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Special Elections

Rep. Sylvester Turner passed away on March 5, 2025.
The Special Election to fill his unexpired term in TX-18 will be held November 4th, 2025

Office'26 ORVSDemocratRepublicanNotes
TX-18
OPEN
29.2Christian Menefee (D)
Amanda Edwards (D)
Jolanda Jones (D)

Zoey Cadore (D) filed FEC F2

SD9
OPEN
58.9Taylor Rehmet (D)Leigh Wambsganss (R)
John Huffman (R)
Senator Kelly Hancock resigned to join the Comptroller’s Office and was sworn in as Acting Comptroller on 7-1-25.


2026 Elections
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District'26 ORVSDemocratRepublicanNotes
U.S. Senate56.4Terry Virts (D)
Colin Allred (D)

John Cornyn* (R)

Ken Paxton (R)

Cornyn seeking reelection 3-26-25
Ken Paxton announced 4-7-25
Governor56.4Greg Abbott* (R)Brian Mortimer CTA 8/5/25
Johnny Lee Hammitt 7/2/25
Peter Chambers CTA 6/17/25
Meagan Teseldar CTA 6/12/25
Latricia Worrick CTA 5/12/25
Ronnie Tullos CTA 5/2/25
Nick Pappas CTA 4/24/25
Arturo Espinosa CTA 4/17/25
Jose Balbuena CTA 4/3/25
Glenna Williams CTA 2/27/25
James Bills CTA 11/5/24
Robert Hostetler 8/20/24
Lieutenant Governor56.4Vikki Goodwin (D)Dan Patrick* (R)Patrick seeking reelection 4-10-25
Shanna Steele CTA 8/11/25
Esala Wueschner CTA 6/4/25
Vikki Goodwin CTA 5/20/25
Timothy Mabray CTA 3/28/25
Attorney General
OPEN
56.4Nathan Johnson (D)
Joe Jaworski (D)

Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston)
Aaron Reitz (R-Austin)
Joan Huffman (R-Houston)
Chip Roy (R)

Senator Bryan Hughes not running for AG
Senator Joan Huffman announced 6-23-25
Aaron Reitz announced 6-12-25
Senator Mayes Middleton
announced 4-15-25
John Bash withdrawn 4-30-25
Ken Paxton running for US Senate 4-8-25

Comptroller
OPEN
56.4Kelly Hancock (R)
Christi Craddick (R)

Don Huffines (R)
Glenn Hegar (R) has accepted position of Chancellor of Texas A&M University System 3-28-25
Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D) considering run for comptroller
Michael Lange CTA 6-25-25
Land Commissioner56.4Dawn Buckingham* (R)Buckingham* announced for reelection campaign 6/19/25

Railroad
Commissioner

56.4 Jim Wright* (R)
Hawk Dunlap CTA 8/7/25
Agriculture Commissioner56.4Sid Miller* (R)
Nate Sheets (R)
Alfred Molison CTA 8/5/25
Nathan Sheets CTA 4/9/25
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
56.4Jimmy Blacklock* (R)
Supreme Court
Place 7
OPEN
56.4Jeff Boyd* (R)Boyd retiring 2025 summer.  Appointment pending.
Supreme Court
Place 8
56.4Brett Busby* (R)
Supreme Court
Place 2
56.4James P. Sullivan* (R)
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 3
56.4 Bert Richardson* (R) 
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 4
56.4 Kevin Yeary* (R) 
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 9
56.4David Newell* (R)Newell not seeking reelection
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SD 177.9Bryan Hughes* (R)Term expires 2026
Hughes* seeking reelection
SD 260.1Bob Hall* (R)Term expires 2026
Jason Eddington CTA 6/18/25
SD 3
OPEN
76.8Trent Ashby (R)Term expires 2026
Rhonda Ward CTA 5/30/25
Robert Nichols* (R) announced not seeking reelection 6-24-25
SD 468.6Brandon Creighton* (R)Term expires 2026
SD 561.9Charles Schwertner* (R)Term expires 2026
SD 6 36.9Carol Alvarado* (D)
 Term expires 2028
SD 762.2 Paul Bettencourt* (R)
Term expires 2028
SD 859.8 Angela Paxton* (R)
Term expires 2028
Daniel Hunt CTA 7-22-2025
SD 9
OPEN
58.9Taylor Rehmet (D)Leigh Wambsganss (R)
John Huffman (R)
Term expires 2026
Leigh Wamsganss announced candidacy 6-27-25
Nate Schatzline not running for SD9 6/27/25
Hancock* resigned to join Office of the Comptroller 6-19-25
SD 1060.9 Phil King* (R)
Term expires 2028
SD 11
OPEN
60.8Mayes Middleton* (R)
Dennis Paul (R)
Term expires 2026

OPEN
Middleton* (R) anounced for Texas Attorney General, 4-15-25
Dennis Paul (R) announced for SD 11 5-8-25
SD 1259.9 Tan Parker* (R)
Term expires 2028
SD 1324Borris Miles* (D)Term expires 2026
SD 1424.9Sarah Eckhardt* (D)
Term expires 2028
SD 1538.3Molly Cook* (D)
 Term expires 2028
SD 1639Nathan Johnson* (D)
Term expires 2028
Johnson* (D) announced candidacy for Attorney General 7-15-25
SD 1763.5 Joan Huffman* (R)
Term expires 2028
Huffman running for Attorney General in 2026, from a safe senate seat
SD 1864.3Lois Kolkhorst* (R)Term expires 2026
Erica Gillum CTA 8-4-25
SD 1946.3Roland Gutierrez* (D)Term expires 2026
SD 2047.4Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa* (D)
Term expires 2028
SD 2143.1Judith Zaffirini* (D)Term expires 2026
Cortney Jones CTA 8-25-25
Tiffany May CTA 5/9/25
SD 22
OPEN
64.5Brian Birdwell* (R)
David Cook (R)
Term expires 2026
Birdwell not seeking reelection 6-30-25
Jon Gimble CTA 7-22-25
SD 2324.1Royce West* (D)Term expires 2028
SD 2463Pete Flores* (R)Term expires 2026
Joe P. Herrera CTA 2/10/25
SD 2561.8Donna Campbell* (R)
Term expires 2028
SD 2636José Menéndez* (D)Term expires 2026

SD 27

51.2 Adam Hinojosa* (R)
Term expires 2028
SD 2876.7Charles Perry* (R)Term expires 2026
SD 2939.6Cesar Blanco* (D)Term expires 2028
SD 3064.1 

Brent Hagenbuch* (R)

Term expires 2028


SD 3181.5Kevin Sparks* (R)Term expires 2026
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HD 178.6Gary VanDeaver* (R)
Chris Spencer (R)
James Huffman CTA 4/8/25
HD 281.9 Brent Money* (R)
Brent Money* (R) announced for reelection 6-24-25
William Brannon CTA 3/14/25
HD 378.1Cecil Bell, Jr.* (R)Keith Coleman CTA 2/10/25
HD 468.5 Keith Bell* (R)
HD 582.9Cole Hefner* (R)
Dewey Collier CTA 1/2/25
HD 672 Daniel Alders* (R)
HD 774.1 Jay Dean* (R)
Fantasha Allen CTA 8/19/25
Melissa Beckett CTA 6/16/25
Jay Dean* (R) announces reelection 6-27-25
HD 881 Cody Harris* (R)
HD 9
OPEN
78.6Rocky Thigpen (R)Paulette Carson CTA 6/2/25
Michael Swearingen CTA 7-29-25
Trent Ashby* (R) announced for SD 3 on 6-24-25
HD 1066.8Brian Harrison* (R)
Matt Authier (R)
Chris Rowland (R)
William Rowland CTA 8-22-25
HD 1178.9

Joanne Shofner* (R)

 
HD 12
75.9 

Trey Wharton* (R)


HD 1376 Angelia Orr* (R)
Kathaleen Wall (R)
Wall CTA 6-10-25
HD 1459.9 Paul Dyson* (R)
HD 1565.5Brad Bailey (R)Toth announced challenge to TX-2 Congressman Dan Crenshaw*
HD 1679.7 Will Metcalf* (R)
Jon Bouche CTA 12/12/24
HD 1765.6 Stan Gerdes* (R)
HD 1883.4Janis Holt* (R)
Alan Mallard CTA 4/29/25
HD 1972 Ellen Troxclair* (R)
 
HD 2057.8 Terry Wilson* (R)
HD 2179.8

Dade Phelan* (R)

Phelan (R) announced retirement at end of cycle
Ray Callas (R) CTA 8-21-25
HD 2243.4Christian Manuel* (D)
HD 2364.1Terri Leo-Wilson* (R)
 
HD 2468.4Greg Bonnen* (R)
HD 2560.3 Cody Vasut* (R)
HD 2659.6 

Matthew Morgan* (R)

HD 2730.8Ron Reynolds* (D)
 
HD 2860 Gary Gates* (R)
HD 29
60.6Jeff Barry* (R)
HD 30
78.1 AJ Louderback* (R)
 
HD 3164.7Ryan Guillen* (R)
Jennifer Dominguez 6/30/25
Geri Kile 5/16/25
HD 3262.6 Todd Hunter* (R)
HD 3363.3Katrina Pierson* (R) 

HD 34

48.2


Denise Villalobos* (R)
HD 3544.1Oscar Longoria* (D)
HD 3643.9Sergio Munoz* (D)
HD 3752.1Janie Lopez* (R)
HD 3840.8Erin Gamez* (D)
HD 3943.5Mando Martinez* (D)
 
HD 4041.8Terry Canales* (D)Nehemias Gomez CTA 8/21/25
Celeste Cabrera-Huff CTA 8-13-25
HD 4146.1Bobby Guerra* (D)
 
HD 4241.0

Richard Raymond* (D)

HD 4363.8 JM Lozano* (R)
HD 4466.3

Alan Schoolcraft (R)

Stephen Schwab CTA 3/28/25
HD 4541.8Erin Zwiener* (D)
 Joseph Heft CTA 6-23-25
HD 4624.8Sheryl Cole* (D)
HD 4739.2Vikki Goodwin*(D)
Pooja Sethi CTA 5/9/25
HD 4829.2Donna Howard*(D)
 
HD 4917.0Gina Hinojosa*(D)
Arshia Papari CTA 6-27-25
HD 5022.7James Talarico* (D)
Jeremy Hendricks CTA 8-25-25
HD 5118.3Lulu Flores* (D)
HD 5254.0Caroline Harris Davila* (R)
HD 5378.6 Wesley Virdell* (R)
HD 5459.3 Brad Buckley* (R)
HD 5558.5 

Hillary Hickland* (R)

HD 5669.3 

Pat Curry* (R)

HD 5759.1 Richard Hayes* (R)
 
HD 5877.2Helen Kerwin* (R)
HD 5980.2 Shelby Slawson* (R)
Andrew Turner CTA 6/9/25
HD 6083.7Mike Olcott* (R)
HD 6157.6 Keresa Richardson* (R)
HD 6279.4 Shelley Luther* (R)
HD 6356.2 Ben Bumgarner* (R)
HD 6462.7 Lisa McEntire CTA 7-22-25

Andy Hopper* (R)

HD 6558.8Mitch Little* (R)
HD 6658.5 Matt Shaheen* (R)
Sandeep Srivastava 5/12/25
HD 6757.7 

Jeff Leach* (R)

Brandon Burden CTA 6-26-25
HD 6886.7 David L. Spiller* (R)
Spiller* announced for reelection 6/19/25
HD 6978.6 James Frank* (R)
HD 7047.7Mihaela Plesa* (D)
 Plesa announced reelection 6-23-25
Michael Hewitt 6/5/25

HD 71
OPEN

78.7 Blaise Regan (R)
Joshua Ohlemacher (R)
Lambert* (R) not seeking reelection 8-21-25
Jack Ryan Gallagher CTA 8-25-25
Jay Hardaway (R) CTA 8-21-25
Diana Luna CTA 8/18/25
HD 7278.9Drew Darby* (R)

Gregory Galloway CTA 4/1/25
HD 7370.5 Carrie Isaac* (R)
HD 7450.9Eddie Morales Jr.* (D)
 
HD 7540.2Mary Gonzalez* (D)
Humberto Perez CTA 8/21/25
HD 7642.9Suleman Lalani* (D)
Eddie Pugh CTA 8-25-25
HD 77
29.1

Vince Perez* (D)

HD 7843.9Joe Moody* (D)
HD 7937.1Claudia Ordaz* (D)
HD 8051.2

Don McLaughlin* (R)

HD 8176.9Brooks Landgraf* (R)
HD 8281.2 Tom Craddick* (R)
Cathy Broadrick CTA 8-25-25
HD 8379.4Dustin Burrows* (R)
HD 8463.1Carl Tepper* (R)
HD 8572.8

Stan Kitzman* (R)
Alexandra Schilling (R)
Dennis "Goose" Geesaman (R)

Kitzman* (R) announced reelection 6-26-25
HD 8682.1John Smithee* (R)
HD 8780.2 Caroline Fairly* (R)

HD 8886.0Ken King* (R)
HD 8958.8 Candy Noble* (R)
Jeff Forrester (R)
HD 9033.6Ramon Romero* (D)
HD 9161.3David Lowe* (R)
Kyle Morris (R)
HD 9241.4Salman Bhojani* (D)
James Woodruff CTA 4/14/25
HD 9359.2 Nate Schatzline* (R)Nate Schatzline*  (R) running for reelection
Ronald Sprowls CTA 6/27/25
HD 94
OPEN
55.7Cheryl Bean (R)
Jackie Schlegel (R)
Tony Tinderholt* (R) announced retirement at end of cycle 6-2-25
Michael Ingraham CTA 8/22/25
Susan Valliant CTA 6/12/25
HD 9526.7Nicole Collier* (D)
HD 96
OPEN
55.8 Ellen Fleischmann (R)

David Cook* (R) announced candidacy for Open SD22 seat 6-30-25. Announcement
Brad Horton (R)
 rumored.

HD 97

56.4 John McQueeney* (R)
Stephen O'Toole CTA 11/18/24
HD 9864.7 Armin Mizani (R)Capriglione* announced not seeking reelection 7/23/25
Fred Tate CTA 8-13-25
HD 9960.4 Charlie Geren* (R)
HD 10018.1Venton Jones* (D)
 
HD 10134.3Chris Turner* (D)
 
HD 10238.3Ana-Maria Ramos* (D)
HD 10329.6Rafael Anchía* (D)
HD 10433.3Jessica Gonzalez* (D)
HD 10543.9Terry Meza* (D)
 
HD 10659.3 Jared Patterson* (R)
Cody Nickson CTA 7/1/25
Larry Brock CTA 5/16/25
Nicholaus Frederick CTA 1/27/25
Kelvin Leapheart CTA 1/6/25
HD 10738.1Linda Garcia* (D)

 
HD 10855.0
Morgan Meyer* (R)
Allison Mitchell CTA 4/17/25
HD 10921.7Aicha Davis* (D)
HD 11017.0Toni Rose* (D)Amarion Rhodes CTA 7-25-25
HD 11122.3Yvonne Davis* (D)
HD 11252.0 Angie Chen Button* (R)
Zachary Herbert CTA 8/22/25
HD 11342.3

Rhetta Andrews Bowers* (D)

 Uduakobong Nkanga CTA 2/24/25
HD 11434.5John Bryant* (D)
 Alexandra Guio CTA 1/24/25
HD 11543.5Cassandra Hernandez* (D)
 
HD 11633.2Trey Martinez Fischer* (D)
Fischer* filed CTA 6/13/25
HD 11740.6Philip Cortez* (D)
 
HD 11850.4 

John Lujan* (R)

HD 11937.1Liz Campos* (D)
Ryan Ayala CTA 7/1/25
HD 12034.6Barbara Gervin-Hawkins* (D)
HD 12153.4 Marc LaHood* (R)
Jonathon Taylor CTA 1/17/25
HD 12256.9 Mark Dorazio* (R)
HD 12334.8Diego Bernal* (D)
HD 12434.6Josey Garcia* (D)
 
HD 125
OPEN
39.8Ray Lopez* (D)
Donovan Rodriguez (D) CTA 7-25-25
Ray Lopez* not seeking reelection announcement
Adrian Reyna CTA 8/18/25
Carlos Raymond CTA 8/18/25
HD 12661.3Sam Harless*(R)Elizabeth Lotterhos CTA 6-19-25
HD 12760.0 Charles Cunningham* (R)
HD 12870.0 Jerry Mouton (R)
Tom Butler (R)
Briscoe Cain* (R)
Michael Wolfe CTA 8/22/25


HD 129
OPEN
59.9 

Scott Bowen (R)
Bob Mitchell (R)

Dennis Paul* (R) announced for SD11 vacated by Sen. Middleton 5-8-25
Scott Bowen CTA 5/9/25
David Robert Mitchell 7-25-25
Devin Powell CTA 8-4-25
HD 13069.1 Tom Oliverson*(R)
HD 13119.7Alma A. Allen* (D)
Alejandra Cajero CTA 8-13-25
HD 13258.8Mike Schofield* (R)
Sara McGee CTA 11/13/24
HD 13358.0Mano DeAyala* (R)
HD 13441.6Ann Johnson* (D)
 Carolyn Bryant CTA 2/27/25
HD 13543.7Jon E. Rosenthal* (D)
HD 13637.2John H. Bucy III* (D)
 Bucy filed CTA 5/19/25
HD 13740.2Gene Wu* (D)
HD 13857.2 Lacey M. Hull* (R)
Tyler Smith CTA 4-22-25
HD 139
30.1Charlene Ward Johnson* (D)
HD 14035.5Armando Walle* (D)
HD 14121.1

Senfronia Thompson* (D)

HD 14228.7Harold Dutton* (D)
Harold Savant Moore CTA 7/2/25
HD 14338.9Ana Hernandez* (D)
HD 14447.9Mary Ann Perez* (D)
HD 14533.2Christina Morales* (D)
Mario Sanchez Ortiz CTA 3/6/25
HD 14622.9Lauren Simmons* (D)
 Lance York CTA 9/5/24
HD 14723.0Jolanda Jones* (D)
HD 14845.1Penny Morales Shaw* (D)
 
HD 14941.1Hubert Vo* (D)
 
HD 15060.1 Valoree Swanson* (R)
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TX 176.6 Nathaniel Moran* (R)
TX 263.7 Dan Crenshaw* (R)
TX 360.6 Keith Self *(R)
TX 466.7 Pat Fallon* (R)
 
TX 563.5 Lance Gooden* (R)
TX 664.6 Jake Ellzey* (R)
TX 739.6Lizzie Fletcher* (D)
 

TX 867.8 

Morgan Luttrell* (R)

TX 926.2Al Green* (D)
Briscoe Cain (R) 
Alex Miller (R)
Cain running for TX-9 under new maps
TX 1062.9 Michael McCaul* (R)


TX 1173.4August Pfluger* (R)
TX 12
61.4 Craig Goldman* (R)
 
TX 1374.6Ronny Jackson* (R)
TX 1467.3 Randy Weber* (R)
TX 1554.6 

Monica De La Cruz* (R)

 
TX 1638.1Veronica Escobar* (D)
 
TX 1765.1Pete Sessions* (R)
 
TX 18
OPEN
29.2 Special Election to replace Sylvester Turner* (D) will be held 11-4-25
TX 1976.6Jodey Arrington* (R)
TX 2035.6Joaquin Castro* (D) 
TX 2162.5 Chip Roy* (R)
 
TX 2261.2 Troy Nehls* (R)
TX 2356.3 Tony Gonzales* (R)
Susan Storey Rubio (R)
TX 2459.1 Beth Van Duyne* (R)
 
TX 2568.5Roger Williams* (R)
 
TX 2662.4 

Brandon Gill* (R)



TX 2764.4
Michael Cloud* (R)
TX 2848.7Henry Cuellar* (D)
Mayra Flores (R)
TX 2935.4Sylvia Garcia* (D)
 
TX 3023.8Jasmine Crockett* (D)
 
TX 3162.1 John Carter* (R)
 

TX 32

36.7

Julie Johnson* (D)

TX 3328.7Marc Veasey* (D)
 
TX 3445.6Vincente Gonzalez* (D)
Eric Flores (R)
TX 3529.3Greg Casar* (D)
  
TX 3668.9Brian Babin* (R)
TX 3723.8Lloyd Doggett* (D)
  
TX 3863.3

Wesley Hunt* (R)

* Incumbent

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