From the Capitol: A Governor, a Senate Seat and All 150 House Seats — Texas Votes on Everything This Year
The Austin bureau's statewide picture: with early voting open through Oct. 30, Texans are deciding every statewide executive office, a U.S. Senate seat, and the entire state House — on new congressional maps drawn in 2025.
AUSTIN — There is no such thing as a small election in Texas this year. The November 3 ballot carries a U.S. Senate seat, all 38 of the state's seats in the U.S. House, the governor's office, lieutenant governor, attorney general and the rest of the statewide executive offices, plus judicial races up and down the ballot.
In the Legislature, voters will decide 16 of the 31 Texas Senate seats and all 150 Texas House seats. And every congressional race is being run on new ground: the districts Texas lawmakers redrew in 2025 mean a large share of voters — including many in San Antonio — are casting ballots in a different U.S. House district than the one they voted in two years ago.
Early voting runs statewide through Friday, Oct. 30, ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Bexar County set the early pace locally with a record 42,776 ballots on the first day, the biggest non-presidential opener in county history.
The Austin bureau will file from the Capitol through the final week of early voting, and the Texas Desk's evening roundup will carry the statewide picture — turnout, court fights over the new maps, and the races tightening in the home stretch — every night through Election Day.
