R.F. Achgill
• Evelyn Brooks
• Pete Chambers 
• Charles Crouch
• Arturo Espinosa
• Mark Goloby 
• Kenneth Hyde 
• Stephen Samuelson 
• Ronnie Tullos 
• Nathaniel Welch

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Lieutenant Governor of Texas

Republican primary candidates

• Dan Patrick (Incumbent) ✔
• Perla Hopkins
• Timothy Mabry 
• Esala Wueschner 

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Attorney General of Texas

Republican primary candidates

• Joan Huffman
• Mayes Middleton ✔
• Aaron Reitz 
• Chip Roy ✔

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Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

Republican primary candidates

• Sid Miller (Incumbent)
• Nate Sheets ✔ 

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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Republican primary candidates

• Kelly Hancock (Incumbent)
• Michael Berlanga
• Christi Craddick
• Donald Huffines ✔ 

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Texas Land Commissioner

Republican primary candidates

• Dawn Buckingham (Incumbent) ✔

Texas Railroad Commission

Republican primary candidates

• James Wright (Incumbent) ✔
• Katherine Culbert
• Hawk Dunlap
• Bo French ✔ 
• James Matlock

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Texas State Board of Education

District 2

Republican primary candidates

• LJ Francis (Incumbent)
• Victoria Hinojosa ✔
• Carrie Moore

District 5

Republican primary candidates

• Mica Arellano ✔

District 6

Republican primary candidates

• Barbara Denson 
• Tiffany Nelson ✔

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District 7

Republican primary candidates

• Julie Pickren (Incumbent) ✔

District 8

Republican primary candidates

• Audrey Young (Incumbent) ✔
• George Vachris

District 9

Republican primary candidates

• Rachel Hogue 
• Kason Huddleston ✔
• Stephen Yearout

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District 13

Republican primary candidates

• April Williams Moore ✔

District 14

Republican primary candidates

• Mindy Bumgarner ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Christine Malaguti

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State supreme court

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2026

The terms of seven Texas Supreme Court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals justices will expire on January 10, 2027. The seven seats are up for partisan election on November 3, 2026. The primary was March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025. To see a full list of candidates in the primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Texas Supreme Court

Place 1

Republican primary candidates

• Jimmy Blacklock (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Steve Smith

Place 2

Republican primary candidates

• James Sullivan (Incumbent) ✔

Place 7

Republican primary candidates

• Kyle Hawkins (Incumbent) ✔

Place 8

Republican primary candidates

• Brett Busby (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• David Rogers

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Place 3

Republican primary candidates

• Brent Coffee
• Lesli Fitzpatrick
• Alison Fox ✔
• Thomas Smith ✔

Place 4

Republican primary candidates

• Kevin Patrick Yeary (Incumbent) ✔

Place 9

Republican primary candidates

• Jennifer Balido
• John Messinger ✔

State court of appeals

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2026

The terms of twenty-one Texas intermediate appellate court judges will expire on December 31, 2026. The twenty-one seats are up for partisan election on November 3, 2026. The primary was March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025. To see a full list of candidates in the primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Texas First District Court of Appeals

Texas First District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 3	Veronica Rivas-Molloy (i)	Todd Frankfort Zachary Gibson Elizabeth Ling Urrego Malcolm Whittaker
Place 4	Julie Countiss	David Gunn (i)
Place 5	Amparo Guerra (i)	Jessica Caird

Texas Second District Court of Appeals

Texas Second District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 2	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Chris Taylor
Place 7	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Brian Walker (i)

Texas Third District Court of Appeals

Texas Third District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Chief Justice	Darlene Byrne (i)	Cory Liu

Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals

Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Chief Justice	Antonia Arteaga Velia Meza	Bert Richardson

Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals

Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
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Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 3	Amanda Reichek	Matthew Kolodoski
Place 6	Monica Purdy	Benjamin N. Smith
Place 8	Nicholas Palmer   Andrea Plumlee	Ashley Wysocki

Texas Sixth District Court of Appeals

Texas Sixth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 3	The Democratic primary was canceled.	L. Charles van Cleef (i)

Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals

Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Chief Justice	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Judy Parker

Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals

Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Chief Justice	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Scott Golemon (i)

Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals

Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 2	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Lee Harris (i)

Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals

Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 2	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Bruce Williams (i)

Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals

Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Chief Justice	The Democratic primary was canceled.	Brian Hoyle

Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals

Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 6	John Ball	Clarissa Silva (i)

Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals

Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
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Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Chief Justice	Connie Gonzales   Sarah Beth Landau	Kevin Jewell
Place 7	Michael Adams-Hurta   William Demond Derek Obialo	Ken Wise (i)

Texas Fifteenth District Court of Appeals

Texas Fifteenth District Court of Appeals primary, 2026
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Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Place 1	Jerry Zimmerer	Scott Brister (i)
Place 2	Thomas Baker	Scott Field (i)
Place 3	Marc Meyer	April Farris (i)

Voting information

See also: Voting in Texas

Election information in Texas: March 3, 2026, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Feb. 2, 2026
• By mail: Postmarked by Feb. 2, 2026
• Online: N/A

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: Feb. 20, 2026
• By mail: Received by Feb. 20, 2026
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: March 3, 2026
• By mail: Postmarked by March 3, 2026

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Feb. 17, 2026 to Feb. 27, 2026

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CT/MT)

Context of the 2026 elections

Texas Party Control: 1992-2026
Three years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

State party overview

Republican Party of Texas

See also: Republican Party of Texas

Party control in Texas
Governor	Republican
Senate	Republican
House	Republican

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Texas has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.

State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas	0.48%	1.61%	2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	26.82%	72.17%	R+45.3	22.76%	75.13%	R+52.4	R
2	20.93%	77.91%	R+57	17.59%	79.78%	R+62.2	R
3	22.26%	76.65%	R+54.4	21.37%	75.80%	R+54.4	R
4	25.04%	73.93%	R+48.9	22.70%	74.70%	R+52	R
5	23.75%	75.33%	R+51.6	20.20%	77.72%	R+57.5	R
6	28.44%	70.49%	R+42	28.89%	67.98%	R+39.1	R
7	27.14%	71.97%	R+44.8	24.48%	73.09%	R+48.6	R
8	24.96%	74.07%	R+49.1	21.12%	76.63%	R+55.5	R
9	27.47%	71.73%	R+44.3	22.23%	76.13%	R+53.9	R
10	25.56%	73.21%	R+47.7	25.20%	71.62%	R+46.4	R
11	26.75%	72.23%	R+45.5	24.48%	72.79%	R+48.3	R
12	36.06%	62.67%	R+26.6	32.54%	64.35%	R+31.8	R
13	22.71%	76.25%	R+53.5	20.47%	77.18%	R+56.7	R
14	34.77%	62.91%	R+28.1	38.79%	54.03%	R+15.2	R
15	21.79%	76.77%	R+55	28.86%	66.69%	R+37.8	R
16	18.22%	80.76%	R+62.5	18.80%	78.35%	R+59.5	R
17	37.30%	60.79%	R+23.5	33.92%	62.02%	R+28.1	R
18	27.18%	71.69%	R+44.5	23.96%	73.47%	R+49.5	R
19	22.22%	76.79%	R+54.6	17.21%	81.00%	R+63.8	R
20	26.22%	72.13%	R+45.9	25.81%	70.27%	R+44.5	R
21	23.92%	74.97%	R+51.1	21.50%	76.09%	R+54.6	R
22	66.82%	32.57%	D+34.3	65.95%	31.80%	D+34.1	D
23	44.24%	54.56%	R+10.3	40.89%	55.86%	R+15	R
24	25.11%	73.48%	R+48.4	27.42%	68.20%	R+40.8	R
25	28.74%	69.92%	R+41.2	27.55%	69.14%	R+41.6	R
26	35.86%	62.95%	R+27.1	45.81%	50.71%	R+4.9	R
27	68.80%	30.44%	D+38.4	70.03%	27.23%	D+42.8	D
28	34.81%	64.22%	R+29.4	43.01%	53.21%	R+10.2	R
29	35.44%	63.32%	R+27.9	41.21%	54.83%	R+13.6	R
30	30.24%	68.64%	R+38.4	26.80%	70.36%	R+43.6	R
31	61.89%	37.31%	D+24.6	55.47%	42.31%	D+13.2	D
32	41.43%	56.92%	R+15.5	42.04%	53.45%	R+11.4	R
33	26.49%	72.25%	R+45.8	31.27%	64.67%	R+33.4	R
34	54.64%	44.24%	D+10.4	53.40%	43.18%	D+10.2	D
35	66.43%	32.71%	D+33.7	63.43%	33.59%	D+29.8	D
36	74.73%	24.41%	D+50.3	73.70%	23.21%	D+50.5	D
37	69.28%	29.75%	D+39.5	68.98%	27.77%	D+41.2	D
38	66.13%	32.95%	D+33.2	65.76%	30.74%	D+35	D
39	74.02%	25.10%	D+48.9	70.48%	26.40%	D+44.1	D
40	75.32%	23.68%	D+51.6	70.73%	25.91%	D+44.8	D
41	56.64%	42.35%	D+14.3	59.53%	36.87%	D+22.7	D
42	75.54%	23.57%	D+52	73.73%	23.49%	D+50.2	D
43	46.96%	52.09%	R+5.1	43.79%	53.10%	R+9.3	R
44	30.83%	67.97%	R+37.1	30.22%	65.99%	R+35.8	R
45	41.83%	55.19%	R+13.4	44.53%	49.14%	R+4.6	R
46	76.62%	20.14%	D+56.5	78.16%	16.34%	D+61.8	D
47	39.32%	58.05%	R+18.7	46.98%	47.16%	R+0.2	R
48	56.86%	39.56%	D+17.3	65.17%	28.12%	D+37	D
49	70.19%	24.89%	D+45.3	76.63%	16.65%	D+60	D
50	57.79%	38.81%	D+19	63.38%	30.05%	D+33.3	D
51	78.49%	17.43%	D+61.1	79.52%	14.04%	D+65.5	D
52	42.57%	54.91%	R+12.3	46.12%	47.56%	R+1.4	R
53	22.29%	76.50%	R+54.2	20.74%	76.30%	R+55.6	R
54	45.85%	53.04%	R+7.2	44.07%	51.07%	R+7	R
55	33.08%	65.48%	R+32.4	31.96%	63.28%	R+31.3	R
56	29.70%	69.02%	R+39.3	31.16%	64.82%	R+33.7	R
57	25.97%	73.09%	R+47.1	22.50%	75.69%	R+53.2	R
58	21.12%	77.52%	R+56.4	18.84%	77.90%	R+59.1	R
59	21.36%	77.31%	R+56	19.19%	77.44%	R+58.2	R
60	15.70%	83.09%	R+67.4	13.33%	84.19%	R+70.9	R
61	16.19%	82.54%	R+66.3	14.49%	82.74%	R+68.3	R
62	24.72%	73.77%	R+49.1	20.89%	76.05%	R+55.2	R
63	26.39%	72.13%	R+45.7	30.22%	65.26%	R+35	R
64	37.33%	60.30%	R+23	40.00%	54.49%	R+14.5	R
65	40.84%	57.52%	R+16.7	46.51%	48.62%	R+2.1	R
66	37.46%	61.15%	R+23.7	46.24%	49.45%	R+3.2	R
67	37.26%	61.08%	R+23.8	44.69%	50.41%	R+5.7	R
68	17.78%	81.15%	R+63.4	14.23%	83.37%	R+69.1	R
69	23.27%	75.20%	R+51.9	20.26%	76.12%	R+55.9	R
70	29.25%	69.37%	R+40.1	32.82%	62.78%	R+30	R
71	22.84%	75.76%	R+52.9	21.49%	74.23%	R+52.7	R
72	23.33%	75.26%	R+51.9	21.45%	74.81%	R+53.4	R
73	20.22%	78.37%	R+58.2	21.25%	75.11%	R+53.9	R
74	56.99%	41.57%	D+15.4	56.27%	39.58%	D+16.7	D
75	72.33%	26.62%	D+45.7	73.74%	21.38%	D+52.4	D
76	76.91%	21.86%	D+55.1	77.93%	17.86%	D+60.1	D
77	64.07%	34.29%	D+29.8	68.79%	25.97%	D+42.8	D
78	54.41%	44.15%	D+10.3	59.28%	35.16%	D+24.1	D
79	64.73%	34.12%	D+30.6	68.62%	26.73%	D+41.9	D
80	68.25%	30.91%	D+37.3	65.06%	32.31%	D+32.7	D
81	24.20%	74.66%	R+50.5	26.33%	70.49%	R+44.2	R
82	19.38%	79.31%	R+59.9	20.58%	75.76%	R+55.2	R
83	21.27%	77.50%	R+56.2	19.94%	76.49%	R+56.5	R
84	34.95%	63.28%	R+28.3	35.12%	59.58%	R+24.5	R
85	37.99%	61.03%	R+23	41.09%	56.10%	R+15	R
86	16.18%	82.55%	R+66.4	16.16%	80.17%	R+64	R
87	22.12%	76.56%	R+54.4	21.74%	74.43%	R+52.7	R
88	19.06%	79.89%	R+60.8	16.48%	80.59%	R+64.1	R
89	31.79%	66.67%	R+34.9	36.08%	59.03%	R+23	R
90	73.70%	25.21%	D+48.5	74.97%	21.48%	D+53.5	D
91	30.45%	67.90%	R+37.5	32.14%	63.08%	R+30.9	R
92	37.22%	61.08%	R+23.9	40.54%	54.66%	R+14.1	R
93	38.26%	60.21%	R+21.9	40.40%	54.84%	R+14.4	R
94	38.10%	60.29%	R+22.2	40.87%	54.30%	R+13.4	R
95	76.11%	22.99%	D+53.1	74.24%	22.89%	D+51.4	D
96	40.22%	58.60%	R+18.4	42.55%	53.74%	R+11.2	R
97	38.92%	59.59%	R+20.7	42.59%	52.42%	R+9.8	R
98	23.57%	75.01%	R+51.4	28.91%	66.33%	R+37.4	R
99	30.70%	67.69%	R+37	32.12%	63.36%	R+31.2	R
100	77.89%	21.07%	D+56.8	77.24%	19.30%	D+57.9	D
101	64.01%	34.87%	D+29.1	66.06%	30.36%	D+35.7	D
102	45.32%	53.02%	R+7.7	52.27%	42.74%	D+9.5	R
103	69.87%	28.77%	D+41.1	73.55%	22.33%	D+51.2	D
104	72.70%	26.36%	D+46.3	75.60%	20.85%	D+54.7	D
105	46.48%	52.14%	R+5.7	52.13%	43.60%	D+8.5	R
106	30.86%	67.69%	R+36.8	35.83%	59.70%	R+23.9	R
107	46.89%	51.83%	R+4.9	52.37%	43.40%	D+9	D
108	39.31%	58.99%	R+19.7	50.32%	44.01%	D+6.3	R
109	81.75%	17.68%	D+64.1	81.55%	16.42%	D+65.1	D
110	88.74%	10.77%	D+78	86.76%	11.25%	D+75.5	D
111	77.24%	22.06%	D+55.2	77.40%	20.17%	D+57.2	D
112	43.50%	55.03%	R+11.5	48.28%	47.10%	D+1.2	R
113	46.31%	52.53%	R+6.2	49.13%	47.23%	D+1.9	R
114	43.48%	55.23%	R+11.7	52.14%	43.21%	D+8.9	R
115	43.23%	55.27%	R+12	51.54%	43.64%	D+7.9	R
116	60.53%	37.80%	D+22.7	63.73%	31.10%	D+32.6	D
117	51.99%	46.85%	D+5.1	53.23%	42.14%	D+11.1	D
118	55.33%	43.41%	D+11.9	55.58%	40.41%	D+15.2	D
119	60.26%	38.58%	D+21.7	60.13%	36.08%	D+24.1	D
120	64.75%	34.11%	D+30.6	63.51%	32.10%	D+31.4	D
121	37.61%	60.88%	R+23.3	43.42%	51.69%	R+8.3	R
122	30.87%	67.87%	R+37	37.75%	57.87%	R+20.1	R
123	61.36%	36.80%	D+24.6	65.02%	30.27%	D+34.7	D
124	60.94%	37.65%	D+23.3	62.19%	33.04%	D+29.1	D
125	59.11%	39.59%	D+19.5	61.62%	33.69%	D+27.9	D
126	36.72%	62.08%	R+25.4	43.00%	52.94%	R+9.9	R
127	29.60%	69.21%	R+39.6	34.90%	61.23%	R+26.3	R
128	26.59%	72.37%	R+45.8	28.77%	68.15%	R+39.4	R
129	33.88%	64.47%	R+30.6	40.06%	55.33%	R+15.3	R
130	22.81%	75.91%	R+53.1	27.96%	68.06%	R+40.1	R
131	83.65%	15.69%	D+68	84.29%	13.35%	D+70.9	D
132	39.77%	58.92%	R+19.2	45.68%	50.04%	R+4.4	R
133	30.41%	68.14%	R+37.7	41.12%	54.52%	R+13.4	R
134	41.74%	56.39%	R+14.7	55.09%	39.61%	D+15.5	R
135	39.86%	58.83%	R+19	46.82%	48.89%	R+2.1	R
136	41.43%	55.34%	R+13.9	47.69%	45.16%	D+2.5	R
137	63.91%	34.49%	D+29.4	67.00%	28.92%	D+38.1	D
138	39.30%	59.18%	R+19.9	47.85%	47.78%	D+0.1	R
139	75.62%	23.61%	D+52	76.12%	20.61%	D+55.5	D
140	70.10%	28.98%	D+41.1	75.09%	21.87%	D+53.2	D
141	87.41%	12.07%	D+75.3	85.19%	12.59%	D+72.6	D
142	77.41%	21.97%	D+55.4	76.20%	20.97%	D+55.2	D
143	67.18%	31.86%	D+35.3	71.02%	26.02%	D+45	D
144	50.77%	47.88%	D+2.9	57.75%	38.37%	D+19.4	D
145	60.26%	38.28%	D+22	66.92%	28.72%	D+38.2	D
146	78.82%	20.05%	D+58.8	79.43%	17.32%	D+62.1	D
147	78.07%	20.30%	D+57.8	78.99%	16.78%	D+62.2	D
148	56.59%	41.08%	D+15.5	63.82%	30.50%	D+33.3	D
149	58.76%	40.12%	D+18.6	64.25%	32.50%	D+31.8	D
150	30.28%	68.55%	R+38.3	36.63%	59.18%	R+22.6	R
Total	41.40%	57.19%	R+15.8	43.48%	52.53%	R+9.1	-
Source: Daily Kos

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