United States House elections in Texas, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primaries)

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U.S. House elections in Texas

Primary date March 3, 2026

General election date November 3, 2026

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2026 U.S. Senate Elections 2026 U.S. House Elections

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 is March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline was December 8, 2025.

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. 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.

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, 2026 (March 3 Republican primaries)
• United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2026

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list of candidates is unofficial. The filing deadline for this election has passed, and Ballotpedia is working to update this page with the official candidate list. This note will be removed once the official candidate list has been added.

District 1

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Dax Alexander
• Tracy Andrus 
• Yolanda Prince
• Masika Akilah Ray

Did not make the ballot:

• T.J. Baker

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District 2

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Shaun Finnie
• Tyrone Price

District 3

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Evan Hunt
• Jordan Wheatley

District 4

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Brice Gonzales
• Jason Pearce 
• Andrew Rubell 

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District 5

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Chelsey Hockett 
• Forrest Lumpkin
• Ruth Torres

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District 6

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Danny Minton 
• Aiden Morgan

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District 7

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (Incumbent)

District 8

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Keith Coleman
• Laura Jones

District 9

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Earnest Clayton 
• Peter Filler
• Leticia Gutierrez
• Todd Ivey
• Marty Rocha
• Terry Virts 

Did not make the ballot:

• Al Green (Incumbent)

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District 10

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Tayhlor Coleman
• Dawn Marshall
• Bernie Reyna 
• Caitlin Rourk
• Linda Trevino

Did not make the ballot:

• Sarah Eckhardt

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District 11

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Claire Reynolds 
• Pedro Ruiz

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District 12

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera 
• Heli Rodriguez Prilliman

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District 13

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Mark Nair

District 14

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Thurman Bill Bartie
• Richard Davis
• Konstantinos Vogiatzis

Did not make the ballot:

• Robert Thomas

District 15

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Ada Cuellar
• Bobby Pulido

District 16

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Veronica Escobar (Incumbent)
• Arturo Andujo

District 17

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Jamilah Flores 
• J. Gordon Mitchell 
• Casey Shepard

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District 18

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Al Green (Incumbent)
• Gretchen Brown
• Amanda Edwards
• Christian Menefee

Did not make the ballot:

• Sylvester Turner

District 19

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Kyle Rable

District 20

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Joaquin Castro (Incumbent)
• John Atwood
• Kendra Wilkerson

District 21

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Kristin Hook
• Gary Taylor
• Regina Vanburg
• Daniel Weber

District 22

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Chris Fernandez
• Sterling Gadison
• Marquette Greene-Scott
• Robert Thomas
• Pearl Vuorinen

District 23

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Gretel Marysdatter Enck
• Santos Limon
• Gregory Lopez
• Bruce Richardson
• Katy Padilla Stout
• Peter White

District 24

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Jon Buchwald
• Kevin Burge
• Nathan Hawks
• Aaron Hendley
• TJ Ware 

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District 25

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• William Marks 
• Stephen O'Toole 
• Dione Sims

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District 26

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Ernest Lineberger III
• Steven Shook 

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District 27

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Eustaquio Castro-Mendoza
• Tanya Lloyd
• Wayne Raasch

District 28

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Henry Cuellar (Incumbent)
• Adriel Ventura Lopez 
• Ryan Trevino 
• Andrew Vantine 
• Ricardo Villarreal 

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District 29

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Sylvia Garcia (Incumbent)
• Jarvis Johnson
• Robert Slater

District 30

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Barbara Mallory Caraway
• Frederick Haynes
• Rodney LaBruce 
• Saul Rodriguez
• Oscar Villar

Did not make the ballot:

• Jasmine Crockett (Incumbent)

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District 31

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Justin Early
• Brian Trautner
• Stuart Whitlow

Did not make the ballot:

• Caitlin Rourk 

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District 32

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Dan Barrios
• Anthony Bridges 

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District 33

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Julie Johnson (Incumbent)
• Colin Allred
• Zeeshan Hafeez 
• Carlos Quintanilla

Did not make the ballot:

• Marc Veasey (Incumbent)

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District 34

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (Incumbent)
• Etienne Rosas 

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District 35

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Maureen Galindo
• Johnny Garcia
• John Lira
• Whitney Masterson-Moyes

Did not make the ballot:

• Greg Casar (Incumbent)

District 36

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Rhonda Hart
• Doug Rogers

Did not make the ballot:

• Peter Filler 

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District 37

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Greg Casar (Incumbent)
• Esther Fleharty
• Soren Pendragon

Did not make the ballot:

• Lloyd Doggett (Incumbent)
• Dillon Fleharty

District 38

 Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Curtis Cook II
• Theresa Courts
• Marvalette Hunter
• Melissa McDonough

See also

• United States House elections in Texas, 2026 (March 3 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)