Hobby School of Public Affairs: Texas Republican Primary Runoff 2026

https://www.uh.edu/hobby/gop/ The March 2026 Texas Republican primary races in Texas were expensive and often contentious, with some party nominations left undecided. Without surpassing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff, a number of statewide candidates are...

Races 2026: SD 4 Brett Ligon Wins Special Election

5-2-26 Brett Ligon (R) wins the SD 4 Special Election to fill the unexpired termed ending 12-31-26. Unofficial results show Ligon 75% (26,068 votes) and Ron Angeletti (D) with 25% (8,662 votes). …

2026 Primary Races Heading to Runoff Election

Statewide (4 Republican and 2 Democrat) US Senate (R): John Cornyn v Ken Paxton Lieutenant Governor (D): Vikki Goodwin v Marcos Velez Attorney General (D and R): Nathan Johnson (D) v Joe Jaworski (D); Chip Roy (R) v Mayes Middleton (R) Railroad Commission (R): Jim...

Lt. Gov. Patrick Releases First Round of Interim Charges

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has issued his first round of interim charges for Texas Senate committees to study in preparation for the 90th Legislature. Lt. Gov. Patrick made the following statement upon issuing the charges: “These first 5 interim charges, released today,...

Races 2026: Open Seats

Statewide Comptroller Glenn Hegar (R) is now Chancellor of the Texas A&M System Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) running for US Senate (challenging Cornyn) Texas Senate (5 Republicans) SD 3 Robert Nichols (R) will not seek...

Races 2026: HD135 (Rosenthal-D) open seat

12-10-25 Final filed primary candidates: Odus Evbagharu (D) Liz Ramos (R) “Odus Evbagharu is running for the Texas House because he believes in building a future where every family has the chance to...

Races 2026: Texas Attorney General (Paxton-R open seat)

3-24-26 Mayes Middleton (R) and Chip Roy (R) will face each other in a runoff election for the Republican nomination. Nathan Johnson (R) and Joe Jaworski (D) will face each other in a runoff for the Democratic nomination.…