TEXAS MIDTERM 2026
WHY THIS RACE MATTERS
Texas is divided into 38 areas called districts, each with about 800,000 people.
WHO’S RUNNING
Leticia Gutierrez
Democrat
She immigrated to this Houston district as a child with her parents, who worked as farm laborers, and became a children's-health advocate after her oldest child developed asthma.
Alex Mealer
Republican
She's a West Point graduate who spent her Army career on a bomb squad, disarming explosives in Afghanistan.
WHERE & WHEN TO VOTE
Early voting Oct 19–30 · Election Day Tue, Nov 3