Texas
U.S. Senate
Open seat · Six-year Class II term beginning January 3, 2027

Ken PaxtonRepublican 
James TalaricoDemocratic
Also on the ballot: Ted Brown (Libertarian)
4 declared write-in candidates · see all
Official roster verified · Stale review
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Texas
· General election · Four-year term


Shown in surname order. Complete record, including write-ins and withdrawals ↓ · Photo credits ↓
Every candidate in the reviewed official scope, in surname order, including declared write-ins and withdrawn or removed entries when the source lists them.
Republican · Sitting governor (Greg Abbott), per the governor registry.
Libertarian
Affiliation unreported
Democratic
Affiliation unreported
Affiliation unreported
Affiliation unreported
Photographs identify candidates and do not imply endorsement. A photograph is shown only when it is linked to the same person through reviewed identity evidence; officeholder portraits are reused by person identity, never by office. Historical photographs keep their original dates. Every other candidate shows initials and “Photo unavailable”.
NASA Johnson Space Center / NASA-JSC/ROBERT MARKOWITZ / Wikimedia Commons · Taken on 26 March 2024 · Historical photograph
Greg Abbott at NASA 2024 (cropped).jpg ↗ · Public domain ↗ · Local derivative ↗
Resized and converted to WebP; original proportions retained. The interface displays a 4:5 crop. Existing source crops, where applicable, are retained; no retouching. The derivative is distributed under Public domain. Reviewed 2026-10-20.
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LBJ Library / Jay Godwin / Wikimedia Commons · 2017-02-16 · Historical photograph
Gina Hinojosa at LBJ Library Forum (3x4 cropped).jpg ↗ · Public domain ↗ · Local derivative ↗
Resized and converted to WebP; original proportions retained. The interface displays a 4:5 crop. Existing source crops, where applicable, are retained; no retouching. The derivative is distributed under Public domain. Reviewed 2026-10-20.
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Official candidate record · Reviewed 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-08-28
Final ballot certification, statewide offices, exhibit page 1 (PDF page 2). Only names, office and affiliations are transcribed; no wholesale republication.
Official candidate record · Reviewed 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-08-28
Separately certified declared write-in candidates, page 1. No affiliation supplied; labeled unreported.
Seat evidence · Reviewed 2026-10-31 · Published date not supplied
Identifies Greg Abbott as the sitting governor of Texas (repository governor registry, verified 2026-10-22). Seat status compares this officeholder with the official candidate record.
Race cards picture one Democratic and one Republican nominee, at equal size, when the official general-election ballot list includes exactly one of each; they appear in the official statewide ballot order where a source publishes one, and otherwise in surname order. Other contests (no Democratic or Republican nominee, top-four registration labels, an unverified ballot listing or no verified roster) picture the first four ballot candidates by surname. Every other ballot candidate is named on the card, and this page lists everyone in the reviewed record, including write-ins and withdrawn or removed candidates. No candidate is shown or omitted on judgments of competitiveness, and the display does not predict results.
Texas
Open seat · Six-year Class II term beginning January 3, 2027


Also on the ballot: Ted Brown (Libertarian)
4 declared write-in candidates · see all
Official roster verified · Stale review