This past Tuesday, Texas voters cast their ballots in the primary election for county, state and congressional seats. Early voting numbers showed a historic turnout compared to previous years, ultimately resulting in approximately 4.3 million Texan voters across the Democratic and Republican parties, according to statistics from the Texas Secretary of State’s Office as of March 4, 2026.
Locally in Lamb County, voters cast 1,727 ballots, comprised of 87 absentee voters, 580 early voters, and 1,060 voters on Election Day, according to election results provided by County Clerk Rene Trevino.
While some candidates secured their spots on the November ballot, others will face runoff elections on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Candidates who did not earn more than 50% of the vote head to runoff elections.
In the three-way race for County Commissioner, Precinct 4, incumbent Lee Logan received 44.3% of the vote, Steven McCain 36.6%, and Jimmy Young 19.1%. Logan and McCain will head to a runoff election to determine the Republican nominee.
Republican candidates winning uncontested races included Scott A. Say, 154th District Judge; James M. Deloach, County Judge; Debbie Long, District Clerk; Rene Trevino, County Clerk; Jerry Yarbrough, County Treasurer; Kent Lewis, County Comissioner, Precinct 2; Teresa Perez, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1; Brad Bridges, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2; Tim Walker, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3; Matt Hana, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4; and Steve Busby, County Chair.
On the Republican ballot, voters selected ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for 10 end-of-ballot survey questions, while voters on the Democratic ballot selected ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for 13 end-of-ballot survey questions.
At the state level for Texas Governor, incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott secured the Republican vote and will run against Democrat Gina Hinojosa, who won 58.8% of votes in the Democratic primary, in the November general election.
In the Republican primary for Lt. Governor, Republican Dan Patrick secured 84.8% of the vote, whereas Democratic candidates Vikki Goodwin, with 48%, and Marcos Velez, with 31.5%, will face the runoff election.
The Democratic primary for U.S. Senate incited competition between James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett, notably involving both campaigns requesting Dallas County Elections to extend voting hours to 9 p.m. However, the Texas Supreme Court struck this request, ordering to separate ballots cast by voters who were not in line to vote by 7 p.m.
Conversely, incumbent John Cornyn, earning 41.9%, and Ken Paxton at 40.7% will head to runoff elections for the Republican Senate nomination.
Both the Republican and Democratic nominees for Texas Attorney General will head to runoff elections. In the Republican primary, Rep. Chip Roy secured 31.6% of the vote, and state Sen. Mayes Middleton secured 39.2%. Democrat candidate Nathan Johnson earned 48.1%, and Joe Jaworski earned 26.4%.
The Republican U. S. House District 19 will head to runoffs, as Tom Sell earned 40.% of the vote while Abraham Enriquez and Matt Smith trailed with close margins of 18.8% and 18.5%, respectively. The Republican runoff election winner will run against Democrat Kyle Rable, who ran unopposed.
Republican Charles Perry ran unchallenged for State Senator, District 28, and will run against Democrat Riley Rodriguez, who also ran unopposed.
Unopposed Democrat Heather Wallace will face Republican State Rep. Ken King, who earned 53.87% of the vote, for State Representative, District 88. For Comptroller of Public Accounts, Republican Don Huffines secured 57.4% of the vote, and Democrat Sarah Eckhardt won with 64.3%.
The general land commissioner race is between unopposed candidate Republican Dawn Buckingham and Democrat Benjamin Flores, who won with 55.8%.
Unopposed Democratic candidate Clayton Tucker will run against Republican Nate Sheets, who beat incumbent Sid Miller with 52.7% of the votes, for agriculture commissioner.
Republicans Jim Wright with 31.8%, and Bo French with 32.8%, will head to the runoffs for the nomination against unopposed Democrat Jon Rosenthal for railroad commissioner.
In the race for Chief Justice, Democrat Maggie Ellis secured the win with 76.8% and will run against unopposed Republican incumbent Jimmy Blacklock.
Unopposed candidates Charli Kelly, Democrat, and incumbent James Sullivan, Republican, will run for Supreme Court Justice, Place 2.
Securing a majority of the vote at 75.6%, Democrat Kristen Hawkins will face unopposed incumbent Republican Kyle Hawkins for Supreme Court Justice, Place 7.
Both uncontested, Democrat Gisela Triana and Republican incumbent Brett Busby will run for Supreme Court Justice, Place 8.
The Republican nominee, between Alison Fox, with 31.27% of votes, and Thomas Smith, with 30.7%, will run against uncontested Democrat Okey Anyiam for Criminal Appeals Court, Place 3.
Both uncontested, Democrat Audra Riley will face Republican incumbent Kevin Yeary for Criminal Appeals Court, Place 4.
For Criminal Appeals Court, Place 9, uncontested Democrat Holly Taylor will run against John Messinger, who earned 68.8% of the votes.
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Judy Parker as the Chief Justice of the Texas Seventh Court of Appeals on Jan. 15, 2026. His term expires in Dec. of this year.
The races for Chief Justice of the 15th Court of Appeals, and Places 2 and 3 of the Court of Appeals, all involved uncontested candidates: Republican Scott Brister will run against Democrat Jerry Zimmerer; Republican Scott K. Field will run against Democrat Tom Baker; and Republican April Farris will run against Marc. M Meyer, respectively.
The Texas primary runoff election is on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Early voting for this election begins May 18 and continues through May 22, 2026, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The last day to register to vote in this election is April 27, 2026, and the last day to apply to vote by mail is May 15, 2026.