2025 Texas elections

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The2025 Texas elections were held on November 4, 2025.

Texas voters statewide voted on 17 proposed amendments to theTexas Constitution. Special elections were also held for theTexas State Senate inDistrict 9 and to theU.S. House of Representatives inTexas' 18th congressional district. In addition, numerous municipalities held mayoral and city council elections on May 3.

There were 17 proposed amendments to theTexas Constitution which appeared on the November 4, 2025 general election ballot in Texas.^[1] All were approved, with most passing with over 60% of the votes in favor.^[2][3]

Incumbent DemocratSylvester Turner died on March 5, 2025. A blanket primary was held on November 4, 2025 to fill his unexpired term.^[4] No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, leading to a runoff between the top two candidates: county attorneyChristian Menefee and former city councilwomanAmanda Edwards. The runoff election was held on January 31, 2026 with Menefee winning by 37 points.^[5]

A special election was held on November 4, 2025, with a runoff on January 31, 2026, to fill the vacant9th district in theTexas Senate. The district was vacant following the resignation of RepublicanKelly Hancock to become theTexas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The election was won by DemocratTaylor Rehmet.

IncumbentHouston City CouncilmemberLetitia Plummer for At-Large Position 4 announced she would run forHarris County Judge in2026. As Houston has enacted aresign-to-run law for councilmembers, she resigned her seat on July 8, 2025, but will serve until a replacement is elected. The election isnonpartisan and elected citywide.

Incumbent Republican mayorMattie Parker won re-election to a third term with 66.68% of the vote on May 3.

Incumbent mayor Scott LeMay was term-limited and unable to run for re-election. Dylan Hedrick was elected with 51.70% of the vote on June 7 after advancing to arunoff election against Deborah Morris on May 3.

Incumbent mayor John Muns won re-election to a third term unopposed on May 3. The city council also held elections to Places 2, 4, and 8 as well as a special election to Place 5.

Bob Kehr won election to Place 2 with 55.68% of the vote, Chris Krupa Downs won election to Place 4 with 54.96% of the vote, Steve Lavine won a special election to Place 5 with 57.70% of the vote, and Vidal Quintanilla won election to Place 8 with 53.90% of the vote.

Incumbent mayor Ron Nirenberg was term-limited and unable to run for re-election. DemocratGina Ortiz Jones was elected with 54.3% of the vote on June 7 after advancing to arunoff election against RepublicanRolando Pablos on May 3.

• Amarillo, Texas: Incumbent Republican^[8] Cole Stanley won re-election to a second-term.^[9]
• Beaumont, Texas: Incumbent Roy West was re-elected to a second term.^[10]
• Grand Prairie, Texas: Incumbent Republican Ron Jensen won re-election to a fifth term.^[11]
• McKinney, Texas: Incumbent George Fuller is ineligible to run for re-election due toterm limits. Bill Cox was elected mayor, beating former Republican member of theTexas House of RepresentativesScott Sanford.^[12]
• Richardson, Texas: Incumbent Bob Dubey lost re-election to DemocratAmir Omar.^[13]
• Sugar Land, Texas: Incumbent Joe R. Zimmerman is ineligible to run for re-election due toterm limits. Carol McCutcheon was elected as mayor.^[14]

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