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2026 Texas Election Central: Races, Candidates, Polls & Results
Follow Texas races, candidates, polls, forecasts, results, and the voting information Texans need before election day.
2026 Texas election pulse
Every race. Every vote. One Texas election hub.
Election Central brings together race ratings, candidate profiles, polling, forecasts, sourced results, ballot research, and practical voting guidance in one public hub.
51 days remaining until Texas General Election.
Election Central data
Active election overview
- Races
- 227
- Candidates
- 491
- Polls
- 8
- Results
- Not reporting
KeepTXRed guides
Popular Texas election resources
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How to register to vote in Texas
Review eligibility, registration steps, deadlines, and official Texas voter resources.
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Texas election laws explained
Understand the Texas laws and rules that govern voting and elections.
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Contact your Texas legislators
Find the officials who represent you and learn how to contact their offices.
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Read the latest reporting and analysis on Texas government and political races.
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Explore Election Central
Track the races
See statewide, congressional, legislative, and local contests in one place.
Open section →Meet the candidates
Compare candidate backgrounds, priorities, endorsements, and campaign details.
Open section →Follow the polls
Review recent polling, sample details, field dates, and movement over time.
Open section →Prepare to vote
Find registration, early-voting, ballot, identification, and election-day guidance.
Open section →Review forecasts
See model estimates, confidence, change, and clearly labeled fundamentals.
Open section →Check results
Follow sourced, clearly labeled unofficial returns until certification.
Open section →Race watch
Featured Texas races
Polling
Latest election polls
8 verified poll records are published.
Review polls and methodology →Forecasts
Featured race forecasts
5 sourced forecasts are currently published.
Review forecasts and methodology →Results
Active election results
Result totals are published only from sourced official returns. Placeholder vote totals are not displayed.
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2026 master reference
Texas election cycle at a glance
This index counts only Election Central race and candidate records that are both published and verified. Calendar dates come from the centralized Texas election calendar and link into the maintained race, candidate, voting and results systems.
- Verified races
- 227
- Verified candidates
- 491
- 2026 statewide election dates
- 3
- General Election
- November 3, 2026
Reference notes
Election master reference sources
Methodology
Race and candidate totals are computed from the site's published, verified 2026 election snapshots. Calendar dates are read from the centralized Texas election calendar. Unpublished or unverified records are excluded rather than counted as complete coverage.
Last verified
Election calendar last verified 2026-07-18. Race and candidate pages retain their own verification records.
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Candidate and district pages
These links point directly to published, verified Election Central records so voters and search engines can reach important detail pages without relying on filters or search forms.