A Democratic Party primary runoff took place on May 24, 2022, in Texas to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's lieutenant gubernatorial election on November 8, 2022.

Mike Collier advanced from the Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

This page focuses on Texas' Democratic Party lieutenant gubernatorial primary runoff. For more in-depth information on Texas' Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Texas

Mike Collier defeated Michelle Beckley in the Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Texas on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Collier	54.8	265,345
	Michelle Beckley	45.2	218,727

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 484,072
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Campaign data

Campaign finance

State profile

Demographic data for Texas
	Texas	U.S.
Total population:	27,429,639	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	261,232	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	74.9%	73.6%
Black/African American:	11.9%	12.6%
Asian:	4.2%	5.1%
Native American:	0.5%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.5%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	38.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	81.9%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	27.6%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$53,207	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	19.9%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Texas. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Texas

Texas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Texas, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.^[1]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Texas had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

	2026 → ← 2018
Lieutenant Governor of Texas
	Democratic primary; Democratic primary runoff; Republican primary; General election;
Election details
	Filing deadline: December 13, 2021
	Primary: March 1, 2022; Primary runoff: May 24, 2022; General: November 8, 2022; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Dan Patrick (Republican)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Texas
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2022; Impact of term limits in 2022; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
Texas; executive elections
	Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Comptroller; State Board of Education (15 seats); Agriculture Commissioner; Public Lands Commissioner; Railroad Commissioner

See also: Presidential voting trends in Texas and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Texas, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Texas' 1st	Open	Republican	R+26
Texas' 2nd	Daniel Crenshaw	Republican	R+15
Texas' 3rd	Open	Republican	R+11
Texas' 4th	Pat Fallon	Republican	R+16
Texas' 5th	Lance Gooden	Republican	R+14
Texas' 6th	Jake Ellzey	Republican	R+15
Texas' 7th	Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	Democratic	D+13
Texas' 8th	Open	Republican	R+16
Texas' 9th	Al Green	Democratic	D+26
Texas' 10th	Michael McCaul	Republican	R+13
Texas' 11th	August Pfluger	Republican	R+23
Texas' 12th	Kay Granger	Republican	R+12
Texas' 13th	Ronny Jackson	Republican	R+26
Texas' 14th	Randy Weber	Republican	R+17
Texas' 15th	Open	Democratic	R+1
Texas' 16th	Veronica Escobar	Democratic	D+17
Texas' 17th	Pete Sessions	Republican	R+14
Texas' 18th	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	D+23
Texas' 19th	Jodey Arrington	Republican	R+26
Texas' 20th	Joaquin Castro	Democratic	D+15
Texas' 21st	Chip Roy	Republican	R+13
Texas' 22nd	Troy Nehls	Republican	R+11
Texas' 23rd	Tony Gonzales	Republican	R+5
Texas' 24th	Beth Van Duyne	Republican	R+10
Texas' 25th	Roger Williams	Republican	R+19
Texas' 26th	Michael Burgess	Republican	R+13
Texas' 27th	Michael Cloud	Republican	R+13
Texas' 28th	Henry Cuellar	Democratic	D+3
Texas' 29th	Sylvia Garcia	Democratic	D+18
Texas' 30th	Open	Democratic	D+27
Texas' 31st	John Carter	Republican	R+14
Texas' 32nd	Colin Allred	Democratic	D+14
Texas' 33rd	Marc Veasey	Democratic	D+24
Texas' 34th	Mayra Flores / Vicente Gonzalez Jr.	Republican	D+9
Texas' 35th	Open	Democratic	D+21
Texas' 36th	Brian Babin	Republican	R+18
Texas' 37th	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	D+24
Texas' 38th	New Seat	N/A	R+12

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Texas^[2]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Texas' 1st	26.5%	72.4%
Texas' 2nd	37.9%	60.7%
Texas' 3rd	42.0%	56.4%
Texas' 4th	36.4%	62.4%
Texas' 5th	38.2%	60.6%
Texas' 6th	37.4%	61.3%
Texas' 7th	64.2%	34.5%
Texas' 8th	35.8%	63.0%
Texas' 9th	76.2%	22.8%
Texas' 10th	39.8%	58.6%
Texas' 11th	29.1%	69.5%
Texas' 12th	40.1%	58.3%
Texas' 13th	26.5%	72.0%
Texas' 14th	35.0%	63.6%
Texas' 15th	48.1%	51.0%
Texas' 16th	67.0%	31.5%
Texas' 17th	38.0%	60.5%
Texas' 18th	73.6%	25.1%
Texas' 19th	26.2%	72.4%
Texas' 20th	65.8%	32.7%
Texas' 21st	39.4%	59.1%
Texas' 22nd	41.3%	57.4%
Texas' 23rd	45.8%	52.9%
Texas' 24th	43.0%	55.4%
Texas' 25th	33.8%	64.9%
Texas' 26th	40.0%	58.6%
Texas' 27th	38.1%	60.6%
Texas' 28th	52.9%	45.9%
Texas' 29th	67.8%	31.0%
Texas' 30th	77.8%	21.0%
Texas' 31st	39.0%	59.2%
Texas' 32nd	65.7%	32.7%
Texas' 33rd	74.2%	24.4%
Texas' 34th	57.3%	41.8%
Texas' 35th	71.7%	26.5%
Texas' 36th	33.6%	65.2%
Texas' 37th	75.5%	22.7%
Texas' 38th	40.2%	58.4%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 45.5% of Texans lived in one of the state's 18 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 40.1% lived in one of 223 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Texas was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Texas following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Texas county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	18	45.5%
Solid Republican	223	40.1%
New Democratic	3	10.2%
Trending Democratic	1	2.8%
Trending Republican	1	0.9%
New Republican	7	0.6%
Battleground Republican	1	<0.1%
Total voted Democratic	22	58.5%
Total voted Republican	232	41.5%

Historical voting trends

Texas presidential election results (1900-2020)

16 Democratic wins
15 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Texas

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Texas.

U.S. Senate election results in Texas
Race	Winner	Runner up
2020	53.5%	43.9%
2018	50.9%	48.3%
2014	61.6%	34.4%
2012	56.5%	40.7%
2008	54.8%	42.8%
Average	55.5	42.0

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Texas

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Texas.

Gubernatorial election results in Texas
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	55.8%	42.5%
2014	59.3%	38.9%
2010	55.0%	42.3%
2006	39.0%	29.8%
2002	57.8%	40.0%
Average	53.4	38.7

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Texas' congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Texas, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	12	12
Republican	2	24	26
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	36	38

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Texas' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Texas, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Greg Abbott
Lieutenant Governor	Dan Patrick
Secretary of State	John Scott
Attorney General	Ken Paxton

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Texas State Legislature as of November 2022.

Texas State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	13
	Republican Party	18
	Vacancies	0
Total		31

Texas House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	65
	Republican Party	83
	Vacancies	2
Total		150

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Texas was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Texas Party Control: 1992-2022
Three years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty 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
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
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
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

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Texas and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Texas
	Texas	United States
Population	25,145,561	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	261,266	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	74%	72.5%
Black/African American	12.1%	12.7%
Asian	4.8%	5.5%
Native American	0.5%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Other (single race)	5.8%	4.9%
Multiple	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	39.3%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	83.7%	88%
College graduation rate	29.9%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$61,874	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	14.7%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

External links

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Footnotes

↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

[1] The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

[2] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

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