Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate

What this job does

One of Texas's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years. source: usa.gov

John Cornyn (Republican) holds this seat today. Cornyn lost the Republican primary runoff, so the seat is open. Ted Cruz (Republican) holds the other seat, which is not up this year.

Ken Paxton RepublicanAttorney
James Talarico DemocraticFormer teacher; state representative
Ted Brown LibertarianRetired insurance adjuster

Candidates in the order the Texas Secretary of State (VoteTexas.gov) lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order.