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Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)

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2024
Texas' 32nd Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 8, 2025
Primary: March 3, 2026
Primary runoff: May 26, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times:

7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Texas

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
See also
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A Republican Party primary takes place on March 3, 2026, in Texas' 32nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
December 8, 2025
March 3, 2026
November 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. Voters do not have to register with a party in advance in order to participate in that party's primary. The voter must sign a pledge stating the following (the language below is taken directly from state statutes)[1]

The following pledge shall be placed on the primary election ballot above the listing of candidates' names: '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.'[2]

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

This page focuses on Texas' 32nd Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 3, 2026.


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Candidate profiles

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "MAGA conservative Darrell Day was the GOP Nominee for CD32 in 2024, winning the GOP Runoff by 30 points, and then in the general election generated 25,000 additional Republican votes. A small business owner, Darrell Day has served in CD32 as a GOP Precinct Chair, a Poll Watcher, an Election Judge and a donor to the previous two CD32 GOP Nominees."


Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.


To strengthen our economy, we need to aggressively continue President Trump's AMERICA FIRST program of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States.


Another move to boost our economy is aggressively pursuing an "all of the above" strategy of increasing domestic energy production, from increasing domestic oil production to building new nuclear and natural gas power generators. Boosting energy production will decrease energy prices, which will reverberate throughout the economy and lower inflation by lowering prices for all products.


Our obscene $37 trillion national debt endangers our country. We must aggressively cut federal spending, starting with U.S. Congress reviewing every government agency to cut every penny of spending which is unconstitutional or is counter to an AMERICA FIRST policy.

Image of Zain Shaito

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "I'm a former Olympic Athlete, Army Veteran, two time world fencing champion and Counterintelligence spy hunter."


Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.


Secure the border and stop the funding of illegal immigrants.


Stop the devaluation of the U.S dollar.


Stop endless wars in the Middle East and foreign aid handouts.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Texas

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Ryan Binkley Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Aimee Carrasco Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Darrell Day Republican Party $100 $0 $89,435 As of June 30, 2025
Monty Montanez Republican Party $11,818 $3,195 $8,623 As of June 30, 2025
Eric Niehaus Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Zain Shaito Republican Party $0 $0 $0 As of June 30, 2025

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Texas Statutes, "Section 172.086," accessed October 7, 2024
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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