The 2024 Texas elections will be held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024. If needed runoff elections will take place on May 28, 2024.
[1]
Seats up for election will be all seats of the
Texas Legislature ,
[2] all 38 seats in the
United States House of Representatives , and the Class I seat to the
United States Senate , for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator
Ted Cruz is running for re-election.
[3] In addition, Texas counties, cities, and school and other special districts may have local elections and other ballot issues, such as bond proposals.
Federal offices
President of the United States
Texas will have 40 electoral votes in the
Electoral College .
[4]
United States Class I Senate Seat
Two-term incumbent Republican Senator
Ted Cruz is running for re-election.
[3]
United States House of Representatives
Executive
Railroad Commissioner
2024 Texas Railroad Commissioner election
Incumbent commissioner Christi Craddick ran for re-election to a third 6-year term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Christie Clark, attorney
[5]
Christi Craddick , incumbent Railroad Commissioner
[6]
Corey Howell, construction operator
[5]
Jim Matlock, oil & gas industry consultant
[6]
Petra Reyes
[5]
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Bill Burch, drilling engineer
[6]
Katherine Culbert, process safety engineer
[6]
Results
General election
Results
Judicial
Supreme Court
Place 2
2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 2 election
Incumbent Justice Jimmy Blacklock is running for re-election to a second 6-year term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
DaSean Jones, Judge of the
Harris County District Court (180th District)
[9]
Randy Sarosdy, former
counsel to the Texas Justice Court Training Center
[9]
Results
General election
Results
Place 4
2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 4 election
Incumbent Justice John Devine is running for re-election to a third 6-year term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Christine Vinh Weems, Judge of the
Harris County District Court (281st District)
[11]
Results
General election
Results
Place 6
2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 6 election
Incumbent Justice Jane Bland is running for a full 6-year term, after last being elected in 2020 to finish the remainder of her predecessor,
Jeff Brown 's, term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
Court of Criminal Appeals
In 2021, the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an 8–1 decision, holding that the
Texas Attorney General does not have unilateral authority to prosecute election code violations.
[13] All three incumbent Judges up for re-election were part of the majority decision. As a result, Attorney General
Ken Paxton recruited primary challengers to all three incumbent Republican judges.
[14] Ultimately, all three incumbent Judges were defeated by their challengers in the March Republican primary election.
[15]
Presiding Judge
2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge election
Incumbent Presiding Judge Sharon Keller ran for re-election to a 6th term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Holly Taylor, assistant director within civil rights division of the
Travis County district attorney's office
[17]
Results
General election
Results
Place 7
2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 election
Incumbent Judge Barbara Parker Hervey ran for re-election to a 4th term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
Place 8
2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 election
Incumbent Judge Michelle Slaughter ran for re-election to a 2nd term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
State legislature
All 150 seats of the
Texas House of Representatives and all 31 seats of the
Texas State Senate are up for election.
[2] The winners of this election will serve in the
89th Texas Legislature .
Texas Senate
Texas House of Representatives
Local elections
Mayoral elections
Eligible incumbents
Ineligible or retiring incumbents
See also
References
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"2024 State Primary Election Dates" .
National Conference of State Legislatures . Archived from
the original on November 10, 2023.
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b Svitek, Patrick (March 15, 2023).
"Texas Democrats and Republicans are on the hunt for rare chances to flip seats in 2024" . The Texas Tribune . Archived from
the original on June 2, 2023.
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b Linton, Caroline (February 14, 2023).
"Ted Cruz recommits to 2024 Senate run" .
CBS News . Archived from
the original on September 3, 2023.
^ Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021).
"Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats" .
NPR .
Archived from the original on August 19, 2021.
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"Who's Running for Texas Railroad Commissioner?" .
The Dallas Express . January 1, 2024.
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d Drane, Amanda (February 18, 2024).
"Who is running for the Texas Railroad Commission? A look at those vying to regulate the state's oil and gas industry" .
Houston Chronicle .
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"Official Canvass Report - 2024 March 5th Republican Primary" (PDF) .
Texas Secretary of State .
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"Official Canvass Report - 2024 March 5th Democratic Primary" (PDF) .
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c Pesquera, Adolfo (February 20, 2024).
"Democrats DaSean Jones and Randall Sarosdy Vie to Face Judge Jimmy Blacklock in November Election" . law.com .
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b Wagner, Bayliss (February 27, 2024).
"Texas Supreme Court justice seeking reelection under fire for absenteeism, ethics concerns" .
Austin American-Statesman .
^ Singer, Jeff (December 19, 2023).
"Texas Democrats are challenging all three Republicans on Supreme Court who denied emergency abortion" .
Daily Kos .
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"Our recommendation in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court, Place 6" .
The Dallas Morning News . February 6, 2024.
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"State v. Stephens" . TEXAS DISTRICT & COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION . December 17, 2021.
^ Svitek, Patrick (December 13, 2023).
"Three court of criminal appeal judges up for reelection targeted by Ken Paxton's political revenge machine" .
The Texas Tribune .
^ Melhado, William (March 6, 2024).
"Ken Paxton successfully ousts three Republican criminal appeal court judges" .
The Texas Tribune .
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"We recommend for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals presiding judge, GOP primary" .
The Dallas Morning News . February 2, 2024.
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c Norton, Hannah (March 5, 2024).
"Paxton-backed challengers projected to defeat incumbent criminal appeals judges" . Community Impact .
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"We recommend in the GOP race for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7" .
The Dallas Morning News . February 2, 2024.
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"We recommend in the GOP race for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8" .
The Dallas Morning News .
^ McCarthy, Ella (April 10, 2024).
"Austin Mayor Kirk Watson to run for reelection; 4th candidate so far on November ballot" .
Austin American-Statesman .
^ Eagle, Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune (February 12, 2024).
"Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins announces bid for second term" . Wyoming Tribune Eagle . Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Rosiles, Mateo (December 6, 2023).
"Lubbock Mayor Tray Payne won't seek re-election in 2024" .
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Retrieved May 9, 2024 .
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