Texas Primary Map: Live Election Results

Texas US Senate Primary

The Democratic and Republican elections in Texas’ U.S. Senate primaries are expected to be competitive. On the Democratic side, Dallas U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is facing state Rep. James Talarico. Crockett began building a national reputation with a prime-time speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention and has since become one of her party’s most popular messengers, using an often brash communication style to create viral moments. Talarico, a former public school teacher, enrolled in the seminary while he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives; He gained national attention after giving a speech before the House of Representatives, in which he criticized a Republican effort to require the state’s schools to display the Ten Commandments.

In the Republican primary, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn faces challenges from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt, a congressman representing northwest Houston, in a race expected to end in May. Paxton, a MAGA The diehard who, as state attorney general, filed a lawsuit to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, has weathered a series of recent scandals. In 2023, he was impeached by the Texas House for corruption and obstruction of justice, after allegedly using his office to benefit a Texas real estate developer. (He was ultimately acquitted by the state Senate.) Paxton’s wife, a state senator, filed for divorce last summer on “biblical grounds” amid accusations of adultery, which Paxton denies. Nonetheless, President Trump refused to endorse any candidate in the race, instead stating, “I support all three.”

Texas gubernatorial primary

In the Texas gubernatorial primary, incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa are expected to advance to the general election. Abbott, whose campaign reportedly raised one hundred and six million dollars, is seeking a fourth term, an unprecedented feat in the history of the state. Trump endorsed Abbott, praising him for his role in redrawing Texas’ congressional map last year to favor Republicans more.

Before entering politics, Hinojosa, who represents a district in downtown Austin, worked as an attorney for unionized public sector employees. In 2012, after her son’s elementary school faced severe budget cuts, she ran for a seat on the Austin school board and made support for public education a major part of her campaign. His main opponents in the Democratic primary are Chris Bell, a personal injury lawyer and former U.S. congressman from Houston, and Bobby Cole, a dairy farmer who has never held elected office.

U.S. House primaries in Texas