Texas

On the ballot

Why this matters: Every voter in Texas votes in the statewide races. For the U.S. House, you vote only in the district where you live.

40 races for Congress and governor on Texas's November 3, 2026 ballot, from the state's official list of candidates.¹ Your ballot will also have state and local races that this guide doesn't cover yet. To compare a race's candidates side by side, open the race, or see Texas's 2026 election page.

Federal

U.S. Senate

• U.S. Senate3 on the ballot · open seat
  • Ken Paxton Republican Party
  • James Talarico Democratic Party
  • Ted Brown Libertarian Party

U.S. House

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• District 12 on the ballot
  • Nathaniel Moran Republican Party
  • Yolanda R. Prince Democratic Party
• District 22 on the ballot · open seat
  • Steve Toth Republican Party
  • Shaun Finnie Democratic Party
• District 32 on the ballot
  • Keith Self Republican Party
  • Evan Hunt Democratic Party
• District 42 on the ballot
  • Pat Fallon Republican Party
  • Jason Pearce Democratic Party
• District 52 on the ballot
  • Lance Gooden Republican Party
  • Chelsey Hockett Democratic Party
• District 62 on the ballot
  • Jake Ellzey Republican Party
  • Danny Minton Democratic Party
• District 73 on the ballot
  • Alexander Hale Republican Party
  • Lizzie Pannill Fletcher Democratic Party
  • Espoir Ngabo Green Party
• District 82 on the ballot · open seat
  • Jessica Hart Steinmann Republican Party
  • Laura Jones Democratic Party
• District 92 on the ballot · open seat
  • Alex Mealer Republican Party
  • Leticia Gutierrez Democratic Party
• District 102 on the ballot · open seat
  • Chris Gober Republican Party
  • Caitlin Rourk Democratic Party
• District 112 on the ballot
  • August Pfluger Republican Party
  • Claire Reynolds Democratic Party
• District 122 on the ballot
  • Craig Goldman Republican Party
  • Angela "Heli" Rodriguez Prilliman Democratic Party
• District 132 on the ballot
  • Ronny Jackson Republican Party
  • Mark Nair Democratic Party
• District 142 on the ballot
  • Randy Weber Republican Party
  • Thurman Bill Bartie Democratic Party
• District 152 on the ballot
  • Monica De La Cruz Republican Party
  • Bobby Pulido Democratic Party
• District 162 on the ballot
  • Adam Bauman Republican Party
  • Veronica Escobar Democratic Party
• District 172 on the ballot
  • Pete Sessions Republican Party
  • Casey Shepard Democratic Party
• District 182 on the ballot
  • Ronald Dwayne Whitfield Republican Party
  • Christian Dashaun Menefee Democratic Party
• District 192 on the ballot · open seat
  • Tom Sell Republican Party
  • Kyle Rable Democratic Party
• District 202 on the ballot
  • Edgardo Rafael Baez Republican Party
  • Joaquin Castro Democratic Party
• District 212 on the ballot · open seat
  • Mark Teixeira Republican Party
  • Kristin Hook Democratic Party
• District 222 on the ballot · open seat
  • Trever Nehls Republican Party
  • Marquette Greene-Scott Democratic Party
• District 233 on the ballot · open seat
  • Brandon Herrera Republican Party
  • Katy Padilla Stout Democratic Party
  • Ben Mendoza Independent
• District 242 on the ballot
  • Beth Van Duyne Republican Party
  • Kevin Burge Democratic Party
• District 252 on the ballot
  • Roger Williams Republican Party
  • Dione Sims Democratic Party
• District 263 on the ballot
  • Brandon Gill Republican Party
  • Steven Shook Democratic Party
  • Phil Gray Libertarian Party
• District 272 on the ballot
  • Michael Cloud Republican Party
  • Tanya Lloyd Democratic Party
• District 283 on the ballot
  • Tano E. Tijerina Republican Party
  • Henry Cuellar Democratic Party
  • Marlón Durán Green Party
• District 292 on the ballot
  • Martha Fierro Republican Party
  • Sylvia Garcia Democratic Party
• District 302 on the ballot · open seat
  • Everett Jackson Republican Party
  • Frederick D. Haynes III Democratic Party
• District 313 on the ballot
  • John Carter Republican Party
  • Justin Early Democratic Party
  • Greg Stoker Green Party
• District 322 on the ballot · open seat
  • Jace Yarbrough Republican Party
  • Dan Barrios Democratic Party
• District 332 on the ballot · open seat
  • Patrick David Gillespie Republican Party
  • Colin Allred Democratic Party
• District 344 on the ballot
  • Eric Flores Republican Party
  • Vicente Gonzalez Democratic Party
  • Chris Royal Libertarian Party
  • Eddie Espinoza Green Party
• District 352 on the ballot · open seat
  • Carlos De La Cruz Republican Party
  • Johnny C. Garcia Democratic Party
• District 362 on the ballot
  • Brian Babin Republican Party
  • Rhonda Hart Democratic Party
• District 372 on the ballot
  • Lauren B. Peña Republican Party
  • Greg Casar Democratic Party
• District 383 on the ballot · open seat
  • Jon Bonck Republican Party
  • Melissa McDonough Democratic Party
  • Alex McMenemy Green Party

State

Governor

• Governor3 on the ballot
  • Greg Abbott Republican Party
  • Gina Hinojosa Democratic Party
  • Pat Dixon Libertarian Party

Notes on the official list

• The Secretary of State's certification prints each candidate's party as a code (REP, DEM, LIB, GRE, IND). Our party labels use the matching column headings printed on the Secretary of State's 2026 sample ballot: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party and Independent.
• The certification prints names in capital letters, and we converted them to normal capitalization. The U.S. Senate and governor names match the mixed-case spellings on the state's sample ballot, but we could not check the exact capitalization of House candidates' names (for example Dashaun, McDonough, McMenemy or De La Cruz) against an official mixed-case list.