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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the thirty-eight U.S. representatives from the State of Texas, one from each of the state's thirty-eight congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on March 3, 2026, and in races where no candidate receives over 50% in a primary, runoff elections will take place on May 26, 2026.

Redistricting

On July 9, 2025, the Texas state government announced that during a planned special session on July 21 of this year, it would tackle mid-decade redistricting. This had been pushed privately by the White House to help Republicans keep control of the House in 2026, and critics have labeled it a gerrymander.

On August 20, 2025, the Texas House passed congressional maps that would target five Democratic-held seats. The vote was 88–52, a party-line vote. The new map changes the territory of Democratic representatives Marc Veasey, Vicente Gonzalez, Lloyd Doggett, Julie Johnson, and Al Green. On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate passed the map with a vote 18–8. Governor Greg Abbott has signed the map into law, and therefore will be the active map used in the 2026 House elections in Texas.

On November 18, 2025, a federal court blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in next year's midterms, ruling that the map is likely an unconstitutional "racial gerrymander". Three days later on November 21, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted the request by the state to pause the court's ruling that reverts the election back to using the maps drawn in 2021 until the full Supreme Court of the United States could make a decision. On December 4, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas can use the new map in the 2026 midterm elections, striking down the lower court's ruling.

Retirements

Summary

As of February 2026, 9 representatives (3 Democrats and 6 Republicans) have announced their retirement, 3 of whom (1 Democrat and 2 Republicans) are retiring to run for other offices.

Democratic

  1. : Jasmine Crockett is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate.
  2. : Marc Veasey is retiring.
  3. : Lloyd Doggett is retiring due to redistricting.

Republican

  1. : Morgan Luttrell is retiring.
  2. : Michael McCaul is retiring.
  3. : Jodey Arrington is retiring.
  4. : Chip Roy is retiring to run for attorney general of Texas.
  5. : Troy Nehls is retiring.
  6. : Wesley Hunt is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate.

District 1

The new 1st district encompasses much of East Texas, including Tyler, Longview, Nacogdoches and Texarkana. The incumbent is Republican Nathaniel Moran, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz won the district in 2024 with 74.3% and 72.5% of the vote, respectively, in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Tracy Andrus, nonprofit founder
  • Masika Ray, realtor

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Results

Independent and third party candidates

Filed paperwork

  • Sonia Canchola (Independent)
  • Michael Morton (Independence Party)

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

The new 2nd district encompasses most of the northern and northeastern suburbs of Houston, including The Woodlands, Spring, Kingwood, New Caney, Humble, and Atascocita, as well as the Willowbrook area of Houston itself. The incumbent is Republican Dan Crenshaw, who was re-elected with 65.7% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz won 60.8% and 58.0% of the vote, respectively, in this district in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Dan Crenshaw, incumbent U.S. representative
  • Martin Etwop, Christian missionary and candidate for this district in 2022
  • N. Lee Plumb, retail manager

Withdrawn

  • Jon Bonck, mortgage broker (running in the 38th district)
  • Valentina Gomez, financial strategist and candidate for Missouri secretary of state in 2024 (running in the 31st district)
  • Nick Tran, businessman (running in the 8th district)

Declined

  • Jameson Ellis, marketing executive and candidate for this district in 2022 and 2024

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Shaun Finnie, investment banker

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 3

The new 3rd district encompasses much of Collin County and Hunt County in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, including eastern Plano, McKinney, Allen, Wylie and Greenville, as well as much of the I-30 corridor to the east including Sulphur Springs and Mount Pleasant. The incumbent is Republican Keith Self, who was re-elected with 62.5% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz each respectively won 60.3% and 57.7% of the vote here in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Evan Hunt, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel

Withdrawn

  • Jordan Wheatley, behavior health technician

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 4

The new 4th district encompasses most of the counties in the eastern part of the Texoma region along the Red River, including the communities of Sherman and Paris, as well as some sections of the suburban and exurban DFW Metroplex including Frisco, most of Plano and the Collin County portion of Dallas. The incumbent is Republican Pat Fallon, who was re-elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz each respectively won 61.2% and 59.0% of the vote here in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Don Horn, farmer and candidate for this seat in 2024

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Jason Pearce, construction project manager

Eliminated in primary

  • Andrew Rubell, teacher

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 5

The new 5th district encompasses the southeastern parts of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, including Mesquite, Terrell, Palestine, Athens, Canton, Kaufman, the southern halves of Garland and Rowlett, and the Lakewood and Lake Highlands portions of Dallas. The incumbent is Republican Lance Gooden, who was re-elected with 64.1% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz each respectively won 60.1% and 56.9% of the vote in this district in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Travis Edwards, teacher

Withdrawn

  • James Ussery, telecom technician (running in the 32nd district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Chelsey Hockett, stay-at-home mom
  • Ruth Torres, HR consultant and nominee for this district in 2024
Eliminated in primary
  • Forrest Lumpkin, aerospace engineer

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff

Results

Independents

Filed paperwork

  • Deadra Marsh-Foy

General election

Predictions

District 6

The new 6th district encompasses most of the southern parts of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, including most or all of the suburbs of Midlothian, Mansfield, Burleson, Waxahachie and Corsicana, as well as most of the west side of Arlington and south and central Irving. The incumbent is Republican Jake Ellzey, who was re-elected with 66.4% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz won 60.4% and 57.4%, respectively, in this district in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • James Buford, pastor and candidate for this district in 2022 and 2024
  • Brian Stahl, Covington city councilman

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Danny Minton, sales representative

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 7

The new 7th district encompasses a diverse southwestern stretch of the Greater Houston area across Harris and Fort Bend counties, including the Galleria area of Houston and the inner West Loop neighborhoods of Montrose, Meyerland, Rice Military, the Heights and Greenway Plaza, along with such diverse southwest Houston neighborhoods as Westchase, Sharpstown, Gulfton and Alief, and largely Asian and Hispanic portions of western Sugar Land and Mission Bend in Fort Bend County. The incumbent is Democrat Lizzie Fletcher, who was re-elected with 61.2% of the vote in 2024. The diverse district gave 60.3% to Kamala Harris and 63.1% to Colin Allred in 2024.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Tina Blum Cohen, furniture company owner and candidate for this district in 2022 and 2024
  • Alexander Hale, consultant

Eliminated in primary

  • Alexander Kalai, CFO of Amerapex
  • Erin Montgomery, funeral director

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff results

Green convention

Candidates

  • Espoir Ngabo, IT analyst

General election

Predictions

District 8

The 8th district includes most of the northern and northwestern exurbs of Houston, including Conroe, part of Huntsville, Willis, Magnolia, Brookshire and Hempstead, along with parts of west Houston including Briar Forest, the western end of the Energy Corridor and most of the Bear Creek and Addicks areas in west Harris County. The incumbent is Republican Morgan Luttrell, who was elected with 68.2% of the vote in 2024. Luttrell is not seeking reelection in the heavily Republican district, which gave Donald Trump 63.2% and Ted Cruz 60.1% of the vote in 2024 and is a plurality White district with a 31.3% Hispanic voting age population.

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Jessica Steinmann, attorney

Eliminated in primary

  • Jay Fondren, nonprofit official
  • Stephen Long
  • Nick Tran, businessman (previously ran in the 2nd district)
  • Deddrick Wilmer, mortage broker (previously ran in the 9th district)

Withdrawn

  • Brett Jensen, businessman (remained on ballot)

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Keith Coleman, retired USMC officer

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 9

The new 9th district, which previously encompassed southern portions of Houston and such suburbs as Missouri City and was represented by incumbent Democrat Al Green, has been relocated to the eastern portions of the Houston area as a result of redistricting; Green is now running for reelection in the newly redrawn 18th district.

The new district, which has a 58.6% Hispanic voting age population, covers such east and southeast Houston neighborhoods as Denver Harbor, Magnolia Park, Park Place and Edgebrook, as well as most of the suburbs of Pasadena, Baytown, Deer Park, La Porte, Galena Park, Channelview and Crosby, and exurban Liberty County including Cleveland, Liberty and Dayton. Donald Trump carried the district in all three of his elections - a 49.8% plurality in 2016, 53.7% in 2020, and 59.5% in 2024, and the district also gave Ted Cruz 54.4% of the vote in 2024.

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Leticia Gutierrez, environmental justice advocate

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Jaimy Blanco, real estate investor
  • Michael Curran, professor
  • Crystal DeLeon-Sarmiento, Manvel city councilor
  • Dan Mims, San Jacinto College trustee
  • Steve Stockman, former U.S. representative from the 36th district (2013–2015) and this district (1995–1997) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014
  • Terry Thain, railcar terminal operations manager

Withdrawn

  • Alexandria Butler, businesswoman (running for state house)
  • Mayra Guillén, nonprofit founder and sister of Vanessa Guillén
  • Dwayne Stovall, business owner and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 (endorsed Mims, remained on ballot)
  • Deddrick Wilmer, mortage broker (running in the 8th district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Runoff results

Independents

Filed paperwork

  • Roy Morales, retired USAF lieutenant colonel

General election

Predictions

District 10

The new 10th district stretches from downtown and western Austin (including Lake Travis) through the Bryan–College Station area, to a rural stretch of east central Texas between Houston, Dallas and Tyler, including Crockett, Livingston and Madisonville. The incumbent is Republican Michael McCaul, who was re-elected in 2024 with 63.6% of the vote. McCaul is not seeking reelection in the winding district, which gave 60.5% of the vote to Donald Trump and 58.4% to Ted Cruz in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Chris Gober, attorney

Eliminated in primary

  • Rob Altman, U.S. Army veteran
  • Ben Bius, businessman, candidate for Texas's 12th House of Representatives district in 2022 and 2024, and nominee in 2000
  • Rob Brown, pastor (previously ran in the 17th district)
  • Brandon Hawbraker, software engineer
  • Jessica Karlsruher, lobbyist (previously filed to run in the 21st district)
  • Kara King, mayor of Bee Cave
  • Scott MacLeod, U.S. Army veteran
  • Jenny Garcia Sharon, volunteer caregiver
  • Jeremy Story, minister

Withdrawn

  • Philip Suarez, realtor

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Caitlin Rourk, marketing employee (previously filed in the 31st district)

Eliminated in primary

  • Dawn Marshall, college professor
  • Bernardo Reyna, veterinary technician

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 11

The new 11th district is based in midwestern Texas, including Midland, Odessa, San Angelo and Brownwood, and also includes a thin stretch of the Austin area along the Travis and Williamson county lines including Pflugerville and Horseshoe Bay. The incumbent is Republican August Pfluger, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024. The majority White district has a voting age population that is 35.3% Hispanic, and in 2024 gave Donald Trump 66.5% of the vote and Ted Cruz 64%.

Republican primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Claire Reynolds, attorney

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 12

The new 12th district is in the western part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and takes in most of Parker County and western Tarrant County, including most of the western half of Fort Worth and such inner suburbs as Benbrook, Saginaw, and Haltom City, as well as Weatherford in Parker County. The incumbent is Republican Craig Goldman, who was elected with 63.5% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump won 61.3% and Ted Cruz 57.9% in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Angela Rodriguez Prilliman, entrepreneur

Eliminated in primary

  • Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera, nonprofit executive director and U.S. Army veteran

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 13

The new 13th district encompasses most of the Texas Panhandle and the western part of the Texoma region, containing the cities of Amarillo and Wichita Falls, as well as the college town of Denton in Denton County. The incumbent is Republican Ronny Jackson, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024. Donald Trump won 72.5% of the vote and Ted Cruz 70.3% in this district.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Chasity Wedgeworth, business owner

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Mark Nair, former Amarillo city councilor

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 14

The new 14th district remains anchored in Galveston County in the southeast corner of Greater Houston, including Galveston, League City, Friendswood and Texas City, and also now extends westward to Manvel and Alvin in north central Brazoria County and southern Missouri City in Fort Bend County, as well east across Bolivar Peninsula to Port Arthur and Orange in the Golden Triangle area. The incumbent is Republican Randy Weber, who was re-elected with 68.7% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump won 61.5 percent of the vote and Ted Cruz 58.6 in this district in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jessica Forgy, preschool teacher

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Thurman Bartie, former mayor of Port Arthur
  • Richard Davis, small business owner

Eliminated in primary

  • Konstantinos Vogiatzis, certified public accountant

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff results

General election

Predictions

District 15

The new 15th district stretches from Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley (including Edinburg and Weslaco), and now extends northeasterly into several rural counties between Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Victoria, including such communities as Falfurrias, Alice, Sinton, Beeville, Cuero and Gonzales. The incumbent is Republican Monica De La Cruz, who was re-elected with 57.1% of the vote in 2024.

In 2024, Donald Trump won 58.5% in this overwhelmingly Hispanic district, which gave Ted Cruz 53.5% in the same election (six years after Cruz lost to Beto O'Rourke, who won 55.4% in the 2018 election for the same Senate seat). Hillary Clinton won the district with 55% in 2016 before it flipped to Trump (who won 50.7%) in 2020.

Republican primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Ada Cuellar, physician

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

District 16

The new 16th district is entirely within El Paso County, taking in El Paso and such surrounding suburbs as Socorro, Horizon City, and Anthony. The incumbent is Democrat Veronica Escobar, who was re-elected with 59.5% of the vote in 2024. In 2024, Kamala Harris won 57.4% of the vote in this heavily Hispanic district, where Colin Allred also won with 58.4% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Not on ballot

  • Arturo Andujo, college physics graduate

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Manuel Barraza, paralegal
  • Adam Bauman, business owner

Eliminated in primary

  • Hector Cabildo, entrepreneur
  • Raul Castaneda, retiree
  • Marisela Chavez, retiree
  • Deliris Montanez Berrios, retired medical worker and Democratic candidate for this district in 2022
  • Ruben Rios, teacher

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 17

The new 17th district is anchored in Waco and its surrounding metropolitan area, with a small sliver of the district extending into the east side of Temple and a southern sliver of Williamson County, with the Austin suburb of Cedar Park connected to the rest of the district via a small sliver of Round Rock. The incumbent is Republican Pete Sessions, who was re-elected with 66.4% of the vote in 2024. The new district gave 60% of the vote to Donald Trump and 57.5% to Ted Cruz in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Rob Brown, pastor (running in the 10th district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Milah Flores, nonprofit professional
  • Casey Shepard, attorney

Eliminated in primary

  • James Gordon Mitchell, former school board trustee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Rruoff results

General election

Predictions

District 18

The new 18th district has two incumbents: Democrat Al Green, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024 for the 9th district, and Christian Menefee who succeeded Sylvester Turner, who died unexpectedly in March 2025, in a special election runoff held in January 2026.

The new district, which has a voting age population that is 45% Black and 32.2% Hispanic, includes the Downtown, EaDo, Midtown, Third Ward and Fifth Ward portions of Houston as well as the Texas Medical Center, the Museum District and NRG Stadium, and extends northeast to Settegast and Fall Creek in northeast Houston, Sunnyside and Brays Oaks in south and southwest Houston, and northern Missouri City, Stafford and Fresno in Fort Bend County. In 2024, the district gave Kamala Harris 76.7% of the vote and 78.5% to Colin Allred.

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Gretchen Brown, defense analyst

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Amanda Edwards vs. Al Green vs. Christian Menefee

Results

Runoff results

Republican Primary

Nominee

  • Ronald Whitfield, landscaping contractor and candidate for this district in 2025

Eliminated in primary

  • Elizabeth Vences, accountant

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

District 19

The new 19th district, then as now, encompasses much of West Texas including Lubbock and Abilene along with Big Spring. The incumbent is Republican Jodey Arrington, who was re-elected with 80.7% of the vote in 2024. Arrington is not seeking reelection to a sixth term in the heavily Republican district, which gave 75.3% of the vote to Donald Trump and 73% to Ted Cruz in 2024, and is a majority White district with a voting age population that is 34.7% Hispanic.

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Abraham Enriquez, outreach group founder
  • Tom Sell, businessman

Eliminated in primary

  • James Barbee, business owner
  • Jason Corley, Lubbock County commissioner (2019–present) and candidate for this district in 2016
  • Donald May, surgeon and candidate for this district in 2003, 2014, and 2016
  • Matt Smith, roofing company owner
  • Ryan Zink, convicted felon, participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and candidate for this district in 2024

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Runoff results

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 20

The new 20th district encompasses downtown San Antonio and extends eastward to its historically Black east side and the community of Kirby, as well as westward to Leon Valley and several neighborhoods north of Lackland AFB. The incumbent is Democrat Joaquin Castro, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024. Kamala Harris won the two-thirds Hispanic district with 63.5% of the vote and Colin Allred 66.6% in 2024.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Edgardo Baez, attorney

Fundraising

Results

Independents

Filed paperwork

  • Anthony Tristan, Democratic candidate for the 27th district in 2022 and 2024

General election

Predictions

District 21

The new 21st district takes in the Texas Hill Country, including Fredericksburg, Boerne, Kerrville and Bandera, along with Comal County including New Braunfels and most of Hays County including San Marcos, Wimberley and Dripping Springs, as well as most of northwest San Antonio along with Alamo Heights, Castle Hills, the eastern half of Stone Oak and Fort Sam Houston in Bexar County. The incumbent is Republican Chip Roy, who was elected with 61.9% of the vote in 2024 and is running for Texas Attorney General in 2026. A Republican-held district since 1978, Donald Trump won 60.3% of the vote in this largely exurban district, which also gave Ted Cruz 57.7%, both in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Kyle Sinclair, former vice chair of the Bexar County Republican Party, candidate for the 28th district in 2024 and nominee for the 20th district in 2022 (remained on ballot, endorsed Teixeira)

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Kristin Hook, scientist and nominee for this district in 2024

Eliminated in primary

  • Gary Taylor, teacher
  • Regina Vanburg, psychologist

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Independents

General election

Predictions

District 22

The new 22nd district encompasses the southwest suburban corner of the Greater Houston metropolitan area across Harris, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties, including the southern Houston suburbs of Sugar Land, Rosenberg, Lake Jackson and Angleton, as well as the Katy and Fulshear areas in both Harris and Fort Bend counties. The incumbent is Republican Troy Nehls, who is not seeking reelection and was re-elected with 62.1% of the vote in 2024. That same year, Donald Trump won 59.9% and Ted Cruz 56.9% of the vote in the district, which is diverse with double-digit populations of White, Hispanic, Asian and Black residents (both voting age and overall).

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Rebecca Clark, geophysicist

Withdrawn

Declined

  • Troy Nehls, incumbent U.S. representative (endorsed Trever Nehls)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Marquette Greene-Scott, Iowa Colony city councilor and nominee for this district in 2024

Eliminated in primary

  • Chris Fernandez, editor
  • Sterling Gadison, engineer
  • Robert Thomas, aerospace engineer
  • Pearl Vuorinen, healthcare executive

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Third-party candidates

Filed paperwork

  • Demile James (American Independent Party), HR recruiter

General election

Predictions

District 23

The new 23rd district covers southwestern Texas, including the Big Bend, and stretches eastward through Del Rio and Uvalde to the northern San Antonio suburbs including the west side of Stone Oak, Shavano Park and Camp Bullis (with a small finger extending eastward to Lackland AFB in southwest San Antonio, and also westward to the eastern fringes of the El Paso suburbs. The incumbent is Republican Tony Gonzales, who was re-elected with 62.3% of the vote in 2024. Democrats are targeting the majority Hispanic district, which has a one-third White minority, and gave Donald Trump and Ted Cruz 56.8% and 52.9% of the vote, respectively, in 2024.

Republican leaders called on Gonzales to end his re-election campaign after he admitted to having a sexual relationship with a former staff member who later died by suicide, following his earlier denial of the allegations. Gonzales ended his campaign on March 5, leading to the cancellation of the runoff and making challenger Brandon Herrera the Republican nominee.

Republican primary

Nominee

Advanced to runoff

  • Tony Gonzales, incumbent U.S. representative (withdrew before runoff)

Eliminated in primary

  • Keith Barton, veteran, construction equipment manager
  • Quico Canseco, former U.S. representative (2011–2013) and candidate for the 21st district in 2018

Withdrawn

  • Zeke Enriquez, U.S. Marine Corps veteran (running in the 21st district)
  • Susan Storey Rubio, rancher

Declined

  • Grant Moody, Bexar County commissioner from the 3rd precinct
  • Kyle Sinclair, former vice chair of the Bexar County Republican Party, candidate for the 28th district in 2024 and nominee for the 20th district in 2022 (ran in the 21st district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Katy Padilla Stout, attorney

Eliminated in primary

  • Gretel Enck, community organizer and writer
  • Santos Limon, civil engineer and nominee for this district in 2024
  • Bruce Richardson, accountant

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Independents

Filed paperwork

  • Patti Hale Ashe
  • Veronica Williams, licensed professional counselor

General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

District 24

The new 24th district, centered on Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in the heart of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, encompasses the suburbs north of Fort Worth and Dallas, including Grapevine, Bedford, North Richland Hills and Southlake in northeast Tarrant County, and the wealthy Park Cities north of downtown Dallas, as well as the neighboring Knox Park and Lower Greenville neighborhoods and most of north Dallas (including Preston Hollow) in Dallas itself and the Dallas County suburbs of Farmers Branch and Coppell.

Due to redistricting, the district has two incumbents, Republican Beth Van Duyne, who was re-elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2024, and Democrat Julie Johnson, who was elected with 61.9% of the vote in 2024 from the old 32nd District. Donald Trump won 57.1% of the vote in this affluent district, which also gave Ted Cruz 54.6% of the vote that same year against Democrat Colin Allred, whom Johnson succeeded in Congress. Johnson has since decided to seek reelection in the newly redrawn 33rd district (see below).

Republican primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Kevin Burge, IT security specialist
  • TJ Ware, entrepreneur

Eliminated in primary

  • Jon Buchwald, entrepreneur

Declined

  • Julie Johnson, incumbent U.S. representative (running in the 33rd district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff results

General election

Predictions

District 25

The new 25th district runs from northern Arlington and southern and eastern Fort Worth in Tarrant County, whose portion is the only portion of the district considered even remotely competitive (and in fact, favorable) to Democrats, out to several heavily Republican exurban and rural areas south and west of Fort Worth and just east of Abilene, including Cleburne, Granbury, Willow Park, Mineral Wells, Stephenville, Jacksboro and Eastland.

Due to redistricting, the district has two incumbents, Republican Roger Williams, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024, and Democrat Marc Veasey, who was re-elected with 68.7% of the vote in 2024. Veasey, the incumbent from the old 33rd district (see below) decided to not seek reelection, instead pursuing a short-lived bid for Tarrant County judge before dropping out of that race. Donald Trump won 61.4% of the vote in this district in 2024, which also saw Ted Cruz win 58.4% of the vote.

Republican primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Dione Sims, non-profit founder

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 26

The new 26th district is based in the northwestern corner of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, centering on southern and eastern Denton County (including the county's share of Carrollton along with all of Lewisville, Flower Mound and Little Elm) and including Cooke County (Gainesville) and the southern two-thirds of Wise County including Decatur. The incumbent is Republican Brandon Gill, who was elected with 62.1% of the vote in 2024. That same year, the district gave 61.2% of the vote to Donald Trump and 58.4% to Ted Cruz.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Robert Chick, managing director

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Steven Shook, nurse practitioner

Eliminated in primary

  • Ernest Lineberger, industrial engineer and nominee for this district in 2024

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Libertarian convention

Declared

  • Phil Gray, perennial candidate

General election

Predictions

District 27

The new 27th district stretches across the Coastal Bend, from downtown Corpus Christi and Port Aransas in the south, along with Victoria and the rural fringes of the Greater Houston area including Brenham, Bay City and Sealy, extending westward to La Grange along with the southern and eastern suburbs of Austin including Bastrop, Kyle and Lockhart along with an eastern sliver of Travis County (including the Circuit of the Americas).

The incumbent is Republican Michael Cloud, who was re-elected with 66.0% of the vote in 2024. A plurality White district whose voting age population is more than 40% Hispanic, Donald Trump won 60% of the vote and Ted Cruz 57.1% in 2024.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Tanya Lloyd, teacher and nominee for this district in 2024

Eliminated in primary

  • Eustaquio Castro-Mendoza, U.S. Navy veteran
  • Wayne Raasch, teacher and candidate for the 22nd district in 2024

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Third parties and independents

Declared

General election

Predictions

District 28

The new 28th district is based in the Laredo area and stretches south to McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley and north to Atascosa County in the San Antonio area. The incumbent is Democrat Henry Cuellar, who was re-elected with 52.8% of the vote in 2024.

Historically a heavily Democratic district, Donald Trump won 54.8% of the vote in this overwhelmingly Hispanic district in 2024, which also saw Ted Cruz win a plurality of 48.8% (and a vote margin of only 228 votes) that same year; the district previously gave Democrats Joe Biden 54.3% in 2020 and Hillary Clinton 66.4% in 2016. In U.S. Senate races, John Cornyn lost the district twice in 2014 and 2020 for his seat, as did Cruz in his seat in 2018 against Beto O'Rourke, who won 65.8% of the vote that year.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Andrew Vantine, businessman
  • Ricardo Villarreal, physician and candidate for the 21st district in 2022

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Tano Tijerina, Webb County judge (2014–present)

Eliminated in primary

  • Eileen Day, businesswoman

Withdrawn

  • Josh Cortez, former advisor to U.S. representative Monica De La Cruz (running in the 35th district)
  • Mayra Flores, former U.S. representative from the 34th district (2022–2023) (running in the 34th district)
  • Jay Furman, physician and nominee for this district in 2024 (running in the 35th district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Libertarian convention

Candidates

  • John E Foddrill, candidate for San Antonio City Council in 2015 (nonpartisan)

Green convention

Candidates

  • Marlón Durán

General election

Predictions

District 29

The new 29th district encompasses much of north Houston, taking in the heavily Latino Lindale Park and Northline areas along with historically Black Acres Homes and Independence Heights, as well as the Garden Oaks, Oak Forest and Fairbanks areas of northwest Houston, and the Aldine and Greenspoint areas of far north Houston including George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The incumbent is Democrat Sylvia Garcia, who was re-elected with 65.2% of the vote in 2024 in the majority Hispanic district, which was won by Kamala Harris (64.5%) and Colin Allred (67.6%) that same year.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Martha Fierro, director

Results

General election

Predictions

District 30

The new 30th district is anchored in the southern portions of Dallas and encompasses South Dallas and Fair Park, stretching southward to such diverse south Dallas County suburbs as Lancaster, Duncanville, DeSoto, Wilmer, Cedar Hill and southern Grand Prairie. Prior to redistricting, the incumbent was Democrat Jasmine Crockett; however, Crockett was drawn out of the 30th district and into the 33rd and ultimately decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Kamala Harris won 72.7% of the vote in the district in 2024, as did Dallas native Colin Allred who won 75.1% in his losing Senate bid against Ted Cruz.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Sholdon Daniels, attorney
  • Everett Jackson, business owner

Eliminated in primary

  • Gregorio Heise, veteran
  • Nils Walker, IT project coordinator

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff results

Independents

Filed paperwork

  • Oxford Nordberg, entrepreneur

General election

Predictions

District 31

The new 31st district is anchored in the northern exurbs of Austin (including Georgetown and Burnet) and stretches northward to Killeen and most of Temple along with Fort Hood, going as far north as Hamilton. The incumbent is Republican John Carter, who was re-elected with 64.5% of the vote in 2024. That same year, Donald Trump won 60.1% and Ted Cruz 57.6% of the vote, respectively.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • William Abel, U.S. Army veteran
  • David Berry, physician
  • Steve Dowell, U.S. Army veteran
  • Edward Ewald, retiree
  • Abhiram Garapati, real estate investor
  • Valentina Gomez, financial strategist and candidate for Missouri Secretary of State in 2024 (previously ran in the 2nd district)
  • Raymond Hamden, real estate broker
  • Elvis Lossa, policy coordinator
  • Vince Offer, pitchman and comedian

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Justin Early, cybersecurity architect

Eliminated in primary

  • Stuart Whitlow, attorney and nominee for this district in 2024

Withdrawn

  • Caitlin Rourk, marketing employee (running in the 10th district)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Green convention

Candidates

  • Greg Stoker, journalist, podcaster, anti-war activist and former Army Ranger

General election

Predictions

District 32

The new 32nd district covers several suburban areas directly north and northeast of Dallas, including most of the Dallas County portion of Carrollton and Addison along with all of Richardson (including the Collin County portion) and the northern halves of Garland and Rowlett, as well as the far north side of Dallas itself. The district then stretches eastward and crosses Lake Ray Hubbard to take in suburban Rockwall County and the Lake Tawakoni area, traveling all the way east to such northern Tyler exurbs as Mineola and Gilmer.

Prior to redistricting, the incumbent was Democrat Julie Johnson; however, Johnson was drawn out of the 32nd district and into the 24th, ultimately deciding to seek reelection in the 33rd district (see below) and leaving this district as an open seat. In 2024, the new district gave 57.7% of the vote to Donald Trump and 55.2% to Ted Cruz, with Democrats only considered competitive in the Dallas County and Richardson portion of the otherwise heavily Republican district.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Anthony Bridges, EMT

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Presumptive nominee

Advanced to runoff

  • Ryan Binkley, pastor and candidate for president in 2024 (withdrew before runoff)

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Tobey Pearson

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Independents

Filed paperwork

  • Charles Harper

General election

Predictions

District 33

The new 33rd district, previously encompassing mostly Hispanic parts of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex including Downtown Fort Worth, western Dallas, and parts of Grand Prairie, Irving, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch, has since been redrawn to be exclusively within Dallas County. Prior to redistricting, the incumbent was Fort Worth-based Democrat Marc Veasey. However, Veasey was drawn out of the 33rd district and into the 25th, and ultimately chose to pursue a short-lived bid for Tarrant County judge before abandoning that bid. The new incumbent is Democrat Jasmine Crockett, who was elected with 84.9% of the vote in 2024, in her previous District 30; however, Crockett chose to pursue a run for the United States Senate seat currently held by John Cornyn.

Former Congressman and 2024 U.S. Senate nominee Colin Allred (who lost in the general election that year to Ted Cruz) and current 32nd District incumbent Julie Johnson are now running for the Democratic nomination to represent this district, which is centered in Downtown and Uptown Dallas and also extends in four separate directions - northwest to Love Field and a northern section of Irving centered on the Valley Ranch area, northeast to the Swiss Avenue and Buckner Boulevard (east of White Rock Lake) corridors in east Dallas, southeast to southeast Dallas (including Pleasant Grove) and Balch Springs, and southwest to West Dallas as well as Cockrell Hill and central Grand Prairie. The new district gave 65.2% of the vote to Kamala Harris and 68.7% to Allred in 2024, and is over 50 percent Hispanic.

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Zeeshan Hafeez, technology executive
  • Carlos Quintanilla, perennial candidate

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Runoff results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Patrick Gillespie, customs broker
  • John Sims, entrepreneur

Eliminated in primary

  • Monte Mitchell, physician
  • Kurt Schwab, marketing consultant

Not on ballot

  • Payton Jackson, credit specialist

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff results

General election

Predictions

District 34

The new 34th district stretches from Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley, northward along the Gulf Coast to most of Corpus Christi, covering all of Cameron, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg and most of Nueces counties, essentially a recreation of the old 27th district from its establishment in 1982 until the 2010 election. The incumbent is Democrat Vicente Gonzalez, who was re-elected with 51.3% of the vote in 2024.

Donald Trump won the district with 54.6% of the vote in 2024, having previously lost the district to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020, respectively, with Barack Obama winning the district twice in 2008 and 2012. Also, Ted Cruz won the district with a 49.7% plurality in 2024, even though the district gave 55% of the vote to Beto O'Rourke over Cruz in 2018.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Etienne Rosas, public policy analyst

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Keith Allen, retail manager
  • Luis Buentello, lobbyist
  • Mayra Flores, former U.S. representative (2022–2023) (previously ran in the 28th district)
  • Gregory Kunkle, musician and candidate for this district in 2022 and 2024

Withdrawn

  • Fred Hinojosa, activist and brother of state senator Adam Hinojosa (endorsed Eric Flores, remained on ballot)
  • Scott Mandel, businessman and candidate for the 27th district in 2024 (endorsed Eric Flores, remained on ballot)
  • Jay Nagy, engineer (endorsed Eric Flores, remained on ballot)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Libertarian convention

Candidates

  • Chris Royal, independent candidate for this seat in 2020 and 2022, and withdrawn independent candidate for this seat in 2024

Green convention

Candidates

  • Eddie Espinoza, teacher and nominee for railroad commission in 2024

General election

Predictions

District 35

The new 35th district previously connected eastern San Antonio to southeastern Austin, through the I-35 corridor. However, with the new redistricting the 35th has been moved significantly to the south and east; it now covers much of south and northeast San Antonio, plus such suburbs as Live Oak, Converse and Elmendorf along with Guadalupe (including Seguin and Schertz), Wilson and Karnes counties.

Prior to redistricting, the incumbent was Democrat Greg Casar; however, Casar was drawn out of the 35th district and into the 37th. On August 25, 2025, Greg Casar announced he would not seek re-election to this district instead run for new 37th district due to Republicans' gerrymandering in Texas. The new district remains majority Hispanic, albeit with over 53.7% of the voting age population being Hispanic, with 34.6% of the voting age population being White. Donald Trump won 54.6% of the vote in this district in 2024, having won by single-digit margins here in both 2016 and 2020. Also, Ted Cruz won 50.6% of the vote in this district in 2024 (as well as in 2018 with 49.7% of the vote).

Democratic primary

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • John Lira, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and nominee for the 23rd district in 2022
  • Whitney Masterson-Moyes, businesswoman

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff Results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Randy Adams, car dealership owner
  • Josh Cortez, former advisor to U.S. representative Monica De La Cruz (previously ran in the 28th district)
  • Mark Eberwine, home inspector
  • Jay Furman, physician and nominee for the 28th district in 2024 (previously ran in the 28th district)
  • Vanessa Hicks-Callaway
  • Ryan Krause, executive coach
  • Larry LaRose, veteran
  • Rod Lingsch, retired pilot
  • Steven Wright, retired deputy sheriff and nominee for this district in 2024

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Runoff Results

General election

Predictions

District 36

The new 36th district encompasses parts of Southeast Texas, including the Harris County side of the Clear Lake region of Houston. While largely unchanged from its previous iteration, the new iteration includes Lufkin and the surrounding Piney Woods region as well as Silsbee, Jasper and most of Beaumont, and also extends to almost all of Chambers County (including Mont Belvieu) east of Houston) before extending into southeast Houston (including Hobby Airport and Ellington Field, as well as Glenbrook Valley and the aforementioned Clear Lake City development) along with the southeast Harris County communities of Seabrook, Webster and Harris County's portion of Friendswood, and a small sliver of northern Brazoria County centered on most of Pearland.

The incumbent is Republican Brian Babin, who was re-elected with 69.4% of the vote in 2024. Donald Trump won 61.8% of the vote in the new district in 2024, as did Ted Cruz with 59.1% of the vote.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jonathan Mitchell, pipeline worker and candidate for this district in 2024

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Rhonda Hart, homemaker and nominee for the 14th district in 2024

Eliminated in primary

  • Doug Rogers, accountant

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

General election

Predictions

District 37

The new 37th district is based in all but the westernmost parts of Austin, with virtually all of the precincts of the exclusively Travis County-based district favoring Democrats to varying degrees; the new district has a White plurality with a 34% Hispanic voting age population. The incumbent is Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who was re-elected with 75.9% of the vote in 2024. On August 21, 2025, Doggett announced that he would not seek re-election due to mid-decade redistricting, and fellow Democratic Rep. Greg Casar being moved into the 37th district. On August 25, 2025, Casar announced his bid for re-election from this district. Kamala Harris won 76.8% of the vote in the new 37th District, which also gave 79.2% of the vote to Colin Allred; in both cases, the highest of any district amongst the state's new congressional districts.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Esther Fleharty, program manager

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Ge'Neill Gary, former Albany city councilwoman
  • Lauren Peña, paralegal

Eliminated in primary

  • Janet Malzahn, attorney

Fundraising

Results

Runoff Results

General election

Predictions

District 38

The new 38th district, much like its original iteration first used in the 2022 election (and historically the base of the original Houston-based iteration of the 7th district from 1966 until the 2022 redistricting), is based in west Houston and northwest Harris County, including all or parts of the west Houston neighborhoods of River Oaks, Tanglewood, Memorial City, Spring Branch and the Energy Corridor, as well as the communities of Jersey Village, Copperfield, Cypress, Champion Forest, Klein and Tomball in northwest Harris County.

The incumbent is Republican Wesley Hunt, who was re-elected with 62.9% of the vote in 2024 and is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2026. Donald Trump won the district in 2024 with 59.5% of the vote, as did Ted Cruz (who resides in the district) with 56.6% of the vote.

Republican primary

Advanced to runoff

  • Jon Bonck, mortgage broker (previously ran in the 2nd district)
  • Shelly deZevallos, president of West Houston Airport

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Runoff Results

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Melissa McDonough, realtor and nominee for this district in 2024

Eliminated in primary

  • Theresa Courts, high school counselor
  • Marvalette Hunter, former chief of staff to then-Houston mayor Sylvester Turner

Endorsements

Fundraising

Results

Independents and third-party candidates

Filed paperwork

  • Alex McMenemy (Green)
  • William Taggart (Independent), engineer and author

General election

Predictions

Notes

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