Texas gubernatorial election, 2022

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Governor of Texas
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 13, 2021
Primary: March 1, 2022 Primary runoff: May 24, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Greg Abbott (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Texas
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Likely Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican
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Texas held an election for governor on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022. The filing deadline was December 13, 2021. This was one of 36 gubernatorial elections that took place place in 2022. The governor serves as a state's top executive official and is the only executive office that is elected in all 50 states. At the time of the 2022 elections, there were 28 Republican governors and 22 Democratic governors. Click here for a map with links to our coverage of all 50 states' responses to the pandemic and here for an overview of all 36 gubernatorial elections that took place in 2022.

Heading into the 2022 elections, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control. There were 23 Republican triplexes, 18 Democratic triplexes, and nine divided governments where neither party held triplex control.

A state government trifecta refers to a situation where one party controls a state's governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party.

Incumbent Greg Abbott won election in the general election for Governor of Texas.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Texas gubernatorial election, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primary)
• Texas gubernatorial election, 2022 (March 1 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Governor of Texas

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott (R)	54.8	4,437,099
		Beto O'Rourke (D)	43.9	3,553,656
		Mark Tippetts (L)	1.0	81,932
		Delilah Barrios (G)	0.4	28,584
		Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1,243
		Mark Goloby (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	394

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,102,908
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Reginald Jennings II (Independent)
• Jorge Franco (Independent)
• Jeremy Rios (Independent)
• Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (Independent)
• Justin Cunneen (Independent)
• Sean Sharp (Independent)
• Demetra Wysinger (Independent)
• Chioma Okoro (Independent)
• Star Locke (Independent)
• Raul Cortina (Independent)
• Patrick Wynne (Reform Party)
• Jal Dennis (Independent)
• Deirdre Dickson-Gilbert (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Texas

Beto O'Rourke defeated Joy Diaz, Michael Cooper, Rich Wakeland, and Inocencio Barrientez in the Democratic primary for Governor of Texas on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beto O'Rourke	91.4	983,182
		Joy Diaz	3.1	33,622
		Michael Cooper	3.0	32,673
		Rich Wakeland	1.2	13,237
		Inocencio Barrientez	1.2	12,887

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,075,601
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Deirdre Dickson-Gilbert (D)
• Star Locke (D)
• Jack Daniel Foster Jr. (D)
• Larry Baggett (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Texas

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Texas on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott	66.5	1,299,059
		Allen B. West	12.3	239,557
		Donald Huffines	12.0	234,138
		Chad Prather	3.8	74,173
		Rick Perry	3.1	61,424
		Kandy Kaye Horn	1.2	23,605
		Paul Belew	0.6	11,387
		Daniel Harrison	0.6	10,829

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,954,172
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Green convention

Green convention for Governor of Texas

Delilah Barrios advanced from the Green convention for Governor of Texas on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Delilah Barrios (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of Texas

Mark Tippetts defeated Fidel Castillo in the Libertarian convention for Governor of Texas on April 10, 2022.

		Candidate
		Fidel Castillo (L)
✔		Mark Tippetts (L)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Jewell (L)
• Daniel Behrman (L)

Voting information

See also: Voting in Texas

Election information in Texas: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 11, 2022
• By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 11, 2022
• Online: N/A

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 28, 2022
• By mail: Received by Oct. 28, 2022
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
• By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 24, 2022 to Nov. 4, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent)

Life is the basis upon which all other rights exist.

I support compassionate, common sense policies that promote justice for all.

Public safety is threatened by corrupt criminal justice policies & cult-like gun culture. We need reform now.

Mark Tippetts (L)

School Choice - I want everyone to have access to a good and safe education. ​I support a voucher or tax credit system so even low-income families can afford to send their children to private schools or home school.

Immigration - It’s nearly impossible to immigrate to America legally unless you’re a high-tech worker or have family connections. Most illegal immigrants come here to work in construction, landscape, clean homes, work in restaurants, and many other low-skilled jobs that most citizens don’t want to do.

Legalize Marijuana - Locking up people for marijuana possession and use has resulted in a diversion of law enforcement resources to victimless crimes and an exploding prison population.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent)

There was not a non-violent, moral choice for governor prior to my entering the race. Every other candidate supports some form of lethal violence against human life. Beto O'Rourke is an unapologetic abortion extremist, in favor of violence toward the youngest, smallest, & most defenseless Texans. Anyone who champions the legal right to kill other human beings (our own sons /daughters at that) is not a person fit to lead nor someone I could vote for, lest I be complicit in the utmost crime against humanity.

Likewise, the supposedly pro-life Greg Abbott does indeed oppose abortion violence but that does not justify his support of the death penalty, violence just as lethal as abortion yet reserved for born humans equally as human as the unborn ones he deems worthy of protection.

Between preborn people at the mercy of their mothers not to kill them on demand & born people condemned in a merciless system to be killed by the state, someone needed to step up & offer the option to cast a ballot for a candidate who protects human life from conception to natural death. I am that candidate.

Mark Tippetts (L)

​Economic Liberty - Taxation ​I believe that all persons are entitled to the fruits of their labor. As such, I view taxation as the forced taking of property. At most I regard it as a necessary evil, so that the vital functions of government can continue independent of undue outside influence. For this reason I advocate the reduction of taxation to the lowest feasible level.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent)

My political philosophy is mainly that of the American Solidarity Party and the movement of Christian Democracy. More information about them can be found at my campaign site and solidarity-party.org

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent)

I do not support killing anyone. As if that were not reason enough, I support compassionate, common sense policies that promote justice for all.

This would be a major departure from the incumbent's reign of cruelty toward people he was exploit as political props. Let's start with his vendetta against asylum seekers fleeing violence in other countries & his latest stunt to bus these people out of state on the taxpayer's dime. I would joyfully pay to welcome & assist migrants, instead my money is used to treat them like they are garbage or vermin released on Abbott's empathic political adversaries. This is clearly not to inspire political change since Abbott is sending them to cities without any influence on federal law. This is more about being antagonistic & degrading human beings with human dignity. Weaponizing people to sadistically burden others is despicable, much like how he criminalized homelessness & banned those with nothing from finding shelter in public places.

The culture wars he wages for political fodder also have dangerous consequences for Texans targeted & their families, namely our transgender population which he harasses & threatens. Child Protective Services (CPS) remains underfunded, yet he weaponizes CPS to terrify children & parents who address gender dysphoria differently than he/his supporters prefer. Much effort was put into pressing the false narrative that biological males identifying as female are predators that prowl public restrooms to violate our vulnerable girls who thus must be banned from public restrooms despite no evidence of the sort.

His railing against basic measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, general science denial, &refusal to teach accurate history regarding racism in our society; this all must end. His outright refusal to even consider commonsense, nominal, but critical firearm regulations to curb the gun violence epidemic shows a callous disregard for human life. I am truly pro-life, pro-decency

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

Keeping my company going and delivering solutions that benefit my customer.

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent)

There are certain areas where I will not compromise and I do not suggest compromise as a solution to polarization. I won't bargain about how much violence I will accept towards lives that aren't mine. I see much common ground. Let's start there.

Mark Goloby (Independent)

That means the sovereignty of the state is critical and the first and foremost important aspect is to the citizens and their financial well being to pursue happiness and their private property rights.

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

In Texas at this time is the protection of the Texas borders.

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

Insuring that spending by government is not bloated. Starting with the governors office. The best way is to limit the revenue to the treasury. Texas taxpayers have earned tax relief and insuring they are not overburdened with taxes is the most critical role of for a governor

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

Texas governors do have line-item veto, hopefully in working with the legislature on the budget, it would not be too necessary. As the legislature should be reflecting the priorities of the voters. While the authority is there, like all such aspects exercising that authority should be done judiciously.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

Depending on the structure and who the speaker and Lt Governor is drives how that relationship can work. It cannot be adversarial, but it must be arms length and insure that legislators do not craft programs like Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code that are so disdainful to the Texas Taxpayers.

What do you love most about your state?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

Texas is the most robust state in the nation. Blessed with natural resources, agriculture, shipping it is no wonder it is the 9th economy in the world. But it cannot trample the individual with a reckless rush for growth at any cost.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent)

Economic survival is a universal problem for post-boomer generations. My parents' generation were able to exit university without debt, walk into a secure job with just a bachelor's degree alone, support an entire family on one middle-class income and even buy a home to build wealth and security for their golden years. Many had the added bonus of workplace retirement pensions to supplement their savings and social security checks. I am just now entering my 40s and recall vividly the promises our parents made of lives like their own and how college was the ticket to a gratifying life, the key to opening doors to jobs that would allow them to enjoy the lifestyle their parents had. Only the cost of education meant that working our way through was impossible and debt inevitable. Once graduated and saddled with student loans, many quickly realized the jobs they were told to expect did not exist, did not pay what they once did relative to rising costs of living, insufficient to pay the loans off in a reasonable amount of time and disqualifying them from purchasing a home and investing in their homes rather than suffer from ever-increasing unaffordable rent amounts. Living off one income is nigh impossible, childcare costs crippling and petrifying this generation from conceiving the next. Savings are non-existent and many are one misfortune away from catastrophe. After paying student loans faithfully for decades and owing more- fully expecting to never see a social security check- we cripple our entire future.

Texas has let public university costs increase without penalties nor subsidies. We allow landlords to price people into homelessness out of pure greed. We allow business interests to rob citizens through property tax abatements ON TOP of no corporate income tax, doing so in the name of jobs, when those jobs do not pass along the savings so employees can pay their ever-growing property tax bills exported to all- even as rent hikes. Our priorities must change.

Mark Goloby (Independent)

The Texas Border

Election Integrity Education of the children Being transparent with the voters.

Managing growth so that arable land is destroyed from agriculture

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

Mark Goloby (Independent)

Under limited applications of dire circumstances very briefly then call in the legislature to deal with long term consequences if there are long-term consequences

Race ratings

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• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Texas gubernatorial election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates in Texas in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Texas, click here.

Filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source	Notes
Texas	Governor	Ballot-qualified party	5,000	$3,750.00	12/13/2021	Source	Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.
Texas	Governor	Unaffiliated	83,434	N/A	6/23/2022	Source	Signature formula: 1% of all votes cast for governor in 2018.

Past elections

2018

See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Texas

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated Lupe Valdez and Mark Tippetts in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott (R)	55.8	4,656,196
		Lupe Valdez (D)	42.5	3,546,615
		Mark Tippetts (L)	1.7	140,632

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,343,443
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Janis Richards (G)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas

Lupe Valdez defeated Andrew White in the Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	53.0	224,091
		Andrew White	47.0	198,407

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 422,498
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	42.9	435,484
✔		Andrew White	27.4	278,333
		Cedric Davis	8.3	83,817
		Grady Yarbrough	5.4	54,372
		Jeffrey Payne	4.8	48,269
		Adrian Ocegueda	4.4	44,681
		Thomas Wakely	3.4	34,737
		James Clark	2.2	21,871
		Joe Mumbach	1.4	13,878

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,015,442
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Texas

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated Barbara Krueger and Larry SECEDE Kilgore in the Republican primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott	90.4	1,389,562
		Barbara Krueger	8.3	127,134
		Larry SECEDE Kilgore	1.3	20,384

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,537,080
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2014

See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2014

Republican Greg Abbott won election on November 4, 2014.

Governor of Texas, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Greg Abbott	59.3%	2,796,547
	Democratic	Wendy Davis	38.9%	1,835,596
	Libertarian	Kathie Glass	1.4%	66,543
	Green	Brandon Parmer	0.4%	18,520
	Write-in	Sarah Pavitt	0%	1,062
Total Votes				4,718,268
Election results via Texas Secretary of State

Election analysis

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Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Texas and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Texas, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Texas' 1st	Open	Republican	R+26
Texas' 2nd	Daniel Crenshaw	Republican	R+15
Texas' 3rd	Open	Republican	R+11
Texas' 4th	Pat Fallon	Republican	R+16
Texas' 5th	Lance Gooden	Republican	R+14
Texas' 6th	Jake Ellzey	Republican	R+15
Texas' 7th	Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	Democratic	D+13
Texas' 8th	Open	Republican	R+16
Texas' 9th	Al Green	Democratic	D+26
Texas' 10th	Michael McCaul	Republican	R+13
Texas' 11th	August Pfluger	Republican	R+23
Texas' 12th	Kay Granger	Republican	R+12
Texas' 13th	Ronny Jackson	Republican	R+26
Texas' 14th	Randy Weber	Republican	R+17
Texas' 15th	Open	Democratic	R+1
Texas' 16th	Veronica Escobar	Democratic	D+17
Texas' 17th	Pete Sessions	Republican	R+14
Texas' 18th	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	D+23
Texas' 19th	Jodey Arrington	Republican	R+26
Texas' 20th	Joaquin Castro	Democratic	D+15
Texas' 21st	Chip Roy	Republican	R+13
Texas' 22nd	Troy Nehls	Republican	R+11
Texas' 23rd	Tony Gonzales	Republican	R+5
Texas' 24th	Beth Van Duyne	Republican	R+10
Texas' 25th	Roger Williams	Republican	R+19
Texas' 26th	Michael Burgess	Republican	R+13
Texas' 27th	Michael Cloud	Republican	R+13
Texas' 28th	Henry Cuellar	Democratic	D+3
Texas' 29th	Sylvia Garcia	Democratic	D+18
Texas' 30th	Open	Democratic	D+27
Texas' 31st	John Carter	Republican	R+14
Texas' 32nd	Colin Allred	Democratic	D+14
Texas' 33rd	Marc Veasey	Democratic	D+24
Texas' 34th	Mayra Flores / Vicente Gonzalez Jr.	Republican	D+9
Texas' 35th	Open	Democratic	D+21
Texas' 36th	Brian Babin	Republican	R+18
Texas' 37th	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	D+24
Texas' 38th	New Seat	N/A	R+12

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Texas
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Texas' 1st	26.5%	72.4%
Texas' 2nd	37.9%	60.7%
Texas' 3rd	42.0%	56.4%
Texas' 4th	36.4%	62.4%
Texas' 5th	38.2%	60.6%
Texas' 6th	37.4%	61.3%
Texas' 7th	64.2%	34.5%
Texas' 8th	35.8%	63.0%
Texas' 9th	76.2%	22.8%
Texas' 10th	39.8%	58.6%
Texas' 11th	29.1%	69.5%
Texas' 12th	40.1%	58.3%
Texas' 13th	26.5%	72.0%
Texas' 14th	35.0%	63.6%
Texas' 15th	48.1%	51.0%
Texas' 16th	67.0%	31.5%
Texas' 17th	38.0%	60.5%
Texas' 18th	73.6%	25.1%
Texas' 19th	26.2%	72.4%
Texas' 20th	65.8%	32.7%
Texas' 21st	39.4%	59.1%
Texas' 22nd	41.3%	57.4%
Texas' 23rd	45.8%	52.9%
Texas' 24th	43.0%	55.4%
Texas' 25th	33.8%	64.9%
Texas' 26th	40.0%	58.6%
Texas' 27th	38.1%	60.6%
Texas' 28th	52.9%	45.9%
Texas' 29th	67.8%	31.0%
Texas' 30th	77.8%	21.0%
Texas' 31st	39.0%	59.2%
Texas' 32nd	65.7%	32.7%
Texas' 33rd	74.2%	24.4%
Texas' 34th	57.3%	41.8%
Texas' 35th	71.7%	26.5%
Texas' 36th	33.6%	65.2%
Texas' 37th	75.5%	22.7%
Texas' 38th	40.2%	58.4%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 45.5% of Texans lived in one of the state's 18 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 40.1% lived in one of 223 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Texas was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Texas following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Texas county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	18	45.5%
Solid Republican	223	40.1%
New Democratic	3	10.2%
Trending Democratic	1	2.8%
Trending Republican	1	0.9%
New Republican	7	0.6%
Battleground Republican	1	<0.1%
Total voted Democratic	22	58.5%
Total voted Republican	232	41.5%

Historical voting trends

Texas presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 16 Democratic wins
• 15 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Texas

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Texas.

U.S. Senate election results in Texas
Race	Winner	Runner up
2020	53.5%	43.9%
2018	50.9%	48.3%
2014	61.6%	34.4%
2012	56.5%	40.7%
2008	54.8%	42.8%
Average	55.5	42.0

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Texas

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Texas.

Gubernatorial election results in Texas
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	55.8%	42.5%
2014	59.3%	38.9%
2010	55.0%	42.3%
2006	39.0%	29.8%
2002	57.8%	40.0%
Average	53.4	38.7

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Texas' congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Texas, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	12	12
Republican	2	24	26
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	36	38

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Texas' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Texas, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Greg Abbott
Lieutenant Governor	Dan Patrick
Secretary of State	John Scott
Attorney General	Ken Paxton

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Texas State Legislature as of November 2022.

Texas State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	13
	Republican Party	18
	Vacancies	0
Total		31

Texas House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	65
	Republican Party	83
	Vacancies	2
Total		150

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Texas was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Texas Party Control: 1992-2022
Three years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Texas and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Texas
	Texas	United States
Population	25,145,561	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	261,266	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	74%	72.5%
Black/African American	12.1%	12.7%
Asian	4.8%	5.5%
Native American	0.5%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	39.3%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	83.7%	88%
College graduation rate	29.9%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$61,874	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	14.7%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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