Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2026: Difference between revisions

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Texas' 12th Congressional District
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Election details
	Filing deadline: December 8, 2025
	Primary: March 3, 2026; Primary runoff: May 26, 2026; General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Texas
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Republican; DDHQ and The Hill: Pending; Inside Elections: Solid Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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See also
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Latest revision as of 19:55, 27 August 2025

All U.S. House districts, including the 12th Congressional District of Texas, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 26, 2026. The filing deadline is December 8, 2025. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

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General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Craig Goldman, Brian Sprague, and Semaj Swire are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Craig Goldman
		Brian Sprague
	Submit photo	Semaj Swire

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Texas

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Craig Goldman	Republican Party	$633,598	$295,842	$873,652	As of June 30, 2025
Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Brian Sprague	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Semaj Swire	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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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]

Race ratings: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/23/2025	9/16/2025	9/9/2025	9/2/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

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District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Craig Goldman defeated Trey Hunt in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Craig Goldman (R)	63.5	215,564
	Trey Hunt (D)	36.5	124,154

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,718
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12

Craig Goldman defeated John O'Shea in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12 on May 28, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Craig Goldman	62.9	16,787
	John O'Shea	37.1	9,903

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,690
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Trey Hunt defeated Sebastian Gehrig in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Trey Hunt	58.0	11,935
	Sebastian Gehrig	42.0	8,638

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,573
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Craig Goldman and John O'Shea advanced to a runoff. They defeated Clint Dorris, Shellie Gardner, and Anne Henley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Goldman	44.4	31,568
✔		John O'Shea	26.4	18,757
		Clint Dorris	14.9	10,591
		Shellie Gardner	7.6	5,373
	Submit photo	Anne Henley	6.8	4,849

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,138
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger defeated Trey Hunt in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kay Granger (R)	64.3	152,953
	Trey Hunt (D)	35.7	85,026

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 237,979
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Trey Hunt advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hunt	100.0	20,561

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,561
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger defeated Ryan Catala and Alysia Rieg in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kay Granger	75.2	46,779
	Ryan Catala	14.1	8,759
	Alysia Rieg	10.7	6,662

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,200
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Chris Rector (R)
Chris Putnam (R)

2020

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger defeated Lisa Welch and Trey Holcomb in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kay Granger (R)	63.7	233,853
	Lisa Welch (D)	33.0	121,250
	Trey Holcomb (L)	3.2	11,918

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 367,021
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Lisa Welch defeated Danny Anderson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lisa Welch	81.1	36,750
	Danny Anderson	18.9	8,588

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,338
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Al Woolum (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger defeated Chris Putnam in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kay Granger	58.0	43,420
	Chris Putnam	42.0	31,420

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,840
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 12

Trey Holcomb advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Trey Holcomb (L)

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District analysis

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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

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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)

[1] Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.

[2] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018

[3] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018

[4] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018

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Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2026: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:55, 27 August 2025

Candidates and election results

General election

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Candidate profiles

Voting information

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

Campaign finance

General election race ratings

Ballot access

District history

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 12

District analysis

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