TEXAS MIDTERM 2026
WHY THIS RACE MATTERS
Texas is divided into 38 areas called districts, each with about 800,000 people.
WHO’S RUNNING
Kristin Hook
Democrat
Hook grew up in Corpus Christi with a single mom who lived paycheck to paycheck and never went to college. She became a scientist — a Cornell PhD — and then a federal watchdog who hunted down waste and fraud in the government's own books. Now she's running against a retired Yankee.
Mark Teixeira
Republican
He never ran for student council. He went straight from the New York Yankees to a congressional race.
WHERE & WHEN TO VOTE
Early voting Oct 19–30 · Election Day Tue, Nov 3