Elections were held in Texas on November 5, 2024. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024. Primary runoff elections took place on May 28, 2024.
Seats up for election were all seats of the Texas Legislature, all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to the United States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz ran for and won re-election. In addition, Texas counties, cities, and school and other special districts had local elections and other ballot issues, such as bond proposals.
Republican Donald Trump won the state of Texas by a wide margin, winning all 40 of the state's electoral votes.
Two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz won re-election by a wide margin.
Republicans won 25 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to the Democrats' 13, with no net change from the previous election.
Incumbent commissioner Christi Craddick was re-elected to a third 6-year term.
Incumbent Justice Jimmy Blacklock was re-elected to a second 6-year term.
Incumbent Justice John Devine was re-elected to a third 6-year term.
Incumbent Justice Jane Bland was elected to a full 6-year term, after last being elected in 2020 to finish the remainder of her predecessor, Jeff Brown's, term.
In 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an 8âÂÂ1 decision, holding that the Texas Attorney General does not have unilateral authority to prosecute election code violations. All three incumbent Judges up for re-election were part of the majority decision. As a result, Attorney General Ken Paxton recruited primary challengers to all three incumbent Republican judges. Ultimately, all three incumbent Judges were defeated by their challengers in the March Republican primary election.
Incumbent Presiding Judge Sharon Keller ran for re-election to a 6th term.
Incumbent Judge Barbara Parker Hervey ran for re-election to a 4th term.
Incumbent Judge Michelle Slaughter ran for re-election to a 2nd term.
All fifteen seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election to four-year terms. The board follows a 2-4-4 term system; members are elected to two-year terms at the beginning of each decade. Based on the results of the 2022 election, the board was made up of ten Republicans and five Democrats; however, Democrat Aicha Davis had resigned from her seat to run for the Texas House of Representatives. Despite fellow Democrat Tiffany Clark running unopposed for the seat, Abbott appointed Republican Leslie Recine to fill Davis' unexpired term, giving Republicans an 11âÂÂ4 majority on the board for the final two months of 2025. During this time, the board adopted the highly controversial Bluebonnet Learning curriculum, which incorporates religion, particularly Christianity, into its elementary school lessons. The passage gave districts financial incentive to adopt the curriculum, although it did not require it. Democrats held onto all of their seats, including a very narrow victory in district 1, returning the board to its 10âÂÂ5 Republican majority at the start of 2025.
All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 15 of the 31 seats of the Texas State Senate are up for election. The winners of this election will serve in the 89th Texas Legislature.
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