The 2022 Texas elections were held on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on March 1, with runoffs held on May 24 for primary candidates who did not receive a majority of the vote. All of the states' executive offices were up for election, as well as all seats of the

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and all thirty-eight seats in the

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, two of which were apportioned to the state following the 2020 redistricting cycle based on data from the 2020 census.

Federal

United States House of Representatives

Executive

Governor

Incumbent Republican

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Greg Abbott Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 ...

ran for re-election to a third term. He was re-elected in

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with 55.8% of the vote. Abbott faced a number of Republican challengers, including former party chair and ex-Florida congressman Allen West, former state senator

Don Huffines Donald Blaine Huffines is an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Huffines co-owns and operates Huffines Communities, a real estate development company in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A conservative, Tea Party Repub ...

, and political commentator Chad Prather, all of which have been vocal critics of Abbott due to his handling of the

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. Former

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and 2018 U.S. Senate nominee

Beto O'Rourke Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke ( , ; ; born September 26, 1972) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Rourke was the party's nominee for the U.S. Senat ...

won the Democratic primary.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick ran for re-election to a third term. He was re-elected in

with 51.3% of the vote. Republican candidates include activist Trayce Bradford and

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Daniel Miller Democratic candidates included 2018 nominee Mike Collier and state representative Michelle Beckley.

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican attorney general

Ken Paxton Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. Paxton has described himself as a Tea Party conservative. Paxton was re-elected to a t ...

ran for re-election to a third term. He was re-elected in

with 50.6% of the vote. Paxton was challenged by Land Commissioner

George P. Bush George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Bush unsuccessfully campaigned for the party's ...

, former

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Justice Eva Guzman, and

Louie Gohmert Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. (; born August 18, 1953) is an American attorney, politician, and former jurist serving as the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea P ...

in the Republican primary. Former

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mayor Joe Jaworski, Attorney Lee Merritt who dropped out and endorsed eventual primary nominee, ACLU attorney Rochelle Garza, were running in the Democratic primary.

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Republican Comptroller Glenn Hegar ran for re-election to a third term. He was re-elected in

with 53.2% of the vote. Hegar's sole Republican challenger was businessman Mark Golby. Accountant Janet Dudding, attorney Tim Mahoney, and strategist Angel Luis Vega ran for the Democratic nomination.

Commissioner of the General Land Office

Incumbent Republican Land Commissioner

retired to run for attorney general. He was re-elected in

with 53.7% of the vote. He was replaced by fellow Republican Dawn Buckingham, who won with 56.2% of the vote.

Republican primary

= Candidates

= * Dawn Buckingham, state senator from the 24th district

=Eliminated in runoff

= * Tim Westley, pastor

=Eliminated in primary

= * Ben Armenta, businessman * Victor Avila, former

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agent * Rufus Lopez, attorney * Weston Martinez, activist and former Texas Real Estate Commissioner * Don W. Minton, attorney * Jon Spiers, surgeon and candidate for in

= Endorsements

=Polling

= Results

= Runoff polling

= Runoff results

Democratic primary

= Candidates

= * Jay Kleberg, conservationist and member of the

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family

=Eliminated in runoff

= * Sandagrace Martinez, mental health advocate

=Eliminated in primary

= * Jinny Suh, lawyer and activist * Michael Lange, investment manager

= Endorsements

=Polling

= Results

= Runoff results

General election

= Polling

= Results

Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller ran for re-election to a third term. He was re-elected in

with 51.3% of the vote. He was re-elected for a 3rd term with 56.4% of the vote.

Republican primary

= Candidates

= * Sid Miller, incumbent agriculture commissioner

=Eliminated in primary

= * Carey A. Counsil, professor and rancher * James White, state representative from the 19th district

= Polling

= Results

Democratic primary

= Candidates

= * Susan Hays, cannabis attorney

=Eliminated in primary

= * Ed Ireson, businessman

= Endorsements

= Polling

= Results

General election

= Polling

= Results

Railroad Commission

Incumbent Republican Railroad Commissioner

Wayne Christian Walter Wayne Christian (born September 26, 1950) is an American politician and financial planner from Center, Texas, who serves as a Republican member of the Texas Railroad Commission, having first won the position in the general election of Nov ...

ran for re-election to a second six-year term. He was first elected in 2016 with 53.1% of the vote. He was successfully re-elected with 55.4% of the vote.

Republican primary

= Candidates

= *

, incumbent railroad commissioner

=Eliminated in runoff

= * Sarah Stogner, attorney

=Eliminated in primary

= * Marvin Summers, lawyer * Dawayne Tipton, project manager * Tom Slocum Jr., engineering consultant

= Endorsements

=Polling

= Results

= Runoff

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

= Candidates

= * Luke Warford, former staffer for the

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= Results

Libertarian convention

= Candidates

= *Jaime Diez

Green convention

= Candidates

= *Hunter Crow

General election

= Polling

= Results

Judicial

Supreme Court

Three of the nine positions of the Supreme Court of Texas are up for election. Justices are elected to six-year renewable terms with no term limit.

Place 3

Incumbent Republican Justice

Debra Lehrmann Debra Ann H. Lehrmann (born November 16, 1956) is a justice of the Texas Supreme Court, the court of last resort for civil and juvenile matters located in the capital city of Austin in the U.S. state of Texas. She is a former 360th Judicial Dis ...

is running for re-election to a third term. She was re-elected in 2016 with 53.1% of the vote.

= Republican primary

Candidates

, incumbent Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

Results

= Democratic primary

Candidates

*Erin A. Nowell, incumbent Associate Justice of the

Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas The Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas is one of the 14 Texas Courts of Appeals. It currently sits in Dallas, Texas. It has simultaneously both the smallest Court of Appeals' jurisdictional geographic size (only six counties, one of which is shared ...

Results

= General election

Results

Place 5

Incumbent Republican Justice Rebeca Huddle is running for election to a full term. She was appointed by

in 2020 to replace retiring Justice Paul W. Green.

= Republican primary

Candidates

* Rebeca Huddle, incumbent Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and former Associate Justice of the

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Results

= Democratic primary

Candidates

*Amanda Reichek, incumbent Associate Justice of the

Results

= General election

Results

Place 9

Incumbent Republican Justice Evan A. Young is running for election to a full term. He was appointed by

in 2021 to replace Justice Eva Guzman, who retired to run for attorney general.

= Republican primary

Candidates

* David Schenck, incumbent Associate Justice of the

* Evan A. Young, incumbent Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

Results

= Democratic primary

Candidates

*Julia Maldonado, Harris County district judge

Results

= General election

Results

Court of Criminal Appeals

Three of the nine positions of the

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are up for election. Justices are elected to six-year renewable terms with no term limit.

Place 2

Incumbent Republican Judge

Mary Lou Keel Mary Lou Keel (born January 5, 1961) has been a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 2016. Between 1995 and 2016 she presided over the 232nd District Court in Harris County, Texas. She had previously served as assistant district att ...

is running for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2016 with 54.9% of the vote.

= Republican primary

Candidates

, incumbent Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Results

= General election

Results

Place 5

Incumbent Republican Judge Scott Walker ran for re-election to a second term. He was first elected in 2016 with 54.7% of the vote. Walker defeated Democratic opponent Dana Huffman, winning a second term with 57% of the vote.

= Republican primary

Candidates

* Clint Morgan, prosecutor * Scott Walker, incumbent Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals

Results

= Democratic primary

Candidates

*Dana Huffman, attorney

Results

= General election

Results

Place 6

Incumbent Republican Judge

Jesse McClure Jesse F. McClure III (born 1972) is a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Biography McClure graduated from Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona, received his Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from the University of North Ca ...

is running for election to a full term. He was appointed by

in 2021 to replace

Michael Keasler Michael Edward Keasler (born August 16, 1942), was a judge of the nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court of last resort for criminal cases in Texas, from January 1999 to December 2020. Keasler received a B.A. from the Univ ...

, who reached

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when he turned 75 years old in 2017.

= Republican primary

Candidates

, incumbent Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals

Results

= Democratic primary

Candidates

*Robert Johnson, Harris County district judge

Results

= General election

Results

Board of education

All fifteen seats of the Texas Board of Education are up for election to four-year terms. The board follows a 2-4-4 term system; members are elected to two-year terms at the beginning of each decade. Prior to the election, the board was made up of nine Republicans and six Democrats.

District 1

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

District 2

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

Member, District 3

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

Member, District 4

Democratic primary

General election

Member, District 5

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

Member, District 6

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

Legislature

Senate

All 31 seats of the

Texas Senate The Texas Senate ( es, Senado de Texas) is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 806,000 per co ...

are up for election to two-year terms. Prior to the election, Republicans hold a majority of 18 seats against the Democrats' 13 seats.

House of Representatives

All 150 seats of the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...

are up for election to two-year terms. Prior to the election, Republicans hold a majority of 85 seats against the Democrats' 65 seats.

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