2020 Texas elections
Texas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 14.[1]
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In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters will elect the Class II U.S. Senator from Texas, 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 4 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 21 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.
To vote by mail, registered Texas voters had to request a ballot by October 23, 2020.[2] Postal ballots were available only to voters over 65, those sick or disabled, those who were out of their county on election day and those who were in jail (and otherwise eligible to vote).[3]
Federal offices
President of the United States
Texas has 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
United States Class II Senate Seat
United States House of Representatives
There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election in addition to 6 open seats.[4]
Railroad Commission
Republican primary
- Nominee
- James Wright[5]
- Eliminated in primary
- Ryan Sitton (incumbent and chair of the commission)[6]
Democratic primary
- Nominee
- Chrysta Castañeda[5]
- Eliminated in runoff
- Roberto Alonzo[6]
- Eliminated in primary
Other candidates
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Jim Wright (R) |
Chrysta Castañeda (D) |
Matt Sterett (L) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov/University of Houston | Oct 13–20, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 47% | 38% | 3% | 1%[lower-alpha 2] | 11% |
| Data for Progress/Texas Youth Power Alliance | Aug 20–25, 2020 | 2,295 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 39% | 33% | – | – | 25% |
| Global Strategy Group/Chrysta for Texas[upper-alpha 1] | Aug 11-13, 2020 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 37% | 31% | 8% | – | 24% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Wright | 5,831,263 | 53.01% | {{{change}}} | |
| Democratic | Chrysta Castañeda | 4,792,422 | 43.56% | ||
| Libertarian | Matt Sterett | 247,659 | 2.25% | ||
| Green | Katija "Kat" Gruene | 129,638 | 1.18% | ||
| Total votes | 11,000,982 | 100.0% | |||
State Board of Education
8 of 15 seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election. Before the election the composition of that board was:
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State Judiciary
Each of the state's two courts of last resort have 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents.[8]
Polling
- Supreme Court Chief Justice
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Nathan Hecht (R) |
Amy Clark Meachum (D) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov/University of Houston | Oct 13–20, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 48% | 40% | 3%[lower-alpha 3] | 9% |
- Supreme Court Place 6
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Jane Bland (R) |
Kathy Cheng (D) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov/University of Houston | Oct 13–20, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 49% | 40% | 11% |
- Court of Appeals Place 3
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Bert Richardson (R) |
Elizabeth Davis Frizell (D) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov/University of Houston | Oct 13–20, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 48% | 38% | 14% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Nathan Hecht (I) | 5,827,085 | 52.98% | ||
| Democratic | Amy Clark Meachum | 4,893,402 | 44.49% | ||
| Libertarian | Mark Ash | 277,491 | 2.52% | ||
| Total votes | 10,997,978 | 100.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jane Bland (I) | 6,050,534 | 55.24% | ||
| Democratic | Kathy Cheng | 4,903,527 | 44.76% | ||
| Total votes | 10,954,061 | 100.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bert Richardson (I) | 5,953,924 | 54.53% | ||
| Democratic | Elizabeth Davis Frizell | 4,964,460 | 45.47% | ||
| Total votes | 10,918,384 | 100.0% | |||
State Legislature
All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 16 of 31 seats of the Texas State Senate are up for election.
State Senate
Before the election the composition of the state senate was:
| Party | # of seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 19 | |
| Democratic | 12 | |
| Total | 31 | |
House of Representatives
Before the election the composition of the state house was:
| Party | # of seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 83 | |
| Democratic | 67 | |
| Total | 150 | |
See also
- Postal voting in the United States, 2020 [9]
- Bilingual elections requirement for Texas (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)[10]
Notes
- Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - Gruene (G) with 1%
- Mark Ash (L) with 3%
- Partisan clients
- Poll sponsored by Castañeda's campaign
References
- "Texas elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2020
- Application for a Ballot by Mail
- "Live: Texas State Primary Election Results 2020". The New York Times. June 29, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- "Candidate Information". Texas Secretary of State. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- "Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- "Official Canvass Report - 2020 November 3rd General Election" (PDF). Texas Secretary of State. November 2020.
- Pollock, Cassandra (July 13, 2020). "Republican Party of Texas leaders opt for virtual convention after loss at state Supreme Court". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- Brent Kendall; Alexa Corse (October 11, 2020), "Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio See Court Rulings Over Mail Ballots", The Wall Street Journal,
Both political parties are mounting legal challenges across many states, with mail-in voting at the center
- "Covered Areas for Voting Rights Bilingual Election Materials—2015", Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006, Determinations Under Section 203, Federal Register, retrieved October 13, 2020,
A Notice by the Census Bureau on 12/05/2016
Further reading
- Nick Corasaniti; Stephanie Saul; Patricia Mazzei (September 13, 2020), "Big Voting Decisions in Florida, Wisconsin, Texas: What They Mean for November", The New York Times, archived from the original on September 13, 2020,
Both parties are waging legal battles around the country over who gets to vote and how
- David Weigel; Lauren Tierney (September 22, 2020), "The 50 political states of America", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on October 12, 2020,
Texas
- "Texas governor cuts back on voting locations weeks before election", BBC News, UK, October 1, 2020,
Texas' governor has ordered that voters can drop off their mail-in ballots at only one location per county
- Elise Viebeck (October 2, 2020), "Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor's order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location", Washingtonpost.com
- "US election 2020: Texas judge blocks postal voting restrictions", BBC News, UK, October 10, 2020
- "Voter suppression: At risk of losing Texas, Republicans scheme to limit Democratic votes", Economist.com, October 10, 2020
- Michelle Ye Hee Lee; Amy Gardner; Brittney Martin (October 14, 2020), "Early voting begins in Texas with high turnout, despite new legal developments on voting access", The Washington Post
- Dan Balz (October 18, 2020), "Texas is the most intriguing political state in the country this fall", The Washington Post
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Texas elections, 2020. |
- Elections Division at the Texas Secretary of State official website
- Texas at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Texas", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Texas: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- University of Texas Libraries, "Voting and Elections", Research Guides
- "League of Women Voters of Texas". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Texas 2019 & 2020 Elections", Followthemoney.org
- "Election Guides: Texas", Spreadthevote.org (in English and Spanish). (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020
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