The 2026 Primary Election in Texas

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The primary election in Texas will be held on March 3 this year with early voting February 17-27, and the general election will be held November 3, with early voting October 19-30. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the primary, the top two vote-getters will compete in a runoff on May 26, with early voting May 18-22. The Texas Tribune has published a useful March primary ballot article.

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U.S. Senate

Democrat

  • Jasmine Crockett
  • Ahmad R. Hassan
  • James Talarico

Republican

  • John O. Adefope
  • Anna Bender
  • Virgil Bierschwale
  • Sara Canady
  • John Cornyn (I)
  • Wesley Hunt
  • Gulrez “Gus” Khan
  • Ken Paxton

U.S. House of Representatives (District 10)

Democrat

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

Republican

  • Rob Altman
  • Ben Bius
  • Robert Brown
  • Jenny Garcia Sharon
  • Chris Gober
  • Brandon Hawbaker
  • Jessica Karlsruher
  • Kara King
  • Scott MacLeod
  • Jeremy Story

Governor

Democrat

  • Patricia Abrego
  • Chris Bell
  • Bobby Cole
  • Carlton W. Hart
  • Gina Hinojosa
  • Jose Navarro Balbuena
  • Zach Vance
  • Angela “Tía Angie” Villescaz

Republican

  • Greg Abbott (I)
  • Bob Achgill
  • Evelyn Brooks
  • Pete “Doc” Chambers
  • Charles Crouch
  • Arturo Espinosa
  • Mark Goloby
  • Kenneth Hyde
  • Stephen Samuelson
  • Ronnie Tullos
  • Nathaniel Welch

Lieutenant Governor

Democrat

  • Vikki Goodwin
  • Courtney Head
  • Marcos Velez

Republican

  • Perla Hopkins
  • Timothy Mabry
  • Dan Patrick (I)
  • Esala Wueschner

Attorney General

Democrat

  • Tony Box
  • Joe Jaworski
  • Nathan Johnson

Republican

  • Joan Huffman
  • Mayes Middleton
  • Aaron Reitz
  • Chip Roy

Texas Senate (District 5)

Democrat

  • Kevin Nelson
  • Paul Thomasson

Republican

  • Apollo Hernandez
  • Larry Nance
  • Charles Schwertner (I)

Texas House of Representatives (District 14)

Democrat

Republican