2026 Texas House of Representatives election

The 2026 Texas House of Representatives election will be held on November 3, 2026 alongside [2026 Texas Texas Senate|Senate election|elections for the State Senate]. The winners of this election will serve in the 90th Texas Legislature. All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives are up for election.
Primary elections will be held on March 3, 2026, with runoff primaries taking place, if necessary, on May 26, 2026.

Background

Republicans have controlled the House of Representatives since the 2002 election. The 2024 election marked a considerable shift towards the right among the membership of the House of Representatives. Fifteen Republicans lost their primary elections, with the majority of their challengers backed by governor Greg Abbott for their support of school vouchers. Republicans flipped two seats in the heavily-Hispanic Rio Grande Valley in the general election, increasing their majority to 88 out of 150 seats, with the Democrats holding the other 62.

2025 regular session

During the regular session, the legislature passed a number of bills to advance a conservative agenda. The session began, however, with the election of Dustin Burrows as Speaker of the House with the support of most Democrats and some Republicans, over more insurgent Republican David Cook.
Long a priority of the most conservative Republicans in the legislature, especially in the Senate, that had historically faced major hurdles in the more moderate House, the passage of school voucher legislation marked the most significant sign of the conservative shift of the chamber in recent years. In 2021, only 29 Republicans had voted in favor of vouchers. Greg Abbott began pushing the issue more strongly in 2022, gaining support from many incumbent Republicans and funding the primary challengers of those who still opposed it. By the time the measure came up for a vote in the 2025 regular session, only two Republicans, Gary VanDeaver and former Speaker Dade Phelan, voted against it, alongside all present Democrats. The bill allocates $1 billion of public funds for children to attend private schools or for their parents to homeschool them, prioritized based on income and disability.
Other conservative hallmarks related to education included requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, banning diversity, equity, and inclusion policies from public schools, and restricting free speech on college campuses in the wake of Gaza war protests at universities. Other new laws included the tightening of bail, restricting the rights of transgender people, easing access to vaccine exemption, and cutting property taxes. On a more bipartisan basis, the legislature passed bills to alleviate water supply issues, clarify medical exceptions in the state's abortion ban, and ease the construction of housing in amidst the state's growing housing crisis.
Tort reform legislation backed by the influential Texans for Lawsuit Reform, failed due to opposition from the hardline wing of the Republican caucus.

Special sessions and redistricting

Greg Abbott had already planned to call a special session to address legislation that did not pass in time during the regular session or that Abbott vetoed, such as a ban on THC products, as well as to address new issues such as deadly flooding in central Texas. At the request of President Donald Trump, Abbott added congressional redistricting to the agenda with the goal of flipping five Democratic-held U.S. House seats to the Republicans in the 2026 elections. In response, most House Democrats left the state on August 3 in order to prevent the establishment of a quorum in the chamber, blocking all legislative activity. The walkout lasted for the entire remaining duration of the first special session, after which Abbott immediately called a second one. Democrats returned to the chamber for the second session. The legislature passed new congressional maps shortly afterwards, and they later passed additional legislation to punish lawmakers who break quorum in the future.

District partisanship

In the 2024 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump won 96 districts, while Democrat Kamala Harris won 54 districts. Democrats now hold 8 districts in which Trump won, while Republicans hold no districts won by Harris. Republicans made massive gains across the historically-Democratic Rio Grande Valley region in 2024. Most of the Democratic-held districts won by Trump come from this region. Republicans have fielded candidates in 6 of these districts.

District	Trump margin of victory in 2024	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Incumbent margin of victory in 2024
35th district			Democratic	2012
40th district			Democratic	2012
41st district		Roberto Guerra	Democratic	2010
42nd district			Democratic	1992 1998 2000
74th district			Democratic	2020
144th district			Democratic	2016

Party listings

The chair of the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee, Rep. Christina Morales, on behalf of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee released their target seat list which included five Republican held seats:

House District 34, which Rep. Denise Villalobos, R-Corpus Christi, flipped by an 11-percentage point margin
House District 37, which Rep. Janie Lopez, R-San Benito, won by 10 points
House District 112, which Rep. Angie Chen Button, R-Garland, won by 8 points
House District 118, an open seat that Rep. John Lujan, R-San Antonio, won by 3 points
House District 121, which Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, won by 5 points

Retirements

Summary

14 Republicans and 7 Democrats have announced that they are retiring. 7 Republicans and 4 Democrats have announced they are running for another office.

Republicans

District 1: Gary VanDeaver is retiring.
District 9: Trent Ashby is retiring to run for Texas Senate
District 15: Steve Toth is retiring to run for U.S. Congress 2nd District.
District 21: Dade Phelan is retiring
District 71: Stan Lambert is retiring
District 86: John Smithee is retiring.
District 93: Nate Schatzline is retiring
District 94: Tony Tinderholt is retiring to run for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2.
District 96: David Cook is retiring to run for Texas Senate.
District 98: Giovanni Capriglione is retiring.
District 118: John Lujan is retiring to run for U.S. Congress 35th District
District 126: Sam Harless is retiring.
District 128: Briscoe Cain is retiring to run for U.S. Congress 9th District
District 129: Dennis Paul is retiring to run for Texas Senate

Democrats

District 41: Robert Guerra is retiring.
District 47: Vikki Goodwin is retiring to run for Lieutenant Governor
District 49: Gina Hinojosa is retiring to run for Governor.
District 50: James Talarico is retiring to run for US Senate.
District 125: Ray Lopez is retiring.
District 131: Alma Allen is retiring.
District 135: Jon Rosenthal is retiring to run for Texas Railroad Commissioner.

Campaign

Ahead of the March primary election, Democrats announced that they had recruited candidates to run in every state and federal race on the ballot, including all 150 House of Representatives districts, a first for either political party in the state's modern history. Governor Greg Abbott pushed to recruit candidates to run in every district in Harris County as well, as part of an attempt to flip the county in his concurrent gubernatorial campaign. With bolstered recruiting in several Trump-won districts in the heavily-Hispanic Rio Grande Valley as well, Republicans are contesting 133 of the state's 150 districts, the most in their party's modern history as well.

Statewide primary election

In contrast to the 2024 primary, which saw millions of dollars poured into dozens of Republican primary races to oust opponents of school vouchers, the 2026 primary has seen a much smaller field dominated by different political forces. Unlike the right-wing donors who fueled the school voucher push, such as Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, more primary challengers this cycle have the backing of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a group which was instrumental in the Republican takeover of the state government in the 1990s and 2000s. Seen as a more establishment conservative organization, TLR's influence in the legislature has waned in recent years as the party has become more dominated by hardline conservatives. They are targeting lawmakers who led the defeat of prominent tort reform bills in the previous legislative session.

General election

For the first time in several election cycles, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is putting significant funding into Texas House races in anticipation of a possible nationwide wave election. They have targeted five Republican-held seats, focused in the Rio Grande Valley and the state's suburban areas, which Democrats have either lost or narrowed Republican margins in recent years.

Detailed results

Results according to the Texas Secretary of State. Precinct results compiled by the Texas Legislative Council.

District 1

Incumbent Republican Gary VanDeaver is retiring. On October 11, 2025, the Texas GOP issued a censure against VanDeaver, but stopped short of implementing newly adopted rules that would have barred VanDeaver from running in the Republican primary.

District 2

Incumbent Republican Brent Money is running for re-election.

District 3

Incumbent Republican Cecil Bell Jr is running for re-election.

District 4

Incumbent Republican Keith Bell is running for re-election.

District 5

Incumbent Republican Cole Hefner is running for re-election.

District 6

Incumbent Republican Daniel Alders is running for re-election.

District 7

Incumbent Republican Jay Dean is running for re-election.

District 8

Incumbent Republican Cody Harris is running for re-election.

District 9

Incumbent Republican Trent Ashby is retiring to run for Texas Senate, to replace retiring Senator Robert Nichols.

District 10

Incumbent Republican Brian Harrison is running for re-election.

District 11

Incumbent Republican Joanne Shofner is running for re-election.

District 12

Incumbent Republican Trey Wharton is running for re-election.

District 13

Incumbent Republican Angelia Orr is running for re-election. On October 11, 2025, the Texas GOP issued a censure against Orr, but stopped short of implementing newly adopted rules that would have barred Orr from running in the Republican primary.

District 14

Incumbent Republican Paul Dyson is running for re-election.

District 15

Incumbent Republican Steve Toth is retiring to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Brad Bailey, township chair of The Woodlands, is running to replace him. Jessi Cowart, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas, is also running for this seat.

District 16

Incumbent Republican Will Metcalf is running for re-election.

District 17

Incumbent Republican Stan Gerdes is running for re-election.

District 18

Incumbent Republican Janis Holt is running for re-election.

District 19

Incumbent Republican Ellen Troxclair is running for re-election.

District 20

Incumbent Republican Terry Wilson he is running for re-election.

District 21

Incumbent Republican Dade Phelan is retiring. On October 11, 2025, the Texas GOP issued a censure against Phelan, but stopped short of implementing newly adopted rules that would have barred Phelan from running in the Republican primary.

District 22

Incumbent Democrat Christian Manuel is running for re-election unopposed.

District 23

Incumbent Republican Terri Leo-Wilson is running for re-election.

District 24

Incumbent Republican Greg Bonnen is running for re-election.

District 25

Incumbent Republican Cody Vasut is running for re-election.

District 26

Incumbent Republican Matt Morgan is running for re-election.

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Ron Reynolds is running for re-election.

District 28

Incumbent Republican Gary Gates is running for re-election.

District 29

Incumbent Republican Jeff Barry is running for re-election.

District 30

Incumbent Republican AJ Louderback is running for re-election.

District 31

Incumbent Republican Ryan Guillen is running for re-election.

District 32

Incumbent Republican Todd Hunter is running for re-election.

District 33

Incumbent Republican Katrina Pierson is running for re-election.

District 34

Incumbent Republican Denise Villalobos is running for re-election. Villalobos flipped District 34, which is based in Corpus Christi, in 2024. It is one of five Republican-held seats Democrats are most heavily targeting in the general election.

District 35

Incumbent Democrat Oscar Longoria is running for re-election.

District 36

Incumbent Democrat Sergio Muñoz is running for re-election unopposed.

District 37

Incumbent Republican Janie Lopez is running for re-election. Lopez flipped District 37, which is located in the Rio Grande Valley, in 2022, is one of five Republican-held seats Democrats are most heavily targeting in the general election.

District 38

Incumbent Democrat Erin Gamez is running for re-election.

District 39

Incumbent Democrat Armando Martinez is running for re-election unopposed.

District 40

Incumbent Democrat Terry Canales is running for re-election.

District 41

Incumbent Democrat Robert Guerra is retiring.

District 42

Incumbent Democrat Richard Raymond is running for re-election.

District 43

Incumbent Republican José Manuel Lozano is running for re-election.

District 44

Incumbent Republican Alan Schoolcraft is running for re-election.

District 45

Incumbent Democrat Erin Zwiener is running for re-election.

District 46

Incumbent Democrat Sheryl Cole is running for re-election unopposed.

District 47

Incumbent Democrat Vikki Goodwin is retiring to run for Lieutenant Governor.

District 48

Incumbent Democrat Donna Howard is running for re-election.

District 49

Incumbent Democrat Gina Hinojosa is retiring to run for Governor. A very crowded Democratic primary has emerged to replace her in the liberal, Austin-based district. Among the candidates is Kathie Tovo, a former member of the Austin City Council. Montserrat Garibay, a former U.S. Department of Education official, has received the endorsement of several prominent Democrats, including U.S. Representative Greg Casar, state representative John Bucy, and former state senator Wendy Davis. Arshia Papari, a student at the University of Texas at Austin has also entered the race with the Green Party.

District 50

Incumbent Democrat James Talarico is retiring to run for US Senate. Jeremy Hendricks, a labor organizer, has received the endorsement of several Austin-area Democrats, including U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, state senator Sarah Eckhardt, and mayor Kirk Watson.

District 51

Incumbent Democrat Lulu Flores is running for re-election.

District 52

Incumbent Republican Caroline Harris Davila is running for re-election.

District 53

Incumbent Republican Wes Virdell is running for re-election.

District 54

Incumbent Republican Brad Buckley is running for re-election.

District 55

Incumbent Republican Hillary Hickland is running for re-election.

District 56

Incumbent Republican Pat Curry is running for re-election.

District 57

Incumbent Republican Richard Hayes is running for re-election.

District 58

Incumbent Republican Helen Kerwin is running for re-election.

District 59

Incumbent Republican Shelby Slawson is running for re-election.

District 60

Incumbent Republican Mike Olcott is running for re-election.

District 61

Incumbent Republican Keresa Richardson is running for re-election.

District 62

Incumbent Republican Shelley Luther is running for re-election.

District 63

Incumbent Republican Ben Bumgarner is running for re-election.

District 64

Incumbent Republican Andy Hopper is running for re-election. Texans for Lawsuit Reform is backing challenger Lisa McEntire over Hopper's role in watering down and eventually killing a major tort reform bill.

District 65

Incumbent Republican Mitch Little is running for re-election.

District 66

Incumbent Republican Matt Shaheen is running for re-election.

District 67

Incumbent Republican Jeff Leach is running for re-election.

Endorsements

District 68

Incumbent Republican David Spiller is running for re-election.

District 69

Incumbent Republican James Frank is running for re-election.

District 70

Incumbent Democrat Mihaela Plesa is running for re-election.

District 71

Incumbent Republican Stan Lambert is retiring. On October 11, 2025, the Texas GOP issued a censure against Lambert, but stopped short of implementing newly adopted rules that would have barred Lambert from running in the Republican primary.

District 72

Incumbent Republican Drew Darby is running for re-election.

District 73

Incumbent Republican Carrie Isaac is running for re-election.

District 74

Incumbent Democrat Eddie Morales is running for re-election.

District 75

Incumbent Democrat Mary González is running for re-election unopposed.

District 76

Incumbent Democrat Suleman Lalani is running for re-election.

District 77

Incumbent Democrat Vincent Perez is running for re-election.

District 78

Incumbent Democrat Joe Moody is running for re-election.

District 79

Incumbent Democrat Claudia Ordaz is running for re-election.

District 80

Incumbent Republican Don McLaughlin is running for re-election.

District 81

Incumbent Republican Brooks Landgraf is running for re-election.

District 82

Incumbent Republican Tom Craddick is running for re-election for a 30th term.

District 83

Incumbent Republican Dustin Burrows is running for re-election.

District 84

Incumbent Republican Carl Tepper is running for re-election.

District 85

Incumbent Republican Stan Kitzman is running for re-election.

District 86

Incumbent Republican John T. Smithee is retiring.

District 87

Incumbent Republican Caroline Fairly is running for re-election.

District 88

Incumbent Republican Ken King is running for re-election.

District 89

Incumbent Republican Candy Noble is running for re-election.

District 90

Incumbent Democrat Ramon Romero Jr. is running for re-election unopposed.

District 91

Incumbent Republican David Lowe is running for re-election.

District 92

Incumbent Democrat Salman Bhojani is running for re-election.

District 93

Incumbent Republican Nate Schatzline is retiring.

District 94

Incumbent Republican Tony Tinderholt is retiring to run for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2.

District 95

Incumbent Democrat Nicole Collier is running for re-election unopposed.

District 96

Incumbent Republican David Cook is retiring to run for Texas Senate, to replace retiring Senator Brian Birdwell.

District 97

Incumbent Republican John McQueeney is running for re-election.

District 98

Incumbent Republican Giovanni Capriglione, who had led a Texas version of the Department of Government Efficiency, initially planned to run for re-election but announced his retirement on July 23, 2025. Armin Mizani, the mayor of Keller who had run for this seat in 2018, switched to this race from a special election for Senate District 9, which he had previously been running for. Zee Wilcox, another Republican candidate had been removed from the ballot over issues with her filing paperwork, but she successfully sued to remain on the ballot. Tort reform has become a major issue in the race, with Texans for Lawsuit Reform backing Fred Tate, with more conservative legal groups backing Mizani.

District 99

Incumbent Republican Charlie Geren is running for re-election.

District 100

Incumbent Democrat Venton Jones is running for re-election.

District 101

Incumbent Democrat Chris Turner is running for re-election.

District 102

Incumbent Democrat Ana-Maria Ramos is running for re-election.

District 103

Incumbent Democrat Rafael Anchía is running for re-election.

District 104

Incumbent Democrat Jessica González is running for re-election unopposed.

District 105

Incumbent Democrat Terry Meza is running for re-election unopposed.

District 106

Incumbent Republican Jared Patterson is running for re-election. On October 11, 2025, the Texas GOP issued a censure against Patterson, but stopped short of implementing newly adopted rules that would have barred Patterson from running in the Republican primary.

District 107

Incumbent Democrat Linda Garcia is running for re-election unopposed.

District 108

Incumbent Republican Morgan Meyer is running for re-election.

District 109

Incumbent Democrat Aicha Davis is running for re-election.

District 110

Incumbent Democrat Toni Rose is running for re-election unopposed.

District 111

Incumbent Democrat Yvonne Davis is running for re-election unopposed.

District 112

Incumbent Republican Angie Chen Button is running for re-election. District 112, based in the Far North Dallas suburbs of Richardson and Garland, has become increasingly competitive in recent cycles, although Button has continued to win re-election despite this. It is one of five Republican-held seats Democrats are most heavily targeting in the general election.

District 113

Incumbent Democrat Rhetta Bowers is running for re-election.

District 114

Incumbent Democrat John Bryant is running for re-election.

District 115

Incumbent Democrat Cassandra Hernandez is running for re-election.

District 116

Incumbent Democrat Trey Martinez Fischer is running for re-election.

District 117

Incumbent Democrat Philip Cortez is running for re-election. Cortez, a moderate Democrat who did not participate in the 2025 quorum break over redistricting nor the 2021 quorum break over a Republican bill which tightened voting requirements, has drawn a progressive primary challenger, Robert Miahara.

District 118

Incumbent Republican John Lujan is retiring to run for Texas's 35th congressional district. Lujan had initially won the district in a 2021 special election following the resignation of Democrat Leo Pacheco. Pacheco switched parties in 2025 to run for this seat as a Republican, but he later dropped out. Desi Martinez, who had also run in the special election as a Democrat, remained in the race, having also switched parties. Martinez is backed by local Republicans, including Lujan, but she has two other opponents remaining for the nomination. District 118, based in southern Bexar County, is one of five Republican-held seats Democrats are most heavily targeting in the general election due to its narrow Republican lean.

Republican primary

Declared

Jorge Borrego
Desi Martinez
Joe Shellhart

Democratic primary

Declared

Kristian Carranza

District 119

Incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Campos is running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Declared

Ryan Ayala
Elizabeth Campos, incumbent

Republican primary

Declared

Melva Perez

District 120

Incumbent Democrat Barbara Gervin-Hawkins is running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Declared

Jordan Brown
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, incumbent
Bently Paiz

District 121

Incumbent Republican Marc LaHood is running for re-election. LaHood, who won his seat by ousting moderate Republican Steve Allison in 2024 over Allison's opposition to school vouchers, has drawn his own primary challenger backed by the influential group Texans for Lawsuit Reform. Challenger David McArthur, who worked in the George W. Bush administration, is considered the more moderate, business-centric Republican of the two. District 121, based in the northern suburbs of San Antonio, is one of five Republican-held seats Democrats are most heavily targeting in the general election due to its narrow Republican lean.

Republican primary

Declared

Marc LaHood, incumbent
David McArthur

Democratic primary

Declared

Zach Dunn

District 122

Incumbent Republican Mark Dorazio is running for re-election. Texans for Lawsuit Reform is backing challenger Willie Ng over Dorazio's role in watering down and eventually killing a major tort reform bill.

Republican primary

Declared

Mark Dorazio, incumbent
Willie Ng

Democratic primary

Declared

Shelly Nickels

District 123

Incumbent Democrat Diego Bernal is running for re-election unopposed.

District 124

Incumbent Democrat Josey Garcia is running for re-election.

District 125

Incumbent Democrat Ray Lopez is retiring. Lopez has endorsed his chief of staff, Donovon Rodriguez to replace him in the crowded Democratic primary. Former Bexar County constable Michelle Barrientes Vela and Adrian Reyna, a San Antonio teacher's union vice president, are also among the Democrats in the race. Carlos Antonio Raymond, who has switched parties multiple times, is also running.

District 126

Incumbent Republican Sam Harless is retiring.

Republican primary

Declared

Polly Looper
Kelly Peterson
Stan Stanart

Democratic primary

Declared

Stefanie Bord
Elizabeth Lotterhos

District 127

Incumbent Republican Charles Cunningham is running for re-election.

District 128

Incumbent Democratic Briscoe Cain is retiring to run for Texas's 9th congressional district.

Republican primary

Declared

Republican primary

Declared

Desiree Klaus

District 129

Incumbent Republican Dennis Paul is retiring to run for Texas Senate to replace Senator Mayes Middleton, who is running for Attorney General of Texas.

Republican primary

Declared

Scott Bowen
Bob Mitchell

Democratic primary

Declared

Albert Wittliff

District 130

Incumbent Republican Tom Oliverson is running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Declared

Joel Camann
Brett Robinson

District 131

Incumbent Democrat Alma Allen is retiring.

Democratic primary

Declared

Lawrence Allen Jr., former member of the Texas State Board of Education for District 4 and son of incumbent Alma Allen
TJ Baker
Staci Childs
Crystal Dillard
Erik Wilson
Endorsements

Republican primary

Declared

Scott Whitmarsh

District 132

Incumbent Republican Mike Schofield is running for re-election.

District 133

Incumbent Republican Mano DeAyala is running for re-election.

District 134

Incumbent Democrat Ann Johnson is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Declared

Carolyn B. Bryant
Mike Michna

District 135

Incumbent Democrat Jon Rosenthal is retiring to run for Texas Railroad Commissioner.