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Democratic primary
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Election details
Filing deadline: December 11, 2023
Primary: March 5, 2024
Primary runoff: May 28, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
Pre-election incumbent:
Ted Cruz (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Texas
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Lean Republican
Inside Elections: Tilt Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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A Libertarian Party convention took place on April 14, 2024, in Texas to determine which Libertian candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Ted Brown advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Heading into the election, the incumbent was Ted Cruz (Republican), who was first elected in 2012.

This page focuses on Texas' United States Senate Libertarian convention. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic and Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas

Ted Brown advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 14, 2024.

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Ted Brown

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Party: Libertarian Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I am a lifelong Libertarian activist who advocates for personal freedom and economic freedom. Government at all levels is much too large and must be cut back severely. Democrats and Republicans want to control our lives in different ways. I just want to be left alone and want you to be left alone as well. I have been married for 40 years to Laura and have an adult daughter named Katie. I am self-employed as an independent insurance claims adjuster. I was recently Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Travis County and currently serve on the State Libertarian Executive Committee. I am not beholden to any special interest groups or corrupt party leaders, like my opponents are. I am beholden to the U. S. Constitution, the people of Texas, and to the inherent human rights and individual liberty of each person. I believe in the Bill of Rights. I am opposed to any political leaders having emergency powers, since this is just an excuse to create emergencies. I believe in cutting taxes, cutting spending, free trade, more and easier legal immigration, a non-interventionist foreign policy, police reform, judicial reform, and educational choice. I will always stand up for the right of the individual against government power and control. You don't have to vote for Democrats and Republicans. They have wrecked this country. Try voting Libertarian for a change -- a big change!"

Key Messages

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The $35 trillion national debt is unsustainable. Interest on the debt is now the largest budget item, more than miliary defense and more than Social Security. The Federal Reserve creates money out of thin air. This is why there has been so much inflation. It's all about the money supply. To control inflation and to put a hold on increasing the debt, we need to stop deficit spending. This has to involve massive cuts in the federal budget in every single program and department. We also need to abolish the Federal Reserve (the nation's central bank) and instead have a strong currency backed by gold and silver, with other competing forms of exchange as well.

Immigration is good for this country and should be encouraged. Unlike what we see in the media, immigrants come here to work and to seek better lives for themselves and their families, not to go on welfare. They need to be able to work from Day One, rather than being on welfare programs while awaiting work permits. I favor an Ellis Island-style immigration system where immigrants just need to come in officially, sign in, be checked for criminal records and contagious diseases, and then be welcomed in. And no, immigrants do not commit a lot of crimes. Their crime rate is much lower than that of native-born Americans. Both of my grandfathers were immigrants, and I'm quite happy they were allowed to come here.

The war on drugs is a war on the American people and always has been. Most people now want marijuana to be legal, especially for medical purposes. The federal government must take marijuana off the schedule of controlled substances completely and repeal all marijuana laws. No one should go to jail for a plant. Even for harder drugs, I believe that adults have the right to choose to put any substances in their bodies that they want to. To be sure those substances are not adulterated, they must be completely legal. Anyone who is jail or prison for a non-violent drug offense should be released and their record expunged.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Texas in 2024.

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Ted Brown Libertarian Party $13,994 $13,926 $68 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Texas in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Texas, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Texas U.S. Senate Democratic or Republican 5,000 Fixed number $5,000.00 Fixed number 12/11/2023 Source
Texas U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 83,717 1% of all votes cast for governor in the last election N/A N/A 12/11/2023 Source

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.


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, 2024
District Incumbent Party PVI
Texas' 1st Nathaniel Moran Ends.png Republican R+26
Texas' 2nd Daniel Crenshaw Ends.png Republican R+15
Texas' 3rd Keith Self Ends.png Republican R+11
Texas' 4th Pat Fallon Ends.png Republican R+16
Texas' 5th Lance Gooden Ends.png Republican R+14
Texas' 6th Jake Ellzey Ends.png Republican R+15
Texas' 7th Lizzie Pannill Fletcher Electiondot.png Democratic D+13
Texas' 8th Morgan Luttrell Ends.png Republican R+16
Texas' 9th Al Green Electiondot.png Democratic D+26
Texas' 10th Michael McCaul Ends.png Republican R+13
Texas' 11th August Pfluger Ends.png Republican R+23
Texas' 12th Kay Granger Ends.png Republican R+12
Texas' 13th Ronny Jackson Ends.png Republican R+26
Texas' 14th Randy Weber Ends.png Republican R+17
Texas' 15th Monica De La Cruz Ends.png Republican R+1
Texas' 16th Veronica Escobar Electiondot.png Democratic D+17
Texas' 17th Pete Sessions Ends.png Republican R+14
Texas' 18th Sheila Jackson Lee Electiondot.png Democratic D+23
Texas' 19th Jodey Arrington Ends.png Republican R+26
Texas' 20th Joaquin Castro Electiondot.png Democratic D+15
Texas' 21st Chip Roy Ends.png Republican R+13
Texas' 22nd Troy Nehls Ends.png Republican R+11
Texas' 23rd Tony Gonzales Ends.png Republican R+5
Texas' 24th Beth Van Duyne Ends.png Republican R+10
Texas' 25th Roger Williams Ends.png Republican R+19
Texas' 26th Michael Burgess Ends.png Republican R+13
Texas' 27th Michael Cloud Ends.png Republican R+13
Texas' 28th Henry Cuellar Electiondot.png Democratic D+3
Texas' 29th Sylvia Garcia Electiondot.png Democratic D+18
Texas' 30th Jasmine Crockett Electiondot.png Democratic D+27
Texas' 31st John Carter Ends.png Republican R+14
Texas' 32nd Colin Allred Electiondot.png Democratic D+14
Texas' 33rd Marc Veasey Electiondot.png Democratic D+24
Texas' 34th Vicente Gonzalez Jr. Electiondot.png Democratic D+9
Texas' 35th Greg Casar Electiondot.png Democratic D+21
Texas' 36th Brian Babin Ends.png Republican R+18
Texas' 37th Lloyd Doggett Electiondot.png Democratic D+24
Texas' 38th Wesley Hunt Ends.png Republican R+12


2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Texas[2]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
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:


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.

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

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%Republican Party 43.9%Democratic Party
2018 50.9%Republican Party 48.3%Democratic Party
2014 61.6%Republican Party 34.4%Democratic Party
2012 56.5%Republican Party 40.7%Democratic Party
2008 54.8%Republican Party 42.8%Democratic Party
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
2022 54.8%Republican Party 43.9%Democratic Party
2018 55.8%Republican Party 42.5%Democratic Party
2014 59.3%Republican Party 38.9%Democratic Party
2010 55.0%Republican Party 42.3%Democratic Party
2006 39.0%Republican Party 29.8%Democratic Party
Average 53.4 38.7
See also: Party control of Texas state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Texas' congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Texas
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

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Texas' top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Texas, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Greg Abbott
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Dan Patrick
Secretary of State Republican Party Jane Nelson
Attorney General Republican Party Ken Paxton

State legislature

Texas State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 11
     Republican Party 19
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 31

Texas House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 64
     Republican Party 86
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 150

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Texas Party Control: 1992-2024
Three years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-two 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 23 24
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 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 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 R R

The table below details demographic data in Texas and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Texas
Texas United States
Population 29,145,505 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 261,268 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 59.1% 65.9%
Black/African American 12.1% 12.5%
Asian 5.2% 5.8%
Native American 0.6% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
Other (single race) 7.8% 6%
Multiple 15.1% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 39.9% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 85.2% 89.1%
College graduation rate 32.3% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $73,035 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 10.7% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**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.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023


Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
John Cornyn (R)
Ted Cruz (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
Al Green (D)
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
Vacant
District 19
District 20
District 21
Chip Roy (R)
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
Republican Party (27)
Democratic Party (12)
Vacancies (1)


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