Printed 2026 general election choices in all 18 Texas statewide candidate contests and their finance source status
Office	Candidate or ticket	Ballot affiliation	Finance source
U.S. Senate	Ken Paxton	Republican Party	FEC record matched
U.S. Senate	James Talarico	Democratic Party	FEC record matched
U.S. Senate	Ted Brown	Libertarian Party	FEC record matched
Governor	Greg Abbott	Republican Party	State record matched
Governor	Gina Hinojosa	Democratic Party	State record matched
Governor	Pat Dixon	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Lieutenant Governor	Dan Patrick	Republican Party	State record matched
Lieutenant Governor	Vikki Goodwin	Democratic Party	State record matched
Lieutenant Governor	Anthony Cristo	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Lieutenant Governor	Kevin McCormick	Green Party	State record matched
Attorney General	Mayes Middleton	Republican Party	State record matched
Attorney General	Nathan Johnson	Democratic Party	State record matched
Attorney General	Tom Oxford	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Comptroller of Public Accounts	Don Huffines	Republican Party	State record matched
Comptroller of Public Accounts	Sarah Eckhardt	Democratic Party	State record matched
Comptroller of Public Accounts	V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Comptroller of Public Accounts	Shehla Faizi	Green Party	State record matched
Commissioner of the General Land Office	Dawn Buckingham	Republican Party	State record matched
Commissioner of the General Land Office	Benjamin Flores	Democratic Party	State record matched
Commissioner of the General Land Office	Neill Snider	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Commissioner of Agriculture	Nate Sheets	Republican Party	State record matched
Commissioner of Agriculture	Clayton Tucker	Democratic Party	State record matched
Commissioner of Agriculture	Austin R. Kelly	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Railroad Commissioner	Bo French	Republican Party	State record matched
Railroad Commissioner	Jon Rosenthal	Democratic Party	State record matched
Railroad Commissioner	Arthur DiBianca	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Jimmy Blacklock	Republican Party	State record matched
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Maggie Ellis	Democratic Party	State record matched
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2, Unexpired Term	James P. Sullivan	Republican Party	State record matched
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2, Unexpired Term	Chari Kelly	Democratic Party	State record matched
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7	Kyle Hawkins	Republican Party	State record matched
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7	Kristen Hawkins	Democratic Party	State record matched
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8	Brett Busby	Republican Party	No comparable state summary
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8	Gisela D. Triana	Democratic Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3	Thomas Smith	Republican Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3	Okey Anyiam	Democratic Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3	Mark Ash	Libertarian Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4	Kevin Patrick Yeary	Republican Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4	Audra Riley	Democratic Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9	John Messinger	Republican Party	State record matched
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9	Holly Taylor	Democratic Party	State record matched
Chief Justice, Fifteenth Court of Appeals	Scott Brister	Republican Party	State record matched
Chief Justice, Fifteenth Court of Appeals	Jerry Zimmerer	Democratic Party	State record matched
Justice, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, Place 2	Scott K. Field	Republican Party	State record matched
Justice, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, Place 2	Tom Baker	Democratic Party	State record matched
Justice, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, Place 3	April Farris	Republican Party	State record matched
Justice, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, Place 3	Marc M. Meyer	Democratic Party	State record matched

Separate from printed choices

Certified write-in candidates

The official certified list names 10 statewide write-in candidates: four for U.S. Senate, four for Governor, and two for Lieutenant Governor. Six district-level write-ins are excluded from this statewide guide. Write-ins are not part of the 47 printed-choice count.

U.S. Senate

Avery Ayers
Bradford "Brad" Hall
Zul Mohamed
Jade Simmons

Governor

Edward Earl Giles
Jenn Mack
Jinghpaw Majoishingra
Mike Miller

Lieutenant Governor

Arturo Espinosa
Stephen Samuelson

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Official candidate and election documents

Final ballot certificationSecretary of State certification dated August 28, 2026, with county-by-county federal, state, district, and local candidates.Official statewide sample ballotState sample ballot showing the statewide printed candidate offices and choices.Certified write-in listSecretary of State certification of declared write-in candidates dated August 28, 2026.

Coverage boundary: This page covers contests decided by every Texas voter. U.S. Senate and 14 state executive and statewide judicial contests are included, together with the three Fifteenth Court of Appeals contests because its district includes all counties. U.S. House, State Board of Education, legislative, regional court of appeals, trial court, county, and local contests are excluded. Certified write-ins are listed separately and are not included in the printed-choice count. Read the full coverage boundary.