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United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Texas were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected 38 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 38 U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022. The filing deadline was December 13, 2021.
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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' Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Republican primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
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District 2
Democratic primary candidates
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District 3
Democratic primary candidates
District 4
Democratic primary candidates
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District 5
Democratic primary candidates
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= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 6
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 7
Democratic primary candidates
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 8
Democratic primary candidates
District 9
Democratic primary candidates
- Al Green (Incumbent) ✔
District 10
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 11
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 12
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 13
Democratic primary candidates
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District 14
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 15
Democratic primary candidates
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= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 16
Democratic primary candidates
- Veronica Escobar (Incumbent) ✔
- Deliris Montanez
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 17
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 18
Democratic primary candidates
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 19
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 20
Democratic primary candidates
- Joaquin Castro (Incumbent) ✔
District 21
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 22
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 23
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 24
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 25
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 26
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled.
District 27
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 28
Democratic primary candidates
- Henry Cuellar (Incumbent) ✔
- Tannya Benavides
- Jessica Cisneros ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 29
Democratic primary candidates
- Sylvia Garcia (Incumbent) ✔
District 30
Democratic primary candidates
- Barbara Mallory Caraway
- Jasmine Crockett ✔
- Arthur Dixon
- Jane Hamilton ✔
- Vonciel Jones Hill
- Keisha Lankford
- Jessica Mason
- Abel Mulugheta
- Roy Williams Jr.
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 31
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Did not make the ballot:
District 32
Democratic primary candidates
- Colin Allred (Incumbent) ✔
District 33
Democratic primary candidates
- Marc Veasey (Incumbent) ✔
- Carlos Quintanilla
District 34
Democratic primary candidates
- Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Laura Cisneros
- Filemon Meza
- Beatriz Reynoso
- Osbert Rodriguez Haro III
- William Thompson
- Diego Zavala
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 35
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 36
Democratic primary candidates
District 37
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 38
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary election competitiveness in Texas
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Texas.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Texas in 2022. Information below was calculated on Jan. 27, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 223 candidates filed to run for Texas’ 38 U.S. House districts, including 143 Republicans, 79 Democrats, and one independent candidate. That’s 5.9 candidates per district, less than the 6.5 candidates per district in 2020 and 5.9 in 2018.
Texas gained two U.S. House districts following the 2020 census. Two members of the U.S. House filed to run for re-election in a different district than the one represented before redistricting: Lloyd Doggett (D) filed in the new 37th District, while Vicente Gonzalez (D) filed in the 34th District seat held by retiring Rep. Filemon Vela (D).
Six districts were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. In addition to Gonzalez’s and Doggett’s districts, these included the newly-created 38th District and the 1st, 8th, and 30th districts. 1st District incumbent Louie Gohmert (R) filed to run for state attorney general, while incumbents Kevin Brady (R) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) did not file for re-election.
This was the same number as 2012, the previous post-redistricting cycle, and 2020. There were seven open seats in 2018.
There were 13 incumbents who filed to run in districts without any primary challengers.
Three districts were likely to be won by Republicans because no Democrats filed. There were no districts where the same is true of Democratic candidates.
Fifteen candidates each filed to run in the 15th and 30th Districts, more than any other. Six Democrats and nine Republicans filed in the 15th. Nine Democrats and six Republicans filed in the 30th. Both districts were open.
See also
- United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Statutes, "Section 172.086," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
