Texas 2026 election: Here’s who’s on your ballot in the May 26 primary runoff
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Texas will hold its 2026 runoff elections on May 26. The winners of the runoff elections will head to the general election in November.
Early voting in the runoff runs from May 18 to 22, and April 27 is the last day to register to vote. A total of 38 races will have runoffs because the candidates in those races didn’t receive more than 50% of the vote during the March 3 primary.
This ballot page is maintained by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization dedicated to helping you navigate Texas policy and politics — including the 2026 elections.
What you should know:
- Long-time incumbent Sen. John Cornyn is facing a challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton in one of the state’s hottest runoff races. President Donald Trump hasn’t yet made an endorsement in the race, despite promising he'd make one.
- A political action committee funded by Texas’ most prolific hardline conservative donors has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Bo French in his runoff against incumbent Jim Wright for the Railroad Commission.
- Mayes Middleton has been endorsed by his former opponent Aaron Reitz in the GOP attorney general runoff.
- The Dallas County GOP has agreed to allow runoff voters to cast ballots at countywide voting sites. This comes after they switched voting sites during the primaries, which caused chaos.
- Fill out our survey and tell us what issues you care about this election.
- Here’s everything you need to know on how to vote in the upcoming runoff elections.
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You also may see county and local runoff elections on your ballot. Sample ballots for specific counties can be found through the list of county websites maintained by the Texas Secretary of State’s office.
Statewide races
All Texan voters can cast a ballot in statewide runoff races, which includes U.S. Senator, attorney general, lieutenant governor and railroad commissioner. There are two Democratic and four Republican statewide races.
U.S. Senate
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Railroad Commissioner
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
District-level races
This election, there are runoff races in the U.S. House, State Board of Education and Texas Senate and House. Texans will vote in the races that correspond with the district they live in. Find out if there are any runoff races in your district.
U.S. House
State Board of Education
Texas Senate
Texas House
About the data
Candidate information comes from the Texas secretary of state’s office, the Texas Democratic Party, the Republican Party of Texas and Texas Tribune research.
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