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Elections in Texas |
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Elections to the Texas Senate will be held concurrently to the 2026 Texas House of Representatives elections on November 3, 2026. [1]
As of July 2025, one special election is scheduled to fill an unexpired term.
Kelly Hancock resigned to become chief clerk of the Texas Comptroller's office in June 2025. A special election is scheduled to be held on November 4th, 2025. [5]
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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1st | Bryan Hughes | Rep | ||||
2nd | Bob Hall | Rep | ||||
3rd | Robert Nichols† | Rep | ||||
4th | Brandon Creighton | Rep | ||||
5th | Charles Schwertner | Rep | ||||
9th | Vacant | N/A | ||||
11th | Mayes Middleton† | Rep | ||||
13th | Borris Miles | Dem | ||||
18th | Lois Kolkhorst | Rep | ||||
19th | Roland Gutierrez | Dem | ||||
21st | Judith Zaffirini | Dem | ||||
22nd | Brian Birdwell† | Rep | ||||
24th | Pete Flores | Rep | ||||
26th | Jose Menendez | Dem | ||||
28th | Charles Perry | Rep | ||||
31st | Kevin Sparks | Rep |
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 18 • District 19 • District 21 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 31 |
Incumbent Republican Bryan Hughes has yet to announce re-election plans. [7]
Incumbent Republican Bob Hall is running for re-election. [8]
Incumbent Republican Robert Nichols is retiring. [10]
Incumbent Republican Brandon Creighton is retiring to become Chancellor of the Texas Tech System.
Incumbent Republican Charles Schwertner is running for re-election. [13]
The incumbent will be determined in the November 4th, 2025 special election.
Incumbent Republican Mayes Middleton is retiring to run for Attorney General. [3]
Incumbent Democrat Borris Miles has yet to announce re-election plans.
Incumbent Republican Lois Kolkhorst has yet to announce re-election plans.
Incumbent Democrat Roland Gutierrez is running for re-election.
Incumbent Democrat Judith Zaffirini is running for re-election.
Incumbent Republican Brian Birdwell is retiring. [4]
Incumbent Republican Pete Flores is running for re-election
Incumbent Democrat José Menéndez is running for re-election.
Incumbent Republican Charles Perry is running for re-election.
Incumbent Republican Kevin Sparks is running for re-election.