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.
President of the United States
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Texas will have 40 electoral votes in the Electoral College .[ 4]
United States Class I Senate Seat
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Two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is running for re-election.[ 3]
United States House of Representatives
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Railroad Commissioner
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2024 Texas Railroad Commissioner election
Incumbent commissioner Christi Craddick ran for re-election to a third 6-year term.
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]
Bill Burch, drilling engineer[ 6]
Katherine Culbert, process safety engineer[ 6]
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size[ a]
Margin of error
Christi Craddick (R)
Katherine Culbert (D)
Other
Undecided
YouGov [ A]
June 20 – July 1, 2024
1,484 (LV)
± 2.5%
41%
35%
6%[ b]
18%
2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 2 election
Incumbent Justice Jimmy Blacklock is running for re-election to a second 6-year term.
DaSean Jones, Judge of the Harris County District Court (180th District)[ 9]
Randy Sarosdy, former counsel to the Texas Justice Court Training Center[ 9]
2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 4 election
Incumbent Justice John Devine is running for re-election to a third 6-year term.
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.
Court of Criminal Appeals
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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]
2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge election
Incumbent Presiding Judge Sharon Keller ran for re-election to a 6th term.
Holly Taylor, assistant director within civil rights division of the Travis County district attorney's office[ 17]
2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 election
Incumbent Judge Barbara Parker Hervey ran for re-election to a 4th term.
2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 election
Incumbent Judge Michelle Slaughter ran for re-election to a 2nd term.
Ineligible or retiring incumbents
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^ Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ Hawk Dunlap (L) with 3%; Eddie Espinoza (G) with 3%
Partisan clients
^ Poll sponsored by the University of Houston and Texas Southern University
^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates" . National Conference of State Legislatures . Archived from the original on November 10, 2023.
^ a 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.
^ a 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.
^ a b c "Who's Running for Texas Railroad Commissioner?" . The Dallas Express . January 1, 2024.
^ a b c 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 .
^ a b c d e f g "Official Canvass Report - 2024 March 5th Republican Primary" (PDF) . Texas Secretary of State .
^ a b c d e f g "Official Canvass Report - 2024 March 5th Democratic Primary" (PDF) .
^ a b c Pesquera, Adolfo (February 20, 2024). "Democrats DaSean Jones and Randall Sarosdy Vie to Face Judge Jimmy Blacklock in November Election" . law.com .
^ a 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 .
^ a b "Our recommendation in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court, Place 6" . The Dallas Morning News . February 6, 2024.
^ "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 .
^ a b "We recommend for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals presiding judge, GOP primary" . The Dallas Morning News . February 2, 2024.
^ a b c Norton, Hannah (March 5, 2024). "Paxton-backed challengers projected to defeat incumbent criminal appeals judges" . Community Impact .
^ a b "We recommend in the GOP race for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7" . The Dallas Morning News . February 2, 2024.
^ a b "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 .