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Last day to register to vote Monday, Feb. 2, 2026
First day of early voting Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2026
Last day of early voting: Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
Election Day Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Last day to receive ballot by mail Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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    Hidalgo County • County Commissioner, Pct. 2 - DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Cantu, Eduardo 8115 70.31%
      Soto, Jr, Pablo 3427 29.69%

    Hidalgo County • County Treasurer - DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Leo, Lita 28569 55.76%
      Cantu, Alex 22668 44.24%

    Hidalgo County • Judge, County Court at Law 4 - DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Garcia Perez, Katherine 30593 60.18%
      Garza, Fred 20242 39.82%

    Hidalgo County • Judge, County Probate Court 2 - DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Garza, Aissa 34177 68.74%
      Esparza, Larry 15542 31.26%

    Hidalgo County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2 PL 1 - DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Gutierrez, Cynthia A. 6615 51.24%
      Zambrano, Jorge 6296 48.76%

    Hidalgo County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3, PL 2- DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Pena, Jr., Juan 7111 54.75%
      Trevino, Sonia 5877 45.25%

    Hidalgo County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5, PL 1 - DEM

    0% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Pena, Jason 2862 52.41%
      Hernandez, Victor 2599 47.59%

    Cameron County • County Judge - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Trevino Jr., Eddie 14479 43.86%
    > Guerra, Esteban 9948 30.14%
      Garza, Eric 8584 26%

    Cameron County • County Clerk - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Garza, Sylvia 19381 61.7%
      Garza, Denise 12031 38.3%

    Cameron County • County Commissioner, Pct. 2 - GOP

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Campos, Jonathan 1794 66.27%
      Lopez, Barbie 913 33.73%

    Cameron County • County Commissioner, Pct. 2 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Lopez, Joey 4319 40.71%
      Lucio, Joseph L. 3370 31.76%
      Arambula, Martin 2921 27.53%

    Cameron County • County Commissioner, Pct. 4 - GOP

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Guerra, Oscar 2293 59.65%
      Balli, Ricardo 1551 40.35%

    Cameron County • County Treasurer - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Gracia, Jonathan 17113 54.82%
      Betancourt, David A. 14102 45.18%

    Cameron County • Dist. Judge, 107th Judicial Dist. - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Garza, Noe 11511 35.56%
      Garcia, Jr., Jesus T. 10898 33.67%
      Hernandez Garcia, Erin 9961 30.77%

    Cameron County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3, PL 1 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Alaniz, Jr., Noe 2673 55.4%
      Villafranco, Rene 2152 44.6%

    Cameron County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Mendoza, Juan 1375 39.43%
    > Fernandez, Gabriela 1332 38.2%
      Naranjo, Ancelmo 780 22.37%

    Starr County • County Judge - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Benavidez, Rose 6931 52.25%
      Garza – Galvan, Letty 6334 47.75%

    Starr County • County Commissioner, Pct. 2 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Pena, III, Raul 2669 76.98%
      Martinez, Ever 798 23.02%

    Starr County • County Commissioner, Pct. 4 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Garza, Hernan 1680 53.98%
      Martinez, Jaime Eli 1041 33.45%
      Garcia, Antonio 391 12.56%

    Starr County • Dist. Judge, 229th Judicial Dist. - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Garza, Baldemar 6664 53.22%
      Villarreal, Jr., Abel 5857 46.78%

    Starr County • Chief Justice, 4th Court of Appeals Dist. - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Arteaga, Antonia 3446 70.24%
      Meza, Velia J. 1460 29.76%

    Starr County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Clarke, Valerie 1677 56.89%
      Martinez, Jr., Martin 945 32.06%
      Gutierrez, Francisco 326 11.06%

    Starr County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Alaniz, Veronica 165 64.2%
      Olivarez, Leonel 92 35.8%

    Starr County • Justice of the Peace, Pct. 8 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Garcia, Jr., Luis 675 59.47%
      Garcia, Juan 460 40.53%

    Willacy County • County Judge - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Guerra, Aurelio 0 0%
      Nieto, Martin 0 0%

    Willacy County • County Commissioner, Pct. 4 - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Garcia, Ernesto 0 0%
      Vela, Gilbert 0 0%

    Willacy County • District Clerk - DEM

    % OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

      Reyes, Marisol 0 0%
      Vallez, Marisa M. 0 0%

    Texas • U.S. Senate - GOP Primary

    98.92% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Cornyn, John 907325 41.89%
    > Paxton, Ken 881192 40.68%
      Hunt, Wesley 292682 13.51%
      Canady, Sara 26284 1.21%
      Bender, Anna 24411 1.13%
      Khan, Gulrez 15810 0.73%
      Adefope, John 9255 0.43%
      Bierschwale, Virgil 9015 0.42%

    Texas • U.S. Senate - DEM Primary

    98.99% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Talarico, James 1212602 52.45%
      Crockett, Jasmine 1068457 46.21%
      Hassan, Ahmad 31011 1.34%

    Texas • U.S. Rep. Dist. 15 - DEM Primary

    98.94% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Pulido, Bobby 36860 67.54%
      Cuellar, Ada 17713 32.46%

    Texas • U.S. Rep. Dist. 28 - GOP Primary

    98.91% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Tijerina, Tano 12504 74.38%
      Day, Eileen 4308 25.62%

    Texas • U.S. Rep. Dist. 28 - DEM Primary

    98.91% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Cuellar, Henry 39147 58.05%
      Villarreal, Ricardo 24922 36.96%
      Vantine, Andrew 3364 4.99%

    Texas • U.S. Rep. Dist. 34 - GOP Primary

    98.77% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Flores, Eric 20685 56.64%
      Flores, Mayra 8644 23.67%
      Buentello, Luis 1942 5.32%
      Mandel, Scott 1635 4.48%
      Hinojosa, Fred 1392 3.81%
      Allen, Keith 1374 3.76%
      Kunkle, Gregory 689 1.89%
      Nagy, Jay 159 0.44%

    Texas • U.S. Rep. Dist. 34 - DEM Primary

    98.36% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Gonzalez, Vicente 35249 62.72%
      Rosas, Etienne 20949 37.28%

    Texas • Governor - GOP Primary

    98.91% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Abbott, Greg 1760095 81.81%
      Chambers, Pete 240362 11.17%
      Brooks, Evelyn 43998 2.05%
      Espinosa, Arturo 23422 1.09%
      Crouch, Charles 15389 0.72%
      Hyde, Kenneth 14917 0.69%
      Welch, Nathaniel 12028 0.56%
      Goloby, Mark 10967 0.51%
      Samuelson, Stephen 10843 0.5%
      Tullos, Ronnie 10314 0.48%
      Achgill, R.F. 9078 0.42%

    Texas • Governor - DEM Primary

    98.69% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Hinojosa, Gina 1285429 58.53%
      Bell, Chris 215835 9.83%
      Villescaz, Angela 150339 6.84%
      Abrego, Patricia 128202 5.84%
      White, Andrew 116908 5.32%
      Cole, Bobby 112335 5.11%
      Navarro Balbuena, Jose 65603 2.99%
      Hart, Carlton 63108 2.87%
      Vance, Zach 58577 2.67%

    Texas • Lieutenant Governor - GOP Primary

    98.87% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Patrick, Dan 1779562 84.72%
      Mabry, Timothy 186036 8.86%
      Hopkins, Perla 107801 5.13%
      Wueschner, Esala 27092 1.29%

    Texas • Lieutenant Governor - DEM Primary

    98.93% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Goodwin, Vikki 1008462 48.01%
    > Velez, Marcos 661438 31.49%
      Head, Courtney 430468 20.49%

    Texas • Land Commissioner - DEM Primary

    98.76% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Flores, Benjamin 1121934 55.56%
      Loya, Jose 897317 44.44%

    Texas • Agriculture Commissioner - GOP Primary

    98.83% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Sheets, Nate 1041963 52.66%
      Miller, Sid 936753 47.34%

    Texas • Attorney General - GOP Primary

    98.84% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Middleton, Mayes 808818 39.12%
    > Roy, Chip 653442 31.6%
      Huffman, Joan 312202 15.1%
      Reitz, Aaron 293206 14.18%

    Texas • Attorney General - DEM Primary

    98.83% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Johnson, Nathan 1000696 48.11%
    > Jaworski, Joe 549717 26.43%
      Box, Anthony 529467 25.46%

    Texas • Comptroller - GOP Primary

    98.89% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Huffines, Don 1186904 57.36%
      Hancock, Kelly 489789 23.67%
      Craddick, Christi 311526 15.06%
      Berlanga, Michael 81023 3.92%

    Texas • Comptroller - DEM Primary

    98.48% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Eckhardt, Sarah 1312861 64.08%
      Moore, Savant 390566 19.06%
      Lange, Michael 345213 16.85%

    Texas • Railroad Commissioner

    98.7% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Wright, Jim 619509 32.07%
    > French, Bo 613011 31.73%
      Matlock, James 372378 19.28%
      Culbert, Katherine 178227 9.23%
      Dunlap, Hawk 148710 7.7%

    Texas • Criminal Appeals Court

    98.59% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Fox, Alison 562663 31.26%
    > Smith, Thomas 552693 30.71%
      Coffee, Brent 359282 19.96%
      Fitzpatrick, Lesli 325096 18.06%

    Texas • Criminal Appeals Court

    98.59% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Messinger, John 1239623 68.83%
      Balido, Jennifer 561270 31.17%

    Texas • Supreme Court - DEM Primary

    98.8% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Ellis, Maggie 1565234 76.83%
      Carlyle, Cory 472052 23.17%

    Texas • Supreme Court

    98.78% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Hawkins, Kristen 1523291 75.63%
      Goodman, Gordon 490805 24.37%

    Texas • State Senate Dist. 21 - DEM Primary

    98.12% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Zaffirini, Judith 67165 73.15%
      Jones, Cortney 24657 26.85%

    Texas • State House Dist. 37 - DEM Primary

    98.44% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Ochoa, Oziel 6515 46.23%
    > Cantu-Castle, Esmeralda 4525 32.11%
      Bauer, Stephany 3053 21.66%

    Texas • State House Dist. 37 - GOP Primary

    98.44% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Lopez, Janie 6053 68.99%
      Luckey, Kristin 2721 31.01%

    Texas • State House Dist. 40 - GOP Primary

    97.5% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Cabrera-Huff, Celeste 1212 38.14%
    > Gomez, Nehemias 1184 37.26%
      Churchill, Vangela 782 24.61%

    Texas • State House Dist. 41 - GOP Primary

    98.48% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Sanchez, Sergio 2842 45.7%
    > Groves, Gary 2391 38.45%
      Sagredo-Hammond, Sarah 986 15.85%

    Texas • State House Dist. 41 - DEM Primary

    98.48% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Salinas, Julio 6016 38.61%
    > Haddad, Victor 5811 37.29%
      Holguin, Eric 3755 24.1%

    Texas • State Board of Education - GOP Primary

    98.95% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING

    > Hinojosa, Victoria 47469 58.83%
      Moore, Carrie 22197 27.51%
      Francis, LJ 11026 13.66%

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