2024 Texas Elections

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Election results: How Texas voted in the 2024 primary

By Carla Astudillo March 5, 2024

Get The Texas Tribune’s coverage of election results for the 2024 primary races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature. Full Story 

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• State Rep. Shelby Slawson says she’s running for House speaker in letter condemning Phelan

  By Jasper Scherer Updated: 5 hours ago

  The announcement came two days after Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, narrowly survived a runoff challenge from the GOP’s hard right. Full Story 

• Texas runoff yields no clear winner among GOP’s warring factions, setting stage for power struggle

  By Jasper Scherer 7 hours ago

  Neither of the Texas GOP’s dueling factions landed a clean knockout blow during a grueling primary season that only seemed to set up further chaos and strife. Full Story 

• Molly Cook holds on to Houston-based Texas Senate seat in Democratic primary runoff

  By Renzo Downey May 29, 2024

  Cook was up 74 votes, according to unofficial results. Johnson has not conceded. Full Story 

• U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales prevails in primary runoff over gun influencer Brandon Herrera

  By Matthew Choi May 29, 2024

  The race became a referendum on the San Antonio Republican’s vote to support a bipartisan gun control package after the Uvalde school shooting. Full Story 

• Lupe Valdez loses primary runoff to Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown

  By Pooja Salhotra Updated: May 28, 2024

  Lupe Valdez previously held the sheriff’s post before unsuccessfully running for governor in 2018. Brown’s win likely clears her path to another term. Full Story 

• Lauren Ashley Simmons declares victory over Texas Rep. Shawn Thierry, who broke with Democrats on LGBTQ+ votes

  By Jasper Scherer May 28, 2024

  The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a test of whether Democratic lawmakers who do not fully support LGBTQ+ causes can remain in good standing with their own party’s voters. Full Story 

• Brent Hagenbuch wins GOP primary runoff for open Texas Senate seat

  By Renzo Downey Updated: May 28, 2024

  Hagenbuch won the primary in a district vacated by former Sen. Drew Springer, R-Muenster. Full Story 

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• Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give Abbott votes for school vouchers

  By Jasper Scherer Updated: May 28, 2024

  Six of eight GOP incumbents lost their races. Gov. Greg Abbott declared he “now has enough votes to pass school choice.” Full Story 

• Craig Goldman wins GOP runoff in outgoing U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s district

  By Matthew Choi and Robert Downen Updated: May 28, 2024

  The high-stakes race pitted an established Republican lawmaker against a right-wing candidate who had Attorney General Ken Paxton’s backing. Full Story 

• Navy veteran Jay Furman will face indicted U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in South Texas congressional race

  By Matthew Choi and Robert Downen Updated: May 28, 2024

  Furman won the Republican nomination in a runoff against Lazaro Garza. Cuellar’s criminal charges have suddenly made it a high-profile race. Full Story 

• House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces

  By Zach Despart Updated: May 28, 2024

  Business-minded Republicans spent millions trying to save Phelan, whose far-right opponent had the backing of Donald Trump, Ken Paxton and Dan Patrick. Phelan won by 366 votes, according to unofficial returns. Full Story 

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• Severe storms knock out power at North Texas voting sites

  By Alejandra Martinez May 28, 2024

  At least 76 polling places in four counties closed after the weather left hundreds of thousands of North Texans without power. Full Story 

• It’s primary runoff election day in Texas. Here’s what we’re watching.

  By Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart and Matthew Choi May 28, 2024

  Texans are heading to the polls Tuesday to make their final selections for which Democrats and Republicans will run for various seats in the November election. Full Story 

• Texas GOP convention kicks off with party leaders attacking Speaker Dade Phelan

  By Renzo Downey May 23, 2024

  Phelan’s foe Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urged Republicans to stop giving Democrats a say in the speaker election. Full Story 

• “The house is on fire”: Texas GOP plots its next chapter amid civil war, depleted staff, funding drops

  By Robert Downen May 23, 2024

  Under outgoing chair Matt Rinaldi, the party’s donor base has shrunk as it aligns with two far-right megadonors. Full Story 

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• Dade Phelan, House incumbents receive major fundraising boost from casino magnate

  By Jasper Scherer Updated: May 21, 2024

  Incumbents saw key support from the business community, while hardline conservatives like Tim Dunn also spent heavily. Full Story 

• Texas’ Republican old guard mobilizes to protect Dade Phelan from the far right

  By Jasper Scherer and Zach Despart May 21, 2024

  Phelan’s primary has emerged as a last stand for the Republican Party’s business-minded establishment against an insurgency primarily motivated by social and cultural issues. Full Story 

• Donald Trump says he’d consider Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general

  By Jasper Scherer May 20, 2024

  Trump told a reporter in Texas this weekend that Paxton is “a very talented guy.” Full Story 

• Biden, Trump sidestep traditional presidential debate schedule that included Texas State University

  By Matthew Choi May 15, 2024

  Texas State was slated to be the first Texas university to host a presidential debate, with an event scheduled Sept. 16. Full Story 

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• After U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s indictment, why aren’t Republicans trying to flip his district?

  By Matthew Choi May 14, 2024

  Instead, Republicans are trying to tie Cuellar’s allegations of bribery and corruption to Democrats in other competitive races in South Texas. Full Story