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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Texas . Texas is estimated to have a population of roughly 31,000,000 in 2024. [1]

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Incumbents

State government

City governments

Elections

Elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. [4] Seats up for election will be all seats of the Texas Legislature, [5] 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. [6] Texas will have 40 electoral votes in the Electoral College in the federal presidential election. [7] In addition, Texas counties, cities, and school and other special districts may have local elections and other ballot issues, such as bond proposals.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Texas elections</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Texas gubernatorial election</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in Texas</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Texas gubernatorial election</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Texas Attorney General election</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Texas Attorney General election</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Texas elections</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Operation Lone Star</span> 2021 to present Texas border operation

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The Uvalde school shooting was a mass shooting on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a former student at the school, fatally shot 19 students and 2 teachers, while injuring 17 others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Texas House of Representatives election</span>

The 2024 Texas House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. The winners of this election will serve in the 89th Texas Legislature. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the 2024 Texas Senate election.

The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Texas.

The following is a list of events of the year 2022 in Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Texas Attorney General election</span>

The 2014 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of Texas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott was eligible to seek re-election to a fourth term, but instead decided to run for governor. Republican state senator Ken Paxton defeated Democratic attorney Sam Houston with 58.81% of the vote.

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