2026 Texas Attorney General election

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2026 Texas Attorney General election
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Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent Attorney General

Ken Paxton
Republican



The 2026 Texas Attorney General election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the Attorney General of Texas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term in office, but is instead running for U.S. Senate against incumbent John Cornyn. [1]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Publicly expressed interest

Potential

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Aaron Reitz
Statewide officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Joan
Huffman		Mayes
Middleton		Aaron
Reitz		Chip
Roy		Undecided
University of Houston/Texas Southern University [13] September 19 – October 1, 2025576 (RV)± 4.08%12%3%8%40%37%
co/efficient (R) [14] [A] August 27–30, 2025800 (LV)± 3.5%8%4%7%24%58%
Pulse Decision Science (R) [15] [B] August 27–30, 2025800 (LV)± 3.5%4%4%3%38%50%
Texas Southern University [16] August 6–12, 20251,500 (LV)± 2.5%12%8%7%–73%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Potential

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Jaworski		Nathan
Johnson		Undecided
Texas Southern University [16] August 6–12, 20251,500 (LV)± 2.5%20%20%60%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] Safe RAugust 21, 2025

Polling

Hypothetical polling

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		OtherUndecided
Texas Public Opinion Research [24] August 27–29, 2025843 (RV)± 4.6%47%44%9% [b] –

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Someone else" with 9%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Reitz's campaign
  2. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Roy's campaign

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeffers, Gromer (November 29, 2024). "John Cornyn and Ken Paxton have been trading jabs as a potential primary showdown looms". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ Guo, Kayla (June 23, 2025). "Sen. Joan Huffman joins GOP field vying to succeed Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ Scherer, Jasper (April 15, 2025). "Sen. Mayes Middleton announces bid for Texas attorney general". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ Goldenstein, Taylor (June 12, 2025). "Aaron Reitz, a former Trump DOJ official and Paxton aide, joins the race for Texas AG". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ Manchester, Julia (August 21, 2025). "Chip Roy launches Texas attorney general bid". The Hill . Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bugenhagen, Faith (April 9, 2025). "If Ken Paxton wins Senate race, who could become Texas attorney general?". Chron.com . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ Jeffers, Gromer Jr. (April 10, 2025). "Ken Paxton's departure creates competitive AG primary in 2026". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ Runnels, Ayden (April 30, 2025). "John Bash, first candidate to enter Texas attorney general's race, exits". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ Richardson, Michael (June 10, 2025). "Sen. Bryan Hughes says he won't run for attorney general". KLTV . Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Little seeks second term, rules out Attorney General run". September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  11. ↑ Scherer, Jasper (April 8, 2025). "Texas AG Ken Paxton officially joins U.S. Senate race challenging John Cornyn". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Birenbaum, Gabbie (August 25, 2025). "Cruz, Paxton issue dueling endorsements in Texas attorney general GOP primary". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Texas Trends 2025". DocumentCloud. October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  14. ↑ Johnson, Brad [@bradj_TX] (September 17, 2025). "More internal polling from the #txlege AG race, @aaron_reitz camp memo showed the race w/ @KenPaxtonTX backing Reitz: Reitz-30% (7% initial ballot test) Roy-13% (24%) Huffman-6% (8%) Middleton-3% (4%) Undecided-48% (58%) Methodology: 8/16-17, 473 LV Rs, 4.51% MOE" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2025– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Johnson, Brad [@bradj_TX] (September 16, 2025). "New--Internal polling from the Roy camp puts an initial ballot test in the AG race at: @chiproytx -38% (+40 fav/unfav) @joanhuffman -4% (+8) @mayes_middleton -4% (+7) @aaron_reitz -3% (+5) undecided-50% #txlege" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2025– via Twitter.
  16. 1 2 Adams, Michael; Jones, Mark (August 20, 2025). "The 2026 Down-Ballot Texas Republican & Democratic Primaries: Attorney General, Comptroller, & Agriculture Commissioner". Texas Southern University . Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  17. ↑ Klibanoff, Eleanor (July 17, 2025). "Democrat Joe Jaworski to run for Texas attorney general again". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  18. ↑ Klibanoff, Eleanor (July 15, 2025). "Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson announces run for attorney general". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  19. ↑ Bradner, Eric; Ferris, Sarah (July 29, 2025). "Democrats got a top Senate recruit in North Carolina. Now they're trying to find more". CNN . Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  20. ↑ McCardel, Justin (April 20, 2025). "Democratic consultant says party will field strong candidates in 2026, names several". WFAA . Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  21. ↑ Wermund, Benjamin (September 18, 2025). "Why Texas Democrats aren't lining up to take on Greg Abbott in the midterms". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Political Roundup for September 10, 2025". September 10, 2025. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  23. ↑ "State Attorneys General: The Top Races to be "Top Cop"". Sabato's Crystal Ball. August 21, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Texas Senate Primaries Take Shape as Statewide Races Stay Close". Texas Public Opinion Research. September 12, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

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