2026 Primary Election Sets the Stage for Runoffs and the General Election - March 2026

Yesterday’s primary election results ended with a mixture of results – some surprises, a lot of runoffs, and a few loses of incumbents. A summary of the races are below.

US Senate

Republican – Incumbent John Cornyn and AG Ken Paxton Advance to runoff
Democratic – State Rep. James Talarico defeats U.S. Rep Jasmine Crockett

Governor

Republican– Incumbent Abbott easily advances as the nominee in the general election.
Democratic – State Rep. Gina Hinojosa advances as to the general election.

Lt. Governor

Republican – Incumbent Dan Patrick easily advances to the general election.
Governor Democratic – State Rep. Vikki Goodwin and Marcoz Velez advance to the runoff.

Texas Attorney General

Republican – State Senator Mayes Middleton and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy advance to the runoff.
Democratic – State Senator Nathan Johnson and Joe Jaworski advance to the runoff.

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Republican – Don Huffines advances to the general election.
Democratic – State Senator Sarah Eckhardt advances to the general election.

Texas Railroad Commission

Republican – Incumbent Jim Wright and Bo French advance to the runoff election.
Democratic – State Rep. Jon Rosenthal advances to the general election.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner

Republican – Nate Sheets defeats incumbent Sid Miller to advance to the general election.
Democratic – Clayton Tucker advances to the general election.

Texas Land Commissioner

Republican – Dawn Buckingham advances to the general election.
Democratic – Benjamin Flores advances to the general election.

Texas Senate

16 of 31 seats are up for reelection. State Rep. Trent Ashby (R) advances to general election and faces Bobby Tillman (D) in the general election.

Texas House of Representatives

Incumbents Stan Kitzman (R), Cecil Bell, Jr. (R), and Chris Turner (D) were defeated in their primary races. Rep. Hubert Vo (D) is the lone incumbent forced into a runoff. Three Republican and 6 Democratic “open” seats will enter run offs.

Complete election results can be viewed by party on the Secretary of State’s website.

The runoff election will be held on Tuesday, May 26 and the general election will be held Tuesday, November 3.