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United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2026
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March 3, 2026 |
November 3, 2026 |
2026 U.S. House Elections |
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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.
Partisan breakdown
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Republican | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 38 | 40 |
Candidates
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
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sonia Canchola (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Nathaniel Moran (Incumbent)
Did not make the ballot:
District 2
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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District 3
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Brittany Black (No Political Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Keith Self (Incumbent)
- Mark Newgent
Did not make the ballot:
District 4
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Pat Fallon (Incumbent)
- Don Horn
District 5
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
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- Lance Gooden (Incumbent)
- Travis Edwards
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District 6
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Jake Ellzey (Incumbent)
- James Buford
- Brian Stahl
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District 7
General election candidates
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Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (Incumbent)
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 8
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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District 9
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Roy Morales (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
- Al Green (Incumbent)
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- Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco
- Briscoe Cain
- Michael Curran
- Peter Emmert
- Alex Mealer
- Dan Mims
- Crystal Sarmiento
- Steve Stockman
- Dwayne Stovall
- Terry Lee Thain
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District 10
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
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- Rob Altman
- Ben Bius
- Robert Brown
- Jenny Garcia Sharon
- Chris Gober
- Brandon Hawbaker
- Christopher Hurt
- Jessica Karlsruher
- Kara King
- Joshua Ross Lovell
- Scott MacLeod
- Carl Segan
- Jeremy Story
- Phil Suarez
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District 11
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- August Pfluger (Incumbent)
Did not make the ballot:
District 12
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
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- Craig Goldman (Incumbent)
- Brian Sprague
- Semaj Swire
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District 13
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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- Ronny L. Jackson (Incumbent)
- Chasity Wedgeworth
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District 14
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
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- Randy Weber (Incumbent)
- Jessica Forgy
District 15
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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- Monica De La Cruz (Incumbent)
- Ponciano Garcia
District 16
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Veronica Escobar (Incumbent)
- Arturo Andujo
Republican primary candidates
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District 17
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Pete Sessions (Incumbent)
District 18
General election candidates
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Democratic primary candidates
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Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
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District 19
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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Did not make the ballot:
- Jodey Arrington (Incumbent)
District 20
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Anthony Tristan (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Joaquin Castro (Incumbent)
- John Atwood
- Kendra Wilkerson
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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District 21
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Dan McQueen (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
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- Daniel Betts
- Jason Cahill
- Jacques DuBose
- Ezekiel Enriquez
- Denis Goulet
- Weston Martinez
- Matt Okerson
- Paul Rojas
- Kyle Sinclair
- Mark Teixeira
- Heather Tessmer
- Trey Trainor
- Peggy Wardlaw
- Mike Wheeler
Did not make the ballot:
- Chip Roy (Incumbent)
- Jessica Karlsruher
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District 22
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Demile James (American Independent Party)
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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Did not make the ballot:
- Troy Nehls (Incumbent)
District 23
General election candidates
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- Patti Hale Ashe (Independent)
- Veronica Williams (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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District 24
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Beth Van Duyne (Incumbent)
District 25
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Roger Williams (Incumbent)
District 26
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Brandon Gill (Incumbent)
- Robert Chick
- Gavin Solomon
District 27
General election candidates
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- Dan McQueen (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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- Michael Cloud (Incumbent)
- Chris Hatley
District 28
General election candidates
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- Marlon Duran (Green Party)
Democratic primary candidates
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= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
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District 29
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sylvia Garcia (Incumbent)
- Jarvis Johnson
- Robert Slater
Republican primary candidates
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District 30
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Oxford Nordberg (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
- Jasmine Crockett (Incumbent)
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- Sholdon Daniels
- Gregor Heise
- Everett Jackson
- Cody Nickson
- Stephani Reazor
- Michael Alan Vivroux
- Nils Walker
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District 31
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Greg Stoker (Green Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
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- John Carter (Incumbent)
- William Abel
- David Berry
- Steven Dowell
- Ed Ewald
- Abhiram Garapati
- Valentina Gomez Noriega
- Raymond Hamden
- Elvis Lossa
- Jack McConnell
- Offer Shlomi
- Mike Williams
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District 32
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Charles Harper (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
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- Ryan Binkley
- Paul Bondar
- Aimee Carrasco
- Darrell Day
- Gordon Heslop
- Monty Montanez
- Eric Niehaus
- Zain Shaito
- James Ussery
- Abteen Vaziri
- Jace Yarbrough
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District 33
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
- Marc Veasey (Incumbent)
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District 34
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Eddie Espinoza (Green Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (Incumbent)
- Etienne Rosas
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- Keith Allen
- Luis Buentello
- Eric Flores
- Mayra Flores
- Fred Hinojosa
- Gregory Kunkle Jr.
- Scott Mandel
- Bam Morales
- Jay Nagy
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District 35
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
- Greg Casar (Incumbent)
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Randy Adams
- Joshua Cortez
- Carlos De La Cruz
- Mark Eberwine
- Jay Furman
- Vanessa Hicks-Callaway
- Ryan Krause
- Larry La Rose
- Rod Lingsch
- John Lujan
- Steven Wright
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District 36
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
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- Brian Babin (Incumbent)
- Jonathan Mitchell
District 37
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- James Kinney (Independent)
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
Republican primary candidates
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District 38
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Alex McMenemy (Green Party)
- William Taggart (Independent)
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Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Avery Ayers
- Jon Bonck
- Craig Goralski
- Barrett McNabb
- Damien Mockus
- Carmen Montiel
- Michael Pratt
- Larry Rubin
- Jennifer Sundt
- Jeff Yuna
- Shelly deZevallos
Did not make the ballot:
- Wesley Hunt (Incumbent)
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Texas
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Texas' 1st Congressional District
- Texas' 2nd Congressional District
- Texas' 3rd Congressional District
- Texas' 4th Congressional District
- Texas' 5th Congressional District
- Texas' 6th Congressional District
- Texas' 7th Congressional District
- Texas' 8th Congressional District
- Texas' 9th Congressional District
- Texas' 10th Congressional District
- Texas' 11th Congressional District
- Texas' 12th Congressional District
- Texas' 13th Congressional District
- Texas' 14th Congressional District
- Texas' 15th Congressional District
- Texas' 16th Congressional District
- Texas' 17th Congressional District
- Texas' 18th Congressional District
- Texas' 19th Congressional District
- Texas' 20th Congressional District
- Texas' 21st Congressional District
- Texas' 22nd Congressional District
- Texas' 23rd Congressional District
- Texas' 24th Congressional District
- Texas' 25th Congressional District
- Texas' 26th Congressional District
- Texas' 27th Congressional District
- Texas' 28th Congressional District
- Texas' 29th Congressional District
- Texas' 30th Congressional District
- Texas' 31st Congressional District
- Texas' 32nd Congressional District
- Texas' 33rd Congressional District
- Texas' 34th Congressional District
- Texas' 35th Congressional District
- Texas' 36th Congressional District
- Texas' 37th Congressional District
- Texas' 38th Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Texas in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Texas, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Texas | U.S. House | Democratic or Republican | 2% of votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 500, whichever is less | $3,125 | 12/8/2025 | Source |
| Texas | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 5% of all votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 500, whichever is less | N/A | 2/13/2026 | Source |
Political context
This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in Texas.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
