Elections in Texas

From 1836 to 1845, the Republic of Texas elected presidents. In 1845, it was admitted as the state of Texas.

Elections in Texas
Federal government Presidential elections 1848 1852 1856 1860 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 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 Dem GOP 2012 2016 Dem 2020 Dem GOP U.S. Senate 1916 1918 1922 1924 1928 1930 1934 1936 1940 1941 1942 1946 1948 1952 1954 1957 1958 1960 1961 1964 1966 1970 1972 1976 1978 1982 1984 1988 1990 1994 1996 2000 2002 2006 2008 2012 2014 2018 2020 U.S. House 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 22nd 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Special elections Senate, 1941 Senate, 1957 Senate, 1961 3rd district, 1991 Senate, 1993 28th district, 1997 19th district, 2003 22nd district, 2006 27th district, 2018
State government Gubernatorial elections 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1866 1869 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Legislative elections 2006 2008 2016 2018 Senate House 2020 Senate House Constitutional amendments 2005 2007 General elections 2006 2010 2014 2018 2020
Austin Mayoral elections 1997 2000 2001 (special) 2003 2006 2009 2012 2014 2018
Corpus Christi Mayoral elections 2012 2014 2016 2017 (special) 2018 2020
Dallas–Fort Worth Arlington mayoral elections 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 Dallas mayoral elections 1995 1999 2002 (special) 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Fort Worth mayoral elections 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 Garland mayoral elections 2018 (special) 2019 Plano municipal elections 2017
El Paso Mayoral elections 2001 2003 2005 2009 2013 2017 2020 Other municipal offices 2017 2020
Houston Mayoral elections 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2019 Municipal elections 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
Laredo Mayoral elections 2018
Lubbock Mayoral elections 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
San Antonio Mayoral elections 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Government

On March 4, 2008, Texas had Democratic and Republican presidential primaries.

Texas gubernatorial elections are held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November and do not coincide with the presidential elections.

Texas Senate elections are held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November on the same date as gubernatorial elections.

Texas House elections are held every two years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

If a candidate in a general election that requires a majority vote earns less than 50 percent of votes, the top two candidates advance to a runoff regardless of political party or no party.

To reduce the amount of time required to fill electoral vacancies, in special elections Texas dispenses with party primaries and instead uses a jungle primary system. Candidates of all parties (or no party) appear on the same ballot; if no single one of them receives 50 percent plus 1 vote, the two highest vote-getters also advance to a runoff irrespective of party affiliation. Most famously, in Texas' special election of 1961 John Tower, a Republican, was able to win a United States Senate seat in then-overwhelmingly Democratic Texas.