2022 Texas elections

The 2022 Texas elections were held on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on March 1, with runoffs held on May 24 for primary candidates who did not receive a majority of the vote.

2022 Texas elections

← 2021 November 8, 2022 2023 →

All of the states' executive offices were up for election, as well as all seats of the Texas Legislature and all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, an additional two of which were apportioned to the state following the 2020 redistricting cycle based on data from the 2020 census.

Federal

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

Executive

Governor

Main article: 2022 Texas gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott successfully ran for re-election to a third term.^[1] He was re-elected in 2018 with 55.8% of the vote.^[2]

Abbott faced a number of Republican challengers, including former party chair and ex-Florida congressman Allen West, former state senator Don Huffines, and political commentator Chad Prather, all of which have been vocal critics of Abbott due to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.^[3][4][5] Former U.S. representative and 2018 U.S. Senate nominee Beto O'Rourke won the Democratic primary.^[6]

2022 Texas gubernatorial election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Greg Abbott (incumbent)	4,437,099	54.76%	−1.05%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke	3,553,656	43.86%	+1.35%
	Libertarian	Mark Tippetts	81,932	1.01%	−0.68%
	Green	Delilah Barrios	28,584	0.35%	N/A
	Write-in		1,637	0.02%	N/A
Total votes			8,102,908	100.0%
	Republican hold

Lieutenant governor

Main article: 2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick successfully ran for re-election to a third term.^[8] He was re-elected in 2018 with 51.3% of the vote.^[2]

Republican candidates include activist Trayce Bradford and secessionist Daniel Miller^[9][10] Democratic candidates included 2018 nominee Mike Collier and state representative Michelle Beckley.^[11][12]

2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Patrick (incumbent)	4,317,692	53.75%	+2.45%
	Democratic	Mike Collier	3,492,544	43.48%	−3.01%
	Libertarian	Shanna Steele	222,208	2.77%	+0.56%
Total votes			8,032,444	100.0%
	Republican hold

Attorney general

Main article: 2022 Texas Attorney General election

Incumbent Republican attorney general Ken Paxton successfully ran for re-election to a third term.^[13] He was re-elected in 2018 with 50.6% of the vote.^[2]

Paxton was challenged by Land Commissioner George P. Bush, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman, and U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert in the Republican primary.^[14][15][16] Former Galveston mayor Joe Jaworski, Attorney Lee Merritt who dropped out and endorsed eventual primary nominee, ACLU attorney Rochelle Garza, were running in the Democratic primary.^[17][18]

2022 Texas Attorney General election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ken Paxton (incumbent)	4,278,986	53.42%	+2.85%
	Democratic	Rochelle Garza	3,497,267	43.66%	−3.35%
	Libertarian	Mark Ash	233,750	2.92%	+0.49%
Total votes			8,010,003	100.0%
	Republican hold

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Main article: 2022 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

Incumbent Republican comptroller Glenn Hegar successfully ran for re-election to a third term.^[19] He was re-elected in 2018 with 53.2% of the vote.^[2]

Hegar's sole Republican challenger was businessman Mark Golby. Accountant Janet Dudding, attorney Tim Mahoney, and strategist Angel Luis Vega ran for the Democratic nomination.^[20][21]

2022 Texas Comptroller election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Glenn Hegar (incumbent)	4,496,319	56.39%	+3.20%
	Democratic	Janet Dudding	3,265,069	40.95%	−2.44%
	Libertarian	Alonzo Echavarria-Garza	212,205	2.66%	−0.76%
Total votes			7,973,593	100.0%
	Republican hold

Commissioner of the General Land Office

2022 Texas Land Commissioner election

← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →

Nominee Dawn Buckingham Jay Kleberg Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,463,452 3,350,291 Percentage 56.2% 42.2%

County results Buckingham:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Kleberg:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Land Commissioner before election George P. Bush Republican Elected Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Republican

Incumbent Republican Land Commissioner George P. Bush retired to run for attorney general.^[22] He was re-elected in 2018 with 53.7% of the vote.^[2] He was replaced by fellow Republican Dawn Buckingham, who won with 56.2% of the vote.^[23]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Dawn Buckingham, state senator from the 24th district^[24]

Eliminated in runoff

• Tim Westley, pastor^[25]

Eliminated in primary

• Ben Armenta, businessman^[25]
• Victor Avila, former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent^[26]
• Rufus Lopez, attorney^[25]
• Weston Martinez, activist and former Texas Real Estate Commissioner^[27]
• Don W. Minton, attorney^[25]
• Jon Spiers, surgeon and candidate for Texas's 2nd congressional district in 2018^[28]

Endorsements

Dawn Buckingham

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)^[29]

Statewide officials

• Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas (2015–present)^[30]
• Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (2015–present) and former state senator from the 7th district (2007–2015)^[31]

State legislators

• Paul Bettencourt, state senator from the 7th district (2015–present) and Senate Majority Leader (2016–present)^[32]
• Brian Birdwell, state senator from the 22nd district (2010–present)^[32]
• Donna Campbell, state senator from the 25th district (2013–present) and President pro tempore of the Senate (2021–present)^[32]
• Brandon Creighton, state senator from the 4th district (2014–present) and former state representative from the 16th district (2007–2014)^[32]
• Bob Hall, state senator from the 2nd district (2015–present)^[32]
• Joan Huffman, state senator from the 17th district (2008–present)^[32]
• Bryan Hughes, state senator from the 1st district (2017–present) and former state representative from the 5th district (2003–2017)^[32]
• Lois Kolkhorst, state senator from the 18th district (2014–present) and former state representative from the 13th district (2001–2014)^[32]
• Robert Nichols, state senator from the 3rd district (2007–present) and former mayor of Jacksonville (1985–1989)^[32]
• Angela Paxton, state senator from the 8th district (2019–present)^[32]
• Charles Perry, state senator from the 28th district (2014–present) and former state representative from the 83rd district (2011–2014)^[32]
• Charles Schwertner, state senator from the 5th district (2013–present) and former state representative from the 20th district (2011–2013)^[32]
• Drew Springer, state senator from the 30th district (2021–present) and former state representative from the 68th district (2013–2021)^[32]
• Larry Taylor, state senator from the 11th district (2013–present) and former state representative from the 24th district (2003–2013)^[32]

Newspapers and other media

• San Antonio Express-News^[33] (dual endorsement with Kleberg)

Organizations

• Texas Alliance for Life^[34]
• Texas Home School Coalition^[35]
• Texas Oil and Gas Association^[36]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Ben Armenta	Victor Avila	Dawn Buckingham	Rufus Lopez	Weston Martinez	Don W. Minton	Jon Spiers	Tim Westley	Undecided
YouGov/UH[37]	January 14–24, 2022	490 (LV)	± 3.7%	0%	4%	4%	3%	3%	1%	3%	2%	80%

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham	679,125	41.92%
	Republican	Tim Westley	239,473	14.78%
	Republican	Jon Spiers	203,879	12.58%
	Republican	Don W. Minton	171,001	10.55%
	Republican	Victor Avila	121,998	7.53%
	Republican	Weston Martinez	107,219	6.62%
	Republican	Rufus Lopez	49,475	3.05%
	Republican	Ben Armenta	48,029	2.96%
Total votes			1,620,199	100.0%

Runoff polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Dawn Buckingham	Tim Westley	Undecided
CWS Research (R)[39][A]	May 4–10, 2022	992 (LV)	± 3.1%	34%	18%	48%
CWS Research (R)[40][A]	March 29 – April 2, 2022	678 (LV)	± 3.8%	42%	18%	40%

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham	595,554	68.78%
	Republican	Tim Westley	270,365	31.22%
Total votes			865,919	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Jay Kleberg, conservationist and member of the King Ranch family^[42]

Eliminated in runoff

• Sandagrace Martinez, mental health advocate^[25]

Eliminated in primary

• Jinny Suh, lawyer and activist^[43]

Endorsements

Jay Kleberg

Statewide officials

• Garry Mauro, former Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office^[44]

State legislators

• Terry Canales, state representative from the 40th district^[44]
• Alex Dominguez, state representative from the 37th district^[44]
• Robert Guerra, state representative from the 41st district^[44]
• Michael Lange, investment manager^[43]
• Oscar Longoria, state representative from the 35th district^[44]
• Eddie Lucio III, former state representative from the 38th district^[44]
• Armando Martinez, state representative from the 39th district^[44]

Newspaper and other media

• The Austin Chronicle^[45]

Labor unions

• Texas AFL–CIO^[46]
• Texas Federation of Teachers^[47]

Organizations

• Planned Parenthood Texas Votes^[48]

Jinny Suh

State legislators

• Donna Howard, state representative from the 48th district^[44]
• Gene Wu, state representative from the 137th district^[44]
• Erin Zwiener, state representative from the 45th district^[44]

Organizations

• AFL–CIO^[44]
• American Federation of Teachers^[44]
• Annie's List^[44]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Jay Kleberg	Michael Lange	Sandagrace Martinez	Jinny Suh	Undecided
YouGov/UH[37]	January 14–24, 2022	616 (LV)	± 3.3%	7%	8%	17%	4%	64%

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandragrace Martinez	313,780	31.80%
	Democratic	Jay Kleberg	257,034	26.05%
	Democratic	Jinny Suh	216,238	21.91%
	Democratic	Michael Lange	199,764	20.24%
Total votes			986,816	100.0%

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jay Kleberg	254,273	52.95%
	Democratic	Sandragrace Martinez	225,964	47.05%
Total votes			480,237	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Dawn Buckingham (R)	Jay Kleberg (D)	Other	Undecided
Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation[51]	September 6–15, 2022	1,172 (LV)	± 2.9%	46%	38%	2%[b]	14%

Results

2022 Texas Land Commissioner election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Buckingham	4,463,452	56.15%	+2.47%
	Democratic	Jay Kleberg	3,350,291	42.15%	−1.04%
	Green	Alfred Molison Jr.	133,034	1.67%	N/A
Total votes			7,948,589	100.0%
	Republican hold

Commissioner of Agriculture

2022 Texas Agriculture Commissioner election

← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →

Nominee Sid Miller Susan Hays Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,480,186 3,473,603 Percentage 56.33% 43.67%

County results Miller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Hays:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Agriculture Commissioner before election Sid Miller Republican Elected Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Republican

Incumbent Republican Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller ran for re-election to a third term.^[52] He was re-elected in 2018 with 51.3% of the vote.^[2] He was re-elected for a third term with 56.4% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Sid Miller, incumbent agriculture commissioner^[52]

Eliminated in primary

• Carey A. Counsil, professor and rancher^[53]
• James White, state representative from the 19th District^[53]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Carey Counsil	Sid Miller	James White	Undecided
UT Tyler[54]	February 8–15, 2022	577 (LV)	± 4.4%	6%	32%	14%	47%
UT Tyler[55]	January 18–25, 2022	512 (LV)	± 5.1%	5%	25%	7%	63%
YouGov/UH[37]	January 14–24, 2022	490 (LV)	± 3.7%	4%	34%	7%	55%
YouGov/TXHPF[56]	October 14–27, 2021	405 (LV)	± 2.6%	2%	30%	5%	63%

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sid Miller (incumbent)	992,330	58.48%
	Republican	James White	528,434	31.14%
	Republican	Carey A. Counsil	176,083	10.38%
Total votes			1,696,847	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Susan Hays, cannabis attorney^[57]

Eliminated in primary

• Ed Ireson, businessman^[58]

Endorsements

Susan Hays

Newspapers and other media

• The Austin Chronicle^[45]

Labor unions

• Texas AFL–CIO^[59]
• Texas Federation of Teachers^[47]

Organizations

• Planned Parenthood Texas Votes^[60]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Susan Hays	Ed Ireson	Undecided
YouGov/UH[37]	January 14–24, 2022	616 (LV)	± 3.3%	27%	10%	63%

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Hays	814,283	82.77%
	Democratic	Ed Ireson	169,503	17.23%
Total votes			983,786	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Sid Miller (R)	Susan Hayes (D)	Undecided
ActiVote[61]	June 23 – September 21, 2022	184 (LV)	± 7.0%	50%	50%	–
Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation[51]	September 6–15, 2022	1,172 (LV)	± 2.9%	48%	41%	11%

Results

2022 Texas Agriculture Commissioner election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sid Miller (incumbent)	4,480,186	56.33%	+5.07%
	Democratic	Susan Hays	3,473,603	43.67%	−2.74%
Total votes			7,953,789	100.0%
	Republican hold

Railroad Commission

2022 Texas Railroad Commissioner election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Wayne Christian Luke Warford Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,401,187 3,222,305 Percentage 55.4% 40.5%

County results Christian:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Warford:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Railroad Commissioner before election Wayne Christian Republican Elected Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian Republican

Incumbent Republican Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian ran for re-election to a second six-year term.^[62] He was first elected in 2016 with 53.1% of the vote.^[63] He was re-elected with 55.4% of the vote.^[64]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Wayne Christian, incumbent railroad commissioner^[62]

Eliminated in runoff

• Sarah Stogner, attorney^[65]

Eliminated in primary

• Tom Slocum Jr., engineering consultant^[66]
• Marvin Summers, lawyer^[65]
• Dawayne Tipton, project manager^[65]

Endorsements

Sarah Stogner

Newspaper and other media

• Austin American-Statesman^[67]
• Barstool Sports^[68]
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram^[69]
• Houston Chronicle^[70]
• San Antonio Express-News^[33]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Wayne Christian	Tom Slocum Jr.	Sarah Stogner	Marvin Summers	Dawayne Tipton	Undecided
YouGov/UH[37]	January 14–24, 2022	490 (LV)	± 3.7%	9%	4%	5%	5%	3%	74%

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Christian (incumbent)	775,679	47.37%
	Republican	Sarah Stogner	244,949	14.96%
	Republican	Tom Slocum Jr.	234,439	14.32%
	Republican	Marvin "Sarge" Summers	194,099	11.85%
	Republican	Dawayne Tipton	188,428	11.51%
Total votes			1,637,594	100.0%

Runoff

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Wayne Christian	Sarah Stogner	Undecided
CWS Research (R)[39][A]	May 4–10, 2022	992 (LV)	± 3.1%	46%	24%	30%
CWS Research (R)[40][A]	March 29 – April 2, 2022	678 (LV)	± 3.8%	50%	24%	26%

Results

Republican primary runoff results^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Christian (incumbent)	574,573	65.04%
	Republican	Sarah Stogner	308,859	34.96%
Total votes			883,432	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Luke Warford, former staffer for the Texas Democratic Party^[71]

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luke Warford	916,650	100.0%
Total votes			916,650	100.0%

Libertarian convention

Candidates

• Jaime Diez^[72]

Green convention

Candidates

• Hunter Crow^[72]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Wayne Christian (R)	Luke Warford (D)	Other	Undecided
Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation[51]	September 6–15, 2022	1,172 (LV)	± 2.9%	44%	37%	5%[c]	14%
Data for Progress (D)[73][B]	August 17–22, 2022	636 (LV)	± 4.0%	48%	44%	–	10%

Results

2022 Texas Railroad Commissioner election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Wayne Christian (incumbent)	4,401,187	55.37%	+2.30%
	Democratic	Luke Warford	3,222,305	40.54%	+2.16%
	Libertarian	Jaime Díez	239,489	3.01%	−2.27%
	Green	Hunter Crow	85,570	1.08%	−2.20%
Total votes			7,948,551	100.0%
	Republican hold

Judicial

Supreme Court

Three of the nine positions of the Supreme Court of Texas were up for election. Justices are elected to six-year renewable terms with no term limit.

Place 3

2022 Texas Supreme Court Place 3 election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Debra Lehrmann Erin Nowell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,475,136 3,330,529 Percentage 56.2% 41.8%

County results Lehrmann:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Nowell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Justice before election Debra Lehrmann Republican Elected Justice Debra Lehrmann Republican

Incumbent Justice Debra Lehrmann ran for re-election to a third term. She was re-elected in 2016 with 53.1% of the vote.^[63]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Debra Lehrmann, incumbent Associate Justice^[74]

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Debra Lehrmann (incumbent)	1,535,581	100.0%
Total votes			1,535,581	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Erin A. Nowell, incumbent Associate Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas^[75]

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erin A. Nowell	914,184	100.0%
Total votes			914,184	100.0%

General election

Results

2022 Texas Supreme Court Place 3 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Debra Lehrmann (incumbent)	4,475,136	56.17%	+3.10%
	Democratic	Erin A. Nowell	3,330,529	41.80%	+3.42%
	Libertarian	Tom Oxford	162,036	2.03%	−3.25%
Total votes			7,967,701	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 5

2022 Texas Supreme Court Place 5 election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Rebeca Huddle Amanda Reichek Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,530,668 3,406,054 Percentage 57.1% 42.9%

County results Huddle:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Reichek:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Justice before election Rebeca Huddle Republican Elected Justice Rebeca Huddle Republican

Incumbent Justice Rebeca Huddle ran for election to a full term. She was appointed by Greg Abbott in 2020 to replace retiring justice Paul W. Green.^[76]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Rebeca Huddle, incumbent Associate Justice^[77]

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rebeca Huddle (incumbent)	1,519,069	100.0%
Total votes			1,519,069	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Amanda Reichek, incumbent Associate Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas^[78]

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Reichek	913,836	100.0%
Total votes			913,836	100.0%

General election

Results

2022 Texas Supreme Court Place 5 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rebeca Huddle (incumbent)	4,530,668	57.08%	+2.78%
	Democratic	Amanda Reichek	3,406,054	42.92%	+1.74%
Total votes			7,936,722	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 9

2022 Texas Supreme Court Place 9 election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Evan Young Julia Maldonado Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,474,900 3,458,103 Percentage 56.4% 43.6%

County results Young:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Maldonado:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Justice before election Evan Young Republican Elected Justice Evan Young Republican

Incumbent Republican justice Evan Young ran for election to a full term. He was appointed by Greg Abbott in 2021 to replace Justice Eva Guzman, who retired to run for attorney general.^[79]

Republican primary

Candidates

• David Schenck, incumbent Associate Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas^[80]
• Evan A. Young, incumbent Associate Justice^[77]

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evan A. Young (incumbent)	860,852	54.86%
	Republican	David Schenck	708,359	45.14%
Total votes			1,569,211	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Julia Maldonado, Judge of the Harris County District Court (507th District)^[81]

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Maldonado	922,595	100.0%
Total votes			922,595	100.0%

General election

Results

2022 Texas Supreme Court Place 9 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Evan A. Young (incumbent)	4,474,900	56.41%	+0.61%
	Democratic	Julia Maldonado	3,458,103	43.59%	+4.23%
Total votes			7,933,003	100.0%
	Republican hold

Court of Criminal Appeals

Three of the nine positions of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals were up for election. Justices are elected to six-year renewable terms with no term limit.

Place 2

2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2 election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Mary Lou Keel Party Republican Popular vote Unopposed

Judge before election Mary Lou Keel Republican Elected Judge Mary Lou Keel Republican

Incumbent Republican Judge Mary Lou Keel ran for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2016 with 54.9% of the vote.^[63]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Mary Lou Keel, incumbent Judge^[82]

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Lou Keel (incumbent)	1,485,583	100.0%
Total votes			1,485,583	100.0%

General election

Results

2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mary Lou Keel (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes
	Republican hold

Place 5

2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 5 election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Scott Walker Dana Huffman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,513,500 3,413,071 Percentage 56.9% 43.1%

County results Walker:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Huffman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Judge before election Scott Walker Republican Elected Judge Scott Walker Republican

Incumbent Republican Judge Scott Walker ran for re-election to a second term. He was first elected in 2016 with 54.7% of the vote.^[63]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Clint Morgan, Harris County assistant district attorney^[83]
• Scott Walker, incumbent Judge^[83]

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Walker (incumbent)	884,160	56.62%
	Republican	Clint Morgan	677,504	43.38%
Total votes			1,561,664	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Dana Huffman, Dallas County magistrate judge^[84]

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dana Huffman	911,472	100.0%
Total votes			911,472	100.0%

General election

Results

2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 5 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Scott Walker (incumbent)	4,513,500	56.94%	+2.19%
	Democratic	Dana Huffman	3,413,071	43.06%	+2.85%
Total votes			7,926,571	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 6

2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 6 election

← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 →

Nominee Jesse McClure Robert Johnson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,526,307 3,383,705 Percentage 57.2% 42.8%

County results McClure:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Johnson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Judge before election Jesse McClure Republican Elected Judge Jesse McClure Republican

Incumbent Republican Judge Jesse McClure ran for election to a full term. He was appointed by Greg Abbott in 2021 to replace Michael Keasler, who reached mandatory retirement when he turned 75 years old in 2017.^[85]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Jesse McClure, incumbent Judge^[83]

Results

Republican primary results^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse McClure (incumbent)	1,474,886	100.0%
Total votes			1,474,886	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Robert Johnson, Judge of the Harris County District Court (177th District)^[81]

Results

Democratic primary results^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Johnson	906,119	100.0%
Total votes			906,119	100.0%

General election

Results

2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 6 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jesse McClure (incumbent)	4,526,307	57.22%	+2.24%
	Democratic	Robert Johnson	3,383,705	42.78%	+1.89%
Total votes			7,910,012	100.0%
	Republican hold

Board of education

All fifteen seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election to four-year terms. The board follows a 2-4-4 term system; members are elected to two-year terms at the beginning of each decade. Prior to the election, the board was made up of nine Republicans and six Democrats.

District 1

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Stevens	39,848	63.7
	Republican	Lani Popp	22,686	36.3
Total votes			62,534	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Ortega	42,212	46.1
	Democratic	Laura Marquez	32,523	35.5
	Democratic	Omar Yanar	16,817	18.4
Total votes			91,552	100.0

Democratic primary runoff results^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Ortega	31,583	57.5
	Democratic	Laura Marquez	23,335	42.5
Total votes			54,918	100.0

General election

2022 Texas Board of Education 1st district election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Melissa Ortega	247,093	55.79%	+0.02
	Republican	Michael Stevens	195,794	44.21%	−0.02
Total votes			442,887	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 2

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	LJ Francis	37,909	57.5
	Republican	Hilda Garza-DeShazo	28,046	42.5
Total votes			65,955	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Perez	21,594	29.6
	Democratic	Pete Garcia	17,767	24.4
	Democratic	Thomas Garcia	15,216	20.9
	Democratic	Michael Vargas	14,437	19.8
	Democratic	Wayne Raasch	3,934	5.4
Total votes			72,948	100.0

Democratic primary runoff results^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Perez	20,649	56.1
	Democratic	Pete Garcia	16,150	43.9
Total votes			36,799	100.0

General election

2022 Texas Board of Education 2nd district election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	LJ Francis	194,976	50.18%	+3.78
	Democratic	Victor Perez	193,578	49.82%	−3.78
Total votes			388,554	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Member, District 3

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Morrow	42,267	55.9%
	Republican	Lana Jean Holland	33,297	44.1%
Total votes			75,564	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marisa Perez-Diaz (incumbent)	77,313	100%
Total votes			77,313	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Marisa Perez-Diaz (incumbent)	258,122	54.92%	−45.08
	Republican	Ken Morrow	211,906	45.08%	+45.08
Total votes			470,028	100.00%

Member, District 4

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Caretta Mallet-Fontenot	26,418	38.7%
	Democratic	Staci Childs	19,108	28.0%
	Democratic	Marvin Johnson	10,231	15.0%
	Democratic	Theldon Branch	7,415	10.9%
	Democratic	Larry McKinzie	5,025	7.4%
Total votes			68,197	100%

Democratic primary runoff results^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Staci Childs	17,472	57.4%
	Democratic	Coretta Mallet-Fontenot	12,980	42.6%
Total votes			30,452	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Staci Childs		100%
Total votes				100%

Member, District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Loewe	38,777	53.4%
	Republican	Robert Morrow	33,775	46.6%
Total votes			72,552	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bell-Metereau (incumbent)	91,054	73.7%
	Democratic	Juan Juárez	24,514	19.8%
	Democratic	Kevin Guico	8,018	6.5%
Total votes			123,586	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bell-Metereau (incumbent)	419,391	63.82%	+14.88
	Republican	Mark Loewe	237,773	36.18%	–10.97
Total votes			657,164	100.00%

Member, District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Hickman (incumbent)	71,825	65.8%
	Republican	Mike Wolfe	37,336	34.2%
Total votes			109,161	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Palmer	51,360	100%
Total votes			51,360	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Will Hickman (incumbent)	364,447	60.25%	+10.49
	Democratic	Michelle Palmer	240,384	39.74%	–7.64
	Write-in		59	0.01%	N/A
Total votes			604,890	100%

Member, District 7

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julie Pickren	66,229	50.52%
	Republican	Michael Barton	41,349	31.54%
	Republican	Danny Surman	19,096	14.57%
	Republican	Abolaji Tijani "Ayo" Ayobami	4,415	3.37%
Total votes			131,089	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Hochman	58,897	100%
Total votes			58,897	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Julie Pickren	346,419	60.56%	+1.11
	Democratic	Dan Hochman	213,742	37.37%	–3.18
	Libertarian	Rebekah Plourde	11,835	2.07%	N/A
Total votes			571,996	100%

Member, District 8

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Audrey Young (incumbent)	94,705	100%
Total votes			94,705	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Audrey Young (incumbent)	313,220	71.38%	–2.05
	Libertarian	Rhett Rosenquest Smith	125,616	28.62%	+2.05
Total votes			438,836	100%

Member, District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keven Ellis	135,023	100%
Total votes			135,023	100%

General election

General election results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keven Ellis (incumbent)
Total votes				100%

Member, District 10

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Maynard (incumbent)	168,646	100%
Total votes			168,646	100%

General election

General election results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Maynard (incumbent)
Total votes				100%

Member, District 11

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia "Pat" Hardy (incumbent)	84,028	58.92%
	Republican	Joshua Tarbay	29,554	20.72%
	Republican	Rebecca Garcia	17,260	12.10%
	Republican	"DC" Caldwell	11,781	8.26%
Total votes			105,449	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Miguel Sifuentes	25,401	47.24%
	Democratic	James Whitfield	18,104	33.67%
	Democratic	"DC" Caldwell I	10,261	19.08%
Total votes			53,766	100%

• James Whitfield dropped out of primary giving Luis become a nominee.

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Patricia "Pat" Hardy (incumbent)	390,046	63.28%	+6.12
	Democratic	Luis Miguel Sifuentes	226,183	36.69%	–3.77
	Write-in		176	0.03%	N/A
Total votes			616,405	100%

Member, District 12

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pam Little (incumbent)	121,622	100%
Total votes			121,622	100%

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alex Cornwallis	28,985	51.4%
	Democratic	Roberto Velasco	27,403	48.6%
Total votes			56,388	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pam Little (incumbent)	400,089	61.03%	+11.60
	Democratic	Alex Cornwallis	236,589	36.09%	–11.82
	Libertarian	Christy Mowrey	18,671	2.85%	+0.19
	Write-in		219	0.03%	N/A
Total votes			655,568	100%

Member, District 13

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aicha Davis (incumbent)	87,947	100%
Total votes			87,947	100%

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathryn Monette	9,111	30.00%
	Republican	A. Denise Russell	8,910	29.34%
	Republican	Natalie Kohn	7,082	23.32%
	Republican	Ajua Mason	5,267	17.34%
Total votes			30,370	100%

Republican primary runoff results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathryn Monette	9,915	64.67%
	Republican	A. Denise Russell	5,416	35.33%
Total votes			15,331	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Aicha Davis (incumbent)	275,226	72.27%	–4.05
	Republican	Kathryn Monette	105,595	27.73%	+4.05
Total votes			380,821	100%

Member, District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evelyn Brooks	77,805	57.22%
	Republican	Sue Melton-Malone (incumbent)	58,161	42.78%
Total votes			135,966	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tracy Fisher	40,860	100%
Total votes			40,860	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Evelyn Brooks	399,567	64.73%	–3.08
	Democratic	Tracy Fisher	217,669	35.27%	+3.08
Total votes			617,236	100%

Member, District 15

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Kinsey	83,096	52.23%
	Republican	Jay Johnson (incumbent)	75,997	47.77%
Total votes			159,093	100%

General election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Aaron Kinsey		100%
Total votes				100%

Legislature

All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and all 31 seats of the Texas State Senate were up for election. The winners of this election served in the 88th Texas Legislature.

Senate

Main article: 2022 Texas State Senate election

All 31 seats of the Texas Senate were up for election to two-year terms. Prior to the election, Republicans held a majority of 18 seats against the Democrats' 13 seats.

Texas Senate

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Republican	Donna Campbell	18	19	1
	Democratic	John Whitmire	13	12	1
Total			31	31

House of Representatives

Main article: 2022 Texas House of Representatives election

All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives were up for election to two-year terms. Prior to the election, Republicans held a majority of 85 seats against the Democrats' 65 seats.

Texas House of Representatives

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Republican	Dade Phelan	85	86	1
	Democratic	Chris Turner	65	64	1
Total			150	150

See also

• 2022 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Molison with 2%
3. Díez with 4%; Crow with 1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Defend Texas Liberty PAC
2. This poll was sponsored by Warford's campaign