2024 Texas elections

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Elections were held inTexas on November 5, 2024. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024. Primary runoff elections took place on May 28, 2024.^[1]

Seats up for election were all seats of theTexas Legislature,^[2] all 38 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to theUnited States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican SenatorTed Cruz ran for and won re-election.^[3] In addition, Texas counties, cities, and school and other special districts had local elections and other ballot issues, such as bond proposals.

Republican Donald Trump won the state of Texas by a wide margin, winning all 40 of the state'selectoral votes.

Two-term incumbent RepublicanSenatorTed Cruz won re-election by a wide margin.

Republicans won 25 seats in theU.S. House of Representatives to the Democrats' 13, with no net change from theprevious election.

2024 Texas Railroad Commissioner election

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Nominee Christi Craddick Katherine Culbert Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,100,218 4,275,904 Percentage 55.63% 39.00%

County results Precinct results Craddick:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100% Culbert:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No vote

Railroad Commissioner before election Christi Craddick Republican Elected Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick Republican

Incumbent commissioner Christi Craddick was re-elected to a third 6-year term.

• Christie Clark, attorney^[4]
• Christi Craddick, incumbent Railroad Commissioner^[5]
• Corey Howell, construction operator^[4]
• Jim Matlock, oil & gas industry consultant^[5]
• Petra Reyes^[4]

• Bill Burch, drilling engineer^[5]
• Katherine Culbert, process safety engineer^[5]

2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 2 election

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Nominee Jimmy Blacklock DaSean Jones Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,372,584 4,571,171 Percentage 58.23% 41.77%

County results Precinct results Blacklock:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Jones:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No vote

Justice before election Jimmy Blacklock Republican Elected Justice Jimmy Blacklock Republican

Incumbent Justice Jimmy Blacklock was re-elected to a second 6-year term.

• Jimmy Blacklock, incumbent Associate Justice^[17]

• DaSean Jones, Judge of theHarris County District Court (180th District)^[17]
• Randy Sarosdy, formercounsel to the Texas Justice Court Training Center^[17]

2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 4 election

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Nominee John Devine Christine Vinh Weems Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,256,496 4,656,560 Percentage 57.33% 42.67%

County results Precinct results Devine:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Vinh Weems:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No vote

Justice before election John Devine Republican Elected Justice John Devine Republican

Incumbent Justice John Devine was re-elected to a third 6-year term.

• John Devine, incumbent Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of Texas^[20]
• Brian Walker, Associate Justice of theSecond Court of Appeals of Texas^[20]

• Christine Vinh Weems, Judge of theHarris County District Court (281st District)^[21]

2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 6 election

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Nominee Jane Bland Bonnie Lee Goldstein Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,145,167 4,425,189 Percentage 56.24% 40.50%

County results Precinct results Bland:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Goldstein:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No vote

Justice before election Jane Bland Republican Elected Justice Jane Bland Republican

Incumbent Justice Jane Bland was elected to a full 6-year term, after last being elected in 2020 to finish the remainder of her predecessor,Jeff Brown's, term.

• Jane Bland, incumbent Associate Justice

• Bonnie Lee Goldstein, Associate Justice of theFifth Court of Appeals of Texas^[23]
• Joe Pool, Judge of theHays County District Court (428th District)^[23]

In 2021, theTexas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an 8–1 decision, holding that theTexas Attorney General does not have unilateral authority to prosecute election code violations.^[25] All three incumbent Judges up for re-election were part of the majority decision. As a result, Attorney GeneralKen Paxton recruited primary challengers to all three incumbent Republican judges.^[26] Ultimately, all three incumbent Judges were defeated by their challengers in the March Republican primary election.^[27]

2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge election

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Nominee David Schenck Holly Taylor Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,330,389 4,558,856 Percentage 58.13% 41.87%

County results Schenck:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Taylor:     50–60%     60–70%

Presiding Judge before election Sharon Keller Republican Elected Presiding Judge David Schenck Republican

Incumbent Presiding Judge Sharon Keller ran for re-election to a 6th term.

• David Schenck, former Associate Justice of theFifth Court of Appeals of Texas (2015–2022)^[28]
• Sharon Keller, incumbent Presiding Judge^[28]

• Holly Taylor, assistant director within civil rights division of theTravis County district attorney's office^[29]

2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 election

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Nominee Gina Parker Nancy Mulder Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,340,949 4,526,924 Percentage 58.35% 41.65%

County results Parker:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Mulder:     50–60%     60–70%

Judge before election Barbara Parker Hervey Republican Elected Judge Gina Parker Republican

Incumbent Judge Barbara Parker Hervey ran for re-election to a 4th term.

• Barbara Parker Hervey, incumbent Judge^[31]
• Gina Parker, attorney^[31]

• Nancy Mulder, Judge of theDallas County Criminal District Court (No. 6)^[29]

2024 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 election

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Nominee Lee Finley Chika Anyiam Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,385,238 4,461,229 Percentage 58.87% 41.13%

County results Finley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100% Anyiam:     50–60%     60–70%

Judge before election Michelle Slaughter Republican Elected Judge Lee Finley Republican

Incumbent Judge Michelle Slaughter ran for re-election to a 2nd term.

• Lee Finley, criminal defense attorney^[33]
• Michelle Slaughter, incumbent Judge^[33]

• Chika Anyiam, Judge of theDallas County Criminal District Court (No. 7)^[29]

All fifteen seats of theTexas Board of Education were up for election to four-year terms. The board follows a 2-4-4 term system; members are elected to two-year terms at the beginning of each decade. Based on the results of the 2022 election, the board was made up of ten Republicans and five Democrats; however, DemocratAicha Davis had resigned from her seat to run for the Texas House of Representatives. Despite fellow Democrat Tiffany Clark running unopposed for the seat, Abbott appointed Republican Leslie Recine to fill Davis' unexpired term, giving Republicans an 11–4 majority on the board for the final two months of 2025.^[35] During this time, the board adopted the highly controversial Bluebonnet Learning curriculum, which incorporates religion, particularlyChristianity, into itselementary school lessons. The passage gave districts financial incentive to adopt the curriculum, although it did not require it.^[36] Democrats held onto all of their seats, including a very narrow victory in district 1, returning the board to its 10–5 Republican majority at the start of 2025.^[37]

All 150 seats of theTexas House of Representatives and 15 of the 31 seats of theTexas State Senate are up for election.^[2] The winners of this election will serve in the89th Texas Legislature.

• Austin: One-term incumbentKirk Watson successfully ran for re-election.^[39]
• Corpus Christi, Texas: Two-term incumbent Paulette Guajardo is eligible for re-election.

• Lubbock, Texas: Mark McBrayer was elected on May 4 to replace retiring one-term incumbent Republican Trey Payne.^[40][41]
• El Paso: One-term incumbentOscar Leeser chose not to run for re-election, and was succeeded byRenard Johnson.^[42]

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