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Texas state executive official elections, 2022
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| Texas state executive official elections |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: December 13, 2021 |
| Primary: March 1, 2022 Primary runoff: May 24, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Texas |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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Twenty-two state executive offices were up for election in Texas in 2022:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Comptroller
State Board of Education (15 seats)
Agriculture Commissioner
Public Lands Commissioner
Railroad Commissioner
Governor
General election candidates
- Greg Abbott (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Beto O'Rourke (Democratic Party)
- Delilah Barrios (Green Party)
- Mark Tippetts (Libertarian Party)
- Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent) (Write-in)
- Mark Goloby (Independent) (Write-in)
Did not make the ballot:
- Patrick Wynne (Reform Party)
- Raul Cortina (Independent)
- Justin Cunneen (Independent)
- Jal Dennis (Independent)
- Deirdre Dickson-Gilbert (Independent)
- Jorge Franco (Independent)
- Reginald Jennings II (Independent)
- Chioma Okoro (Independent)
- Jeremy Rios (Independent)
- Sean Sharp (Independent)
- Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (Independent)
- Demetra Wysinger (Independent)
- Star Locke (Independent) (Write-in)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Greg Abbott (Incumbent) ✔
- Paul Belew
- Daniel Harrison
- Kandy Kaye Horn
- Donald Huffines
- Rick Perry
- Chad Prather
- Allen B. West
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Minor Party convention candidates
Green Party
Libertarian Party
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Lieutenant Governor
General election candidates
- Dan Patrick (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Mike Collier (Democratic Party)
- Shanna Steele (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jason Withers (Independent)
- Deauc Dentaen (Independent) (Write-in)
Democratic primary runoff candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
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Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
Attorney General
General election candidates
- Ken Paxton (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Rochelle Garza (Democratic Party)
- Mark Ash (Libertarian Party)
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- Ken Paxton (Incumbent) ✔
- George P. Bush
Democratic primary candidates
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- Ken Paxton (Incumbent) ✔
- George P. Bush ✔
- Louis B. Gohmert Jr.
- Eva Guzman
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Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
- Mark Ash ✔
Comptroller
General election candidates
- Glenn Hegar (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Janet Dudding (Democratic Party)
- V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Michael Berlanga (Independent)
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- Glenn Hegar (Incumbent) ✔
- Mark Goloby
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Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
State Board Of Education
District 1
General election candidates
- Melissa Ortega (Democratic Party) ✔
- Michael Stevens (Republican Party)
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District 2
General election candidates
- Victor Perez (Democratic Party)
- LJ Francis (Republican Party) ✔
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District 3
General election candidates
- Marisa Perez-Diaz (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Ken Morrow (Republican Party)
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- Marisa Perez-Diaz (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
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District 4
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Staci Childs (Democratic Party) ✔
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The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 5
General election candidates
- Rebecca Bell-Metereau (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Perla Hopkins (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Mark Loewe (Republican Party)
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- Rebecca Bell-Metereau (Incumbent) ✔
- Kevin Guico
- Juan Juárez
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District 6
General election candidates
- Will Hickman (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Michelle Palmer (Democratic Party)
- Rebekah Plourde (Independent) (Write-in)
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- Will Hickman (Incumbent) ✔
- Mike Wolfe
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District 7
General election candidates
- Daniel Hochman (Democratic Party)
- Julie Pickren (Republican Party) ✔
- Alan Pyeatt (Libertarian Party)
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Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 8
General election candidates
- Audrey Young (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Rhett Rosenquest Smith (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled.
Republican primary candidates
- Audrey Young (Incumbent) ✔
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 9
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Keven Ellis (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Republican primary candidates
- Keven Ellis (Incumbent) ✔
District 10
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Tom Maynard (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Republican primary candidates
- Tom Maynard (Incumbent) ✔
District 11
General election candidates
- Patricia Hardy (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Luis Sifuentes (Democratic Party)
- Kathi Arocha (Independent) (Write-in)
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This primary runoff was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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- Daniel Caldwell
- Luis Sifuentes ✔
- James Whitfield ✔ (unofficially withdrew)
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- Patricia Hardy (Incumbent) ✔
- Daniel Caldwell
- Rebecca Garcia
- Joshua Tarbay
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 12
General election candidates
- Pam Little (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Alex Cornwallis (Democratic Party)
- Christy Mowrey (Libertarian Party)
- Rosiland Davis (Independent) (Write-in)
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- Pam Little (Incumbent) ✔
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District 13
General election candidates
- Aicha Davis (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Kathryn Monette (Republican Party)
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- Aicha Davis (Incumbent) ✔
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District 14
General election candidates
- Tracy Fisher (Democratic Party)
- Evelyn Brooks (Republican Party) ✔
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- Sue Melton-Malone (Incumbent)
- Evelyn Brooks ✔
District 15
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Aaron Kinsey (Republican Party) ✔
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The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Republican primary candidates
- Jay Johnson (Incumbent)
- Aaron Kinsey ✔
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Agriculture Commissioner
General election candidates
- Sid Miller (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Susan Hays (Democratic Party)
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Republican primary candidates
- Sid Miller (Incumbent) ✔
- Carey Counsil
- James White
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Public Lands Commissioner
General election candidates
- Jay Kleberg (Democratic Party)
- Dawn Buckingham (Republican Party) ✔
- Alfred Molison (Green Party)
- Carrie Menger (Independent) (Write-in)
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- Ben Armenta
- Victor Avila
- Dawn Buckingham ✔
- Rufus Lopez
- Weston Martinez
- Don Minton
- Jon Spiers
- Tim Westley ✔
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Minor Party convention candidates
Green Party
Railroad Commissioner
General election candidates
- Wayne Christian (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Luke Warford (Democratic Party)
- Hunter Crow (Green Party)
- Jaime Díez (Libertarian Party)
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- Wayne Christian (Incumbent) ✔
- Sarah Stogner
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- Wayne Christian (Incumbent) ✔
- Tom Slocum Jr.
- Sarah Stogner ✔
- Marvin Summers
- Dawayne Tipton
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Minor Party convention candidates
Green Party
Libertarian Party
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Campaign finance
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Comptroller
State Board of Education
Agriculture Commissioner
Public Lands Commissioner
Railroad Commissioner
Context of the 2022 elections
Party control in Texas
Texas Party Control: 1992-2025
Three years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-three years of Republican trifectas
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| 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 |
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Texas
Past elections
2020
The following elections took place in 2020:
See also
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