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Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
| 2022 Texas House Elections | |
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| Primary | March 1, 2022 |
| Primary runoff | May 24, 2022 |
| General | November 8, 2022 |
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Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022. The filing deadline was December 13, 2021.
The Texas House of Representatives was one of 88 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. At the time of the 2022 elections, Republicans held a majority in more chambers than Democrats. There was a Republican majority in 62 chambers and a Democratic majority in 36 chambers. In the Alaska House, there was a power-sharing agreement between the parties as part of a coalition.
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia identified 14 battleground races in the Texas House of Representatives 2022 elections, five of which were Democratic-held districts while the other nine were Republican-held districts. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.
All 150 seats were up for election in 2022. The chamber's Republican majority increased from 83-65 (with two vacancies) to 86-64.
At the time of the 2022 elections, Texas had had a Republican trifecta since 2003. If the Democratic Party flipped 10 or more seats, then the Republican Party would have lost its trifecta. If the Republican Party had lost no more than eight seats it would have maintained control of the chamber. This was one of 28 state legislative chambers Ballotpedia identified as a battleground chamber in 2022. Click here for more on why this chamber was identified as a battleground.
For more information about Republican primaries, click here.
Party control
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| Party | As of November 8, 2022 | After November 9, 2022 | |
| Democratic Party | 65 | 64 | |
| Republican Party | 83 | 86 | |
| Vacancy | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 150 | 150 | |
Candidates
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| District 1 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:  Gary VanDeaver (i) |
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| District 2 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Bryan Slaton (i) |
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| District 3 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Cecil Bell Jr. (i) |
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| District 4 |
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Matt Savino (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 5 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Cole Hefner (i) |
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| District 6 |
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| District 7 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jay Dean (i) |
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| District 8 |
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R. Edwin Adams (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 9 |
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| District 10 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Brian E. Harrison (i) |
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| District 11 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Travis Clardy (i) |
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| District 12 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Kyle Kacal (i) |
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| District 14 |
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Jeff Miller (Libertarian Party) Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 15 |
Kristin Johnson (Write-in) |
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| District 16 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Will Metcalf (i) |
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| District 17 |
Linda Curtis (Independent) |
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| District 18 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Ernest Bailes (i) |
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| District 19 |
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| District 20 |
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| District 21 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Dade Phelan (i) |
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| District 22 |
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| District 23 |
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| District 24 |
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Ryan McCamy (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 25 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Cody Vasut (i) |
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| District 27 |
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| District 28 |
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| District 29 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Ed Thompson (i) |
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| District 30 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Geanie Morrison (i) |
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| District 31 |
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| District 32 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Todd Hunter (i) |
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| District 33 |
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| District 34 |
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| District 35 |
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| District 36 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Sergio Munoz Jr. (i) |
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| District 37 |
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| District 38 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Erin Gamez (i)  |
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| District 39 |
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| District 40 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Terry Canales (i) |
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| District 42 |
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| District 43 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: J.M. Lozano (i) |
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| District 45 |
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| District 46 |
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Thomas Kost (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 47 |
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| District 48 |
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Daniel McCarthy (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 49 |
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David Roberson (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 50 |
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Ted Brown (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 57 |
Darren Hamilton (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 58 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: DeWayne Burns (i) |
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| District 59 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Shelby Slawson (i) |
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| District 60 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Glenn Rogers (i) |
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| District 62 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Reggie Smith (i) |
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| District 63 |
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| District 64 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Lynn Stucky (i) |
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| District 68 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: David Spiller (i) |
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| District 69 |
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Michael Neumann (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 71 |
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| District 72 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Drew Darby (i) |
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| District 75 |
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Jonathan Mullins (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 76 |
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| District 77 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Evelina Ortega (i) |
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| District 78 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Joseph Moody (i) |
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| District 79 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Claudia Ordaz (i) |
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| District 80 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Tracy King (i) |
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| District 81 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Brooks Landgraf (i) |
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| District 82 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Tom Craddick (i) |
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| District 83 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Dustin Burrows (i) |
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| District 84 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Carl Tepper |
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| District 85 |
Michael Miller (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 86 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: John Smithee (i) |
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Nick Hearn (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 88 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Ken King (i) |
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| District 89 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Candy Noble (i) |
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| District 90 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Ramon Romero Jr. (i) |
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| District 91 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Stephanie Klick (i) |
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| District 95 |
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| District 96 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: David Cook (i) |
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| District 100 |
Joe Roberts (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 101 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Chris Turner (i) |
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| District 103 |
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Alejandro Arrieta (Independent) |
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| District 104 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jessica Gonzalez (i) |
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| District 105 |
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| District 106 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jared Patterson (i) |
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| District 107 |
Shane Newsom (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 109 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Carl Sherman Sr. (i) |
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| District 110 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Toni Rose (i) |
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| District 113 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Rhetta Andrews Bowers (i) |
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| District 114 |
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| District 115 |
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| District 116 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Trey Martinez Fischer (i) |
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| District 118 |
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| District 119 |
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Arthur Thomas IV (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 122 |
Stephanie Berlin (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 125 |
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| District 126 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: E. Sam Harless (i) |
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| District 127 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Charles Cunningham |
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| District 129 |
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| District 130 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Tom Oliverson (i) |
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| District 132 |
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| District 133 |
James Harren (Libertarian Party) |
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Carol Unsicker (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 136 |
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Burton Culley (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 137 |
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Lee Sharp (Libertarian Party) |
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| District 138 |
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| District 139 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jarvis Johnson (i) |
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| District 140 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Armando Walle (i) |
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| District 141 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Senfronia Thompson (i) |
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| District 142 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Harold Dutton Jr. (i) |
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| District 143 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Ana Hernandez (i) |
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| District 144 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Mary Ann Perez (i) |
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| District 146 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Shawn Thierry (i) |
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| District 147 |
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jolanda Jones (i) |
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| District 148 |
R. Grizzle Trojacek (Libertarian Party) |
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Braxton Bogue (Libertarian Party) |
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Primary runoff
Texas House of Representatives Primary Runoff 2022 |
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| District 12 |
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| District 17 |
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| District 19 |
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| District 22 |
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| District 23 |
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| District 37 |
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| District 52 |
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| District 60 |
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| District 63 |
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| District 70 |
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| District 73 |
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| District 84 |
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| District 91 |
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| District 93 |
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| District 100 |
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| District 114 |
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Primary
Texas House of Representatives Primary 2022 |
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| District 1 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 2 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 3 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 4 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 5 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 7 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 8 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 9 |
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| District 10 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 11 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 12 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 13 |
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| District 14 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 15 |
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| District 16 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 17 |
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| District 18 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 19 |
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| District 20 |
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| District 21 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 22 |
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| District 23 |
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| District 24 |
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| District 25 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 26 |
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| District 27 |
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| District 28 |
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| District 29 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 30 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 31 |
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| District 32 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 33 |
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| District 35 |
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| District 36 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 37 |
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| District 38 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 39 |
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| District 40 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 41 |
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| District 42 |
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| District 43 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 44 |
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| District 45 |
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| District 46 |
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| District 47 |
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| District 48 |
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| District 49 |
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| District 51 |
Cody Arn |
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| District 52 |
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| District 53 |
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| District 56 |
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| District 57 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 58 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 59 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 60 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 62 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 63 |
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| District 64 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 68 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 70 |
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| District 72 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 73 |
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| District 75 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 76 |
James Burnett |
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| District 77 |
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| District 78 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 79 |
Art Fierro (i) |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 80 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 81 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 82 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 83 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 84 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 85 |
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| District 86 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 87 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 88 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 89 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 90 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 91 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 96 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 100 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 101 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 102 |
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| District 103 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 104 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 105 |
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| District 106 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 107 |
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| District 108 |
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| District 109 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 110 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 111 |
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| District 112 |
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| District 113 |
The Republican primary was canceled. Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 114 |
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| District 115 |
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| District 116 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 117 |
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| District 118 |
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| District 119 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 120 |
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| District 122 |
Adam Blanchard Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 126 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 127 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 128 |
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| District 129 |
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| District 130 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 131 |
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| District 135 |
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| District 137 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 138 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 140 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 141 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 142 |
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| District 143 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 144 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 145 |
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| District 146 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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Convention candidates
The following candidates filed to run in Libertarian Party conventions:[1]
County conventions (March 12, 2022)
- Jeff Miller, District 14
- Ryan McCamy, District 24
- Thomas Kost, District 46
- Daniel McCarthy, District 48
- Girish Altekar, District 49
- Ted Brown, District 50
- Darren Hamilton, District 57
- Brandon Snedeker Sr., District 73
- Jonathan Mullins, District 75
- Nelson Range, District 96
- Joe Roberts, District 100
- Shane Newsom, District 107
- Arthur Thomas IV, District 119
- Cameron Dunn, District 121
- Stephanie Berlin, District 122
- James Harren, District 133
- Carol Unsicker, District 134
- Burton Culley, District 136
- Lee Sharp, District 137
- R. Grizzle Trojacek, District 148
- Braxton Bogue, District 149
District conventions (March 19, 2022)
- Matt Savino, District 4
- R. Edwin Adams, District 8
- Michael Neumann, District 69
- Michael Miller, District 85
- Nick Hearn, District 87
2022 battleground chamber
- See also: State legislative elections, 2022
The Texas House of Representatives was among 28 state legislative chambers Ballotpedia identified as battleground chambers for the 2022 cycle.
What was at stake?
- The Democratic Party needed to gain 10 or more seats to take control of the chamber in 2022. The Republican Party needed to lose eight or fewer seats to maintain control.
- The Democratic Party flipping the state House would have broken the Republican Party's trifecta. The Republican Party would have needed to keep the state Senate, the state House, and the governorship to maintain their trifecta.
Why was it a battleground?
- Seats needed to flip: The Democratic Party needed to flip 10 seats (7% of seats up) in order to win control of the chamber.
- Seats decided by less than 10% in the last election: Forty-two of the seats up for election (28% of seats up) in 2022 were decided by margins of 10 percentage points or smaller the last time they were up.
- 2020 battleground chamber: The Texas House of Representatives was a battleground chamber in 2020. That year, neither party gained any seats and the Republican Party maintained control of the chamber. Read more about the 2020 elections here.
Battleground races
District 34
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Democratic Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the Democratic Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Democratic incumbent Abel Herrero was re-elected with 59.5% of the vote compared to Republican candidate James Hernanndez’s 40.5% of the vote. |
District 37
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Democratic Party |
Who were the candidates running?
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where no incumbent was running. Going into the election, the Democratic Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 52% according to Dave’s Redistricting and the district was rated as Tilts Democratic by CNAlysis. In 2020, Democratic incumbent Alex Dominguez was unopposed for re-election, winning with 100% of the vote. |
District 52
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Democratic Party |
Who were the candidates running?
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 52% of the vote in the last election and no incumbent was running. Going into the election, the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 53% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Democratic incumbent James Talarico was re-elected with 51.5% of the vote compared to Republican candidate Lucio Valdez’s 48.5% of the vote. |
District 54
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 54% of the vote in the last election and the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Republican incumbent Brad Buckley was re-elected with 53.4% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Likeithia Williams‘s 46.6% of the vote. |
District 63
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave’s Redistricting and there was no incumbent running. In 2020, Republican incumbent Tan Parker was re-elected with 67.4% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Leslie Peeler‘s 32.6% of the vote. |
District 70
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where there was no incumbent running. Going into the 2022 election, the Democratic Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 51% according to Dave’s Redistricting and the district was rated as Tilts Democratic by CNAlysis. In 2020, Republican incumbent Scott Sanford was re-elected with 61.9% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Angie Bado‘s 38.1% of the vote. |
District 108
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 50% of the vote in the last election and the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Republican incumbent Morgan Meyer was re-elected with 49.7% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Joanna Cattanach‘s 48% of the vote. |
District 112
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 50% of the vote in the last election and the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 53% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Republican incumbent Angie Chen Button was re-elected with 48.9% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Brandy Chamber‘s 48.6% of the vote. |
District 115
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Democratic Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the Democratic Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Democratic incumbent Julie Johnnson was re-elected with 56.9% of the vote compared to Republican candidate Karyn Brownlee’s 43.1% of the vote. |
District 118
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 52% of the vote in the last election and the Democratic Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 50% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2021, Republican candidate John Luhan was elected in a special election with 51.2% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Frank Ramirez’s 48.8% of the vote. In 2020, Democratic incumbent Leo Pacheco was re-elected with 56.7% of the vote compared to Republican candidate Adam Salyer’s 39.9% of the vote and Libertarian candidate Eric Velasquez’s 3.3% of the vote. |
District 121
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 54% of the vote in the last election and the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 54% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Republican incumbent Steve Allison was re-elected with 53.5% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Celina Montoya‘s 46.5% of the vote. |
District 133
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 58% of the vote in the last election and no incumbent was running. Going into the 2022 election, the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 54% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Republican incumbent Jim Murphy was re-elected with 57.2% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Sandra Moore‘s 41.1% of the vote. |
District 138
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The RepublicanParty |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 52% of the vote in the last election and the Republican Party maintained a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave’s Redistricting. In 2020, Republican candidate Lacey Hull was elected with 51.6% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Akilah Bacy’s 48.4% of the vote. |
District 148
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Democratic Party |
Who were the candidates running?
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What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district rated as “Leans Democratic” by CNAlysis. In 2020, Democratic candidate Penny Morales Shaw was elected with 63.7% of the vote compared to Republican candidate Luis LaRotta’s 36.3% off the vote. |
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Campaign finance
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Campaign finance by district
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Incumbents who were not re-elected
Incumbents defeated in general elections
No incumbents lost in general elections.
Incumbents defeated in primary elections
One Democratic incumbent lost in the March 1 primaries and one Republican incumbent lost in the May 24 primary runoffs.
In 2020, no incumbents lost in primary elections and four lost in runoffs.
| Name | Party | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Art Fierro |  Democratic |
House District 79 |
| Phil Stephenson |  Republican |
House District 85 |
Retiring incumbents
Twenty-three incumbents were not on the ballot in 2022.[2] Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Texas. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
| Texas state legislative competitiveness, 2014-2022 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2022 | 181 | 181 | 30 | 456 | 362 | 33 | 63 | 26.5% | 45 | 29.6% | ||||
| 2020 | 166 | 166 | 11 | 385 | 332 | 41 | 30 | 21.4% | 32 | 20.6% | ||||
| 2018 | 165 | 165 | 14 | 412 | 330 | 45 | 49 | 28.5% | 50 | 33.1% | ||||
| 2016 | 166 | 166 | 17 | 320 | 332 | 22 | 43 | 19.6% | 44 | 29.5% | ||||
| 2014 | 165 | 165 | 15 | 309 | 330 | 13 | 44 | 17-.3% | 39 | 26.0% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Texas in 2022. Information below was calculated on Feb. 11, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
This year, 461 candidates filed to run in Texas' 181 state legislative districts, including 269 Republicans, 192 Democrats, and one independent. This equals 2.6 candidates per district, up from 2.3 candidates per district in 2020 and 2.5 in 2018.
Below are other takeaways from the 2022 filing deadline:
- Thirty-one of the 181 districts holding elections (17.1%) were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. This was the largest percentage of open seats in a Texas legislative election cycle since at least 2014. The next highest was 10.2% in 2016.
- Seventy-five percent (265) of the 362 possible Democratic or Republican primaries were uncontested, either because just one candidate filed or because no candidates filed, the second-lowest percentage since at least 2014. The only year with fewer uncontested primaries was 2018 when 236 out of 330 possible primaries (71.5%) went uncontested. In 2020, there were 261 uncontested primaries out of 332 overall, or 78.6%.
- Candidates from one of the two major parties did not file to run in 44% (79) of the 181 seats up for election, likely guaranteeing them to the opposing party. Republicans were likely to win at least 49 seats—eight in the Senate and 41 in the House—because no Democrats filed to run for them. Democrats were likely to win at least 30 seats—three in the Senate and 27 in the House—since no Republicans filed. In 2020, there were 32 seats guaranteed to Democrats and 27 guaranteed to Republicans because no candidate from the other party filed. In 2018, 38 seats were guaranteed to Democrats and 19 to Republicans.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Texas House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022.[3]
| Open Seats in Texas House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2022 | 150 | 26 (17 percent) | 122 (83 percent) |
| 2020 | 150 | 10 (7 percent) | 140 (93 percent) |
| 2018 | 150 | 10 (7 percent) | 140 (93 percent) |
| 2016 | 150 | 14 (9 percent) | 136 (91 percent) |
| 2014 | 150 | 12 (8 percent) | 138 (92 percent) |
| 2012 | 150 | 29 (19 percent) | 121 (81 percent) |
| 2010 | 150 | 7 (5 percent) | 143 (95 percent) |
Incumbents running in new districts
When an incumbent files to run for re-election in the same chamber but a new district, it leaves his or her original seat open. This may happen for a variety of reasons ranging from redistricting to a change in residences. This may result in instances where multiple incumbents face each other in contested primaries or general elections if the incumbent in the new district also seeks re-election. In 2022, three incumbents filed to run for re-election in new districts different from those they represented before the election. Those incumbents were:
| Incumbents running in new districts | ||||||
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| Name | Party | Originally represented ... | Filed in 2022 in ... | New district open? | ||
| Trent Ashby | Republican |
House District 57 | House District 9 | Yes | ||
| James Talarico | Democratic |
House District 52 | House District 50 | Yes | ||
| Claudia Ordaz Perez | Democratic |
House District 76 | House District 79 | No | ||
News and conflicts in this primary
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- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 9 (February 10, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 3 (December 16, 2021)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 2 (December 2, 2021)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 9 (February 10, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 3 (December 16, 2021)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 2 (December 2, 2021)
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Title 9 of the Texas Election Code
A candidate in Texas may run with an officially recognized political party, as an independent, or as a write-in.
For major party candidates
In order to run with a major political party, a candidate must file an application with the county or state party chair and pay a filing fee. A candidate also has the option of filing a petition in lieu of the filing fee. Application and petition forms are available through local party officials or the Texas Secretary of State. The regular filing period for the primary election begins on the 30th day before the date of the regular filing deadline, which is 6 p.m. on the second Monday in December of an odd-numbered year.[4]
A chart detailing the signature and filing requirements for each particular office can be accessed here.[5]
For minor party candidates
State-qualified minor parties nominate candidates by convention. To be considered for nomination by a convention, a minor party candidate must file an application for nomination no later than 6 p.m. on the second Monday in December of an odd-numbered year, preceding the minor party’s convention. A candidate seeking nomination for a state or district office must file with the state party chair. Candidates for county or precinct offices must file applications with county party chairs. Effective September 1, 2021, a candidate nominated via convention must either pay a filing fee (equal to the filing fee paid by major party candidates in primary elections) or submit a petition a petition in lieu of paying the filing fee.[6][7]
For independent candidates
A candidate may have his or her name placed on the general election ballot as an independent candidate if he or she is not affiliated with a political party.[8][9][10][11][12]
To run as an independent, a candidate must file a declaration of intent with the county judge (county or precinct offices) or the Texas Secretary of State (district and state offices) during the same filing period as major and minor party candidates.[9][13]
This paperwork must include signatures of voters who have not participated in the primary election or the runoff primary election of a party that has nominated, at either election, a candidate for the office the petitioning candidate seeks.[9][14]
A chart detailing the signature and filing requirements for each particular office can be accessed here.[9]
For write-in candidates
In order to become a write-in candidate in the general election, the candidate must file a declaration of candidacy with the Texas Secretary of State or the county judge, as appropriate, no later than 5 p.m. of the 78th day before general election day.[15][16]
The declaration must be accompanied by either a filing fee or a nominating petition signed by a certain number of qualified voters. A chart detailing the signature and filing requirements for each particular office can be accessed here.[15][17]
Qualifications
To be eligible to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[18]
- A U.S. citizen
- 21 years old before the general election
- A two-year resident of Texas before the general election
- A district resident for 1 year prior to the general election.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2023 | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $7,200/year | $221/day |
When sworn in
Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.[19][20]
Texas political history
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Texas Party Control: 1992-2024
Three years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
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Presidential politics in Texas
2016 Presidential election results
| U.S. presidential election, Texas, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 43.2% | 3,877,868 | 0 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
52.2% | 4,685,047 | 38 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 3.2% | 283,492 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.8% | 71,558 | 0 | |
| - | Write-in votes | 0.6% | 51,261 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 8,969,226 | 38 | |||
| Election results via: Texas Secretary of State | |||||
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Texas
Redistricting following the 2020 census
Texas enacted new legislative district boundaries in June 2023 for use in 2024 and until the 2030 census. These districts were the same as those enacted by the state in October 2021. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed HB 1000—establishing state House district boundaries—on June 12, 2023, and he allowed SB 375—establishing state Senate district boundaries—to become law without his signature on June 18, 2023.[21][22] The Texas Tribune's James Barragan wrote in January 2023 that Senate Legislative Redistricting Committee Chairperson Joan Huffman (R) said the state was re-doing the redistricting process "to ensure that Legislature had met its constitutional requirement to apportion districts in the first regular session after the publishing of the results of the federal census, which is done every 10 years. Because of the pandemic, census numbers were not released until after the end of the last regularly scheduled legislative session on May 31, 2021. Redistricted maps were passed in a subsequent special session that year."[23] Texas had originally enacted new state legislative districts on October 25, 2021.
Below is the state House map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle.
Texas State House Districts
until January 9, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Texas State House Districts
starting January 10, 2023
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Candidates for Convention for Libertarian Party," accessed February 2, 2022
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 172.023," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Elections Division, "Republican or Democratic Party Nominees," accessed October 19, 2017
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 181.033," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "SB 2093," accessed June 8, 2021
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 1.005(9)," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Texas Elections Division, "Independent Candidates," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 142.008," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 162.003," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 162.007," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 142.002(b)(2)," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 142.009," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Texas Elections Division, "Write-In Candidates," accessed November 1, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 146.025," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Section 146.023-146.0232," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for office," accessed December 18, 2013
- ↑ Texas Government Code, "Title 3., Subtitle A., Sec. 301.001," accessed February 17, 2021
- ↑ Texas Constitution, "Article 3. Legislative Department, Section 4," accessed November 4, 2021
- ↑ Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: HB 1000," accessed June 21, 2023
- ↑ Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: SB 375," accessed June 21, 2023
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Texas Senate votes to take up redistricting again," January 11, 2023
