2022 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

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2022 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
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Nominee Glenn Hegar Janet Dudding
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote4,496,3193,265,069
Percentage56.39%40.95%

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Hegar:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Dudding:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

Comptroller before election

Glenn Hegar
Republican

Elected Comptroller

Glenn Hegar
Republican

Elections took place on November 8, 2022, to select the next Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Incumbent Republican Party Comptroller Glenn Hegar was elected to a third term over Democratic opponent Janet Dudding, with 56.4% of the vote. [1]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Mark V. Goloby, business owner

Endorsements

Glenn Hegar
Statewide officials
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Mark V.
Goloby
Glenn
Hegar
Undecided
YouGov/UH January 14–24, 2022490 (LV)± 3.7%8%28%64%

Primary results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glenn Hegar (incumbent) 1,386,782 81.69%
Republican Mark Goloby310,82918.31%
Total votes1,697,611 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Janet T. Dudding, public accountant [8]

Eliminated in runoff

  • Angel Luis Vega, strategist and author [9]

Eliminated in primary

  • Tim Mahoney, attorney and planner [8]

Endorsements

Janet T. Dudding

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Janet T.
Dudding
Tim
Mahoney
Angel Luis
Vega
Undecided
YouGov/UH January 14–24, 2022616 (LV)± 3.3%11%10%18%61%

Primary results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Dudding 454,338 46.29%
Democratic Angel Vega 338,877 34.53%
Democratic Tim Mahoney188,25019.18%
Total votes981,465 100.0%

Runoff results

Runoff results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Dudding 292,069 61.41%
Democratic Angel Vega183,53338.59%
Total votes475,602 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Janet Dudding
Glenn Hegar
Statewide officials
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Glenn
Hegar (R)
Janet
Dudding (D)
OtherUndecided
Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation September 6–15, 20221,172 (LV)± 2.9%46%38%3% [lower-alpha 2] 13%

Results

2022 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Glenn Hegar (incumbent) 4,496,319 56.39% +3.20%
Democratic Janet Dudding3,265,06940.95%−2.44%
Libertarian Alonzo Echavarria-Garza212,2052.66%0.76%
Total votes7,973,593 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Hegar won 25 of 38 congressional districts. [24]

DistrictHegarDuddingRepresentative
1st 77%21% Louie Gohmert (117th Congress)
Nathaniel Moran (118th Congress)
2nd 64%34% Dan Crenshaw
3rd 62%36% Van Taylor (117th Congress)
Keith Self (118th Congress)
4th 68%31% Pat Fallon
5th 64%33% Lance Gooden
6th 66%32% Jake Ellzey
7th 38%60% Lizzie Fletcher
8th 68%30% Kevin Brady (117th Congress)
Morgan Luttrell (118th Congress)
9th 24%73% Al Green
10th 64%34% Michael McCaul
11th 74%24% August Pfluger
12th 62%36% Kay Granger
13th 75%23% Ronny Jackson
14th 67%31% Randy Weber
15th 52%44%Vicente Gonzalez (117th Congress)
Monica De La Cruz (118th Congress)
16th 35%60% Veronica Escobar
17th 66%32% Pete Sessions
18th 27%70% Sheila Jackson Lee
19th 77%21% Jodey Arrington
20th 33%62% Joaquín Castro
21st 63%34% Chip Roy
22nd 62%36% Troy Nehls
23rd 56%41% Tony Gonzales
24th 61%37% Beth Van Duyne
25th 69%29% Roger Williams
26th 63%34% Michael Burgess
27th 64%33% Michael Cloud
28th 46%49% Henry Cuellar
29th 31%64% Sylvia Garcia
30th 23%74% Eddie Bernice Johnson (117th Congress)
Jasmine Crockett (118th Congress)
31st 63%35% John Carter
32nd 37%59% Colin Allred
33rd 27%69% Marc Veasey
34th 41%53% Mayra Flores (117th Congress)
Vicente Gonzalez (118th Congress)
35th 27%68% Lloyd Doggett (117th Congress)
Greg Casar (118th Congress)
36th 69%29% Brian Babin
37th 25%72% Lloyd Doggett
38th 64%34% Wesley Hunt

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Echavarria-Garza with 3%

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