Election
BY GRACE DICKENS
Voter Guide
2026
Dates to know
Where to vote
Feb. 17: First day of early voting Feb. 20: Last day to apply for a ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Feb. 27: Last day of early voting March 3: Election day and the last day for counties to receive completed mail-in ballots (or 5 p.m. March 4 if the carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. on election day)
Travis County residents can vote at any polling location during early voting or on Election Day. Visit www.votetravis.gov for polling locations. Williamson County voters can cast their ballot at any open polling location during early voting. However, on Election Day voters in both primaries will have to use a polling location in their precinct. Visit www.wilcotx.gov/elections for polling locations.
Only candidates in contested elections are included. Go to county election websites for information on uncontested races.
KEY: D Democrat R Republican *Incumbent
Lieutenant governor R Timothy Mabry R Perla Muñoz Hopkins R Dan Patrick* R Esala Wueschner
U.S. House, District 17 D Milah Flores D J. Gordon Mitchell D Casey Shepard U.S. House, District 37 R Ge’Nell Gary
Sample ballot
State elections U.S. Senate R John O. Adefope R Anna Bender R Virgil John Bierschwale
D Vikki Goodwin D Courtney Head
R Lauren B. Peña R Janet Malzahn State representative, District 47 D Joseph Kopser D Pooja Sethi State representative, District 50 D Nathan Boynton D John Hash D Jeremy Hendricks D Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch D Samantha Lopez-Resendez D William Rannefeld
D Marcos Velez Attorney general R Joan Huffman R Mayes Middleton R Aaron Reitz R Chip Roy D Anthony “Tony” Box D Joe Jaworski D Nathan Johnson U.S. House District 10 R Rob Altman R Ben Bius R Jessica Karlsruher R Chris Gober R Robert Brown R Brandon Hawbaker R Kara King R Scott MacLeod R Jenny Garcia Sharon R Jeremy Story D Dawn Marshall D Bernie Reyna D Caitlin Rourk U.S. House, District 11 D Claire Reynolds D Pedro (Pete) Ruiz
R Sara Canady R John Cornyn* R Wesley Hunt R Gulrez “Gus” Khan R Ken Paxton
D Jasmine Crockett D Ahmad R. Hassan D James Talarico Governor R Greg Abbott* R R.F. “Bob” Achgill R Charles Andrew Crouch R Evelyn Brooks R Pete “Doc” Chambers R Arturo Espinosa R Mark V. Goloby R Kenneth Hyde R Stephen Samuelson R Ronnie Tullos
Local elections Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 2
D Reese Ricci Armstrong D Rick Astray-Caneda III D Amanda Marzullo D Brigid Shea* Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 D Mariel Kelley D Randall Slagle*
R Nathaniel Welch D Patricia Abrego D Chris Bell
SOURCE: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
D Bobby Cole D Carlton Hart D Gina Hinojosa D Jose Navarro Balbuena
D Faizan Syed D Zach Vance D Angela “Tia Angie” Villescaz
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