2020 Texas elections

Texas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 14.^[1]

2020 Texas elections

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2021 →

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters elected the Class II U.S. senator from Texas, one of three members of the Texas Railroad Commission, eight of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, four of nine seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, three of nine seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 21 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.

To vote by mail, registered Texas voters had to request a ballot by October 23, 2020.^[2] After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to expand eligibility for requesting postal ballots,^[3] postal ballots were available only to voters over 65, those sick or disabled, those who were out of their county on election day, and those who were in jail (and otherwise eligible to vote), as defined by Texas law.^[4]

Federal

President of the United States

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election in Texas

See also: 2020 Texas Democratic primary and 2020 Texas Republican primary

Texas has 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

United States Class II Senate Seat

Main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Texas

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election in addition to six open seats.^[5]

Executive

Railroad Commissioner

2020 Texas Railroad Commissioner election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee Jim Wright Chrysta Castañeda Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,831,263 4,792,422 Percentage 53.0% 43.6%

Railroad Commissioner before election Ryan Sitton Republican Elected Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright Republican

Republican primary

Nominee

• Jim Wright, cattle rancher^[6]

Eliminated in primary

• Ryan Sitton, incumbent Railroad Commissioner^[7]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Wright	991,593	55.29%
	Republican	Ryan Sitton (incumbent)	801,904	44.71%
Total votes			1,793,497	100.0%

Democratic primary

Nominee

• Chrysta Castañeda, oil and energy industry attorney^[9]

Eliminated in runoff

• Roberto Alonzo, former state representative (2003–2019)^[10]

Eliminated in primary

• Kelly Stone, environmental activist^[11]
• Mark Watson, attorney^[7]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chrysta Castañeda	598,638	33.85%
	Democratic	Roberto Alonzo	506,748	28.65%
	Democratic	Kelly Stone	383,453	21.68%
	Democratic	Mark Watson	279,911	15.83%
Total votes			1,768,750	100.0%

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chrysta Castañeda	579,698	62.02%
	Democratic	Roberto Alonzo	355,053	37.98%
Total votes			934,751	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Jim Wright (R)	Chrysta Castañeda (D)	Other	Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston[14]	October 13–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3.1%	47%	38%	4%[b]	11%
Data for Progress (D)[15]	August 20–25, 2020	2,295 (LV)	± 2.0%	39%	33%	–	25%
Global Strategy Group (D)[16][A]	August 11–13, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	37%	31%	8%[c]	24%

Results

2020 Texas Railroad Commissioner election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Wright	5,831,263	53.01%	−5.26%
	Democratic	Chrysta Castañeda	4,792,422	43.56%	+7.04%
	Libertarian	Matt Sterett	247,659	2.25%	−0.9%
	Green	Katija "Kat" Gruene	129,638	1.18%	−0.86%
Total votes			11,000,982	100.0%
	Republican hold

State Board of Education

eight of 15 seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election. Before the election the composition of that board was:

Party # of seats Republican 10 Democratic 5 Total 15

Member, District 1

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Ivey	58,015	100%
Total votes			58,015	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Georgina C. Pérez (incumbent)	111,214	100%
Total votes			111,214	100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Georgina C. Pérez (incumbent)	287,623	55.77%
	Republican	Jennifer Ivey	228,140	44.23%
Total votes			515,763	100%

Member, District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Morrow	54,460	40.0%
	Republican	Lani Popp	46,276	33.99%
	Republican	Inga Cotton	35,425	26.01%
Total votes			136,161	100%

Republican primary runoff results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lani Popp	55,990	77.96%
	Republican	Robert Morrow	15,827	22.04%
Total votes			71,817	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bell-Metereau	143,351	68.51%
	Democratic	Letti Bresnahan	65,885	31.49%
Total votes			209,236	100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Stephanie Berlin
Total votes				100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Bell-Metereau	493,930	48.94%
	Republican	Lani Popp	475,824	47.15%
	Libertarian	Stephanie Berlin	39,456	3.91%
Total votes			1,009,210	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Member, District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Hickman	88,900	100%
Total votes			88,900	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Palmer	51,778	46.68%
	Democratic	Kimberly McLeod	38,439	34.65%
	Democratic	Debra Kerner	20,712	18.67%
Total votes			110,929	100%

Democratic primary runoff results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Palmer	39,757	64.23%
	Democratic	Kimberly McLeod	22,139	35.77%
Total votes			61,896	100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Whitney Bilyeu
Total votes				100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Hickman	371,958	49.76%
	Democratic	Michelle Palmer	354,179	47.38%
	Libertarian	Whitney Bilyeu	21,414	2.86%
Total votes			747,551	100%

Member, District 8

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Audrey Young	143,209	100%
Total votes			143,209	100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Audra Rose Berry
Total votes				100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Audrey Young	567,058	73.4%
	Libertarian	Audra Rose Berry	205,187	26.6%
Total votes			772,245	100%

Member, District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keven Ellis	208,202	100%
Total votes			208,202	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brenda Davis	62,632	100%
Total votes			62,632	100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keven Ellis (incumbent)	571,322	74.7%
	Democratic	Brenda Davis	193,364	25.3%
Total votes			764,686	100%

Member, District 10

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Maynard	134,760	100%
Total votes			134,760	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marsha Burnett-Webster	133,862	84.5%
	Democratic	Stephen Wyman	24,549	15.5%
Total votes			158,411	100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Trip Seibold
Total votes				100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Maynard (incumbent)	441,700	50.8%
	Democratic	Marsha Burnett-Webster	398,453	45.9%
	Libertarian	Trip Seibold	28,603	3.3%
Total votes			868,756	100%

Member, District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sue Melton-Malone	108,389	61.1%
	Republican	Maria Berry	69,048	38.9%
Total votes			177,437	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greg Alvord	81,833	100%
Total votes			81,833	100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sue Melton-Malone (incumbent)	582,027	67.8%
	Democratic	Greg Alvord	276,303	32.2%
Total votes			858,330	100%

Member, District 15

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Johnson	190,677	100%
Total votes			190,677	100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Betancourt	42,234	100%
Total votes			42,234	100%

General election

General election results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Johnson	496,080	77.8%
	Democratic	John Betancourt	141,675	22.2%
Total votes			637,755	100%

Judicial

Supreme Court of Texas

Chief Justice

2020 Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee Nathan Hecht Amy Clark Meachum Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,827,085 4,893,402 Percentage 53.0% 44.5%

Chief Justice before election Nathan Hecht Republican Elected Chief Justice Nathan Hecht Republican

Incumbent Chief Justice Nathan Hecht ran for re-election to his last term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Nathan Hecht, incumbent Chief Justice^[19]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Hecht (incumbent)	1,718,096	100.0%
Total votes			1,718,096	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Amy Clark Meachum, Judge of the Travis County District Court (201st District)^[20]
• Jerry Zimmerer, Associate Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas^[21]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amy Clark Meachum	1,434,175	80.51%
	Democratic	Jerry Zimmerer	347,186	19.49%
Total votes			1,781,361	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Nathan Hecht (R)	Amy Clark Meachum (D)	Other	Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston[14]	October 13–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3.1%	48%	40%	3%[d]	9%

Results

2020 Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Nathan Hecht (incumbent)	5,827,085	52.98%	−6.71%
	Democratic	Amy Clark Meachum	4,893,402	44.49%	+7.24%
	Libertarian	Mark Ash	277,491	2.52%	−0.54%
Total votes			10,997,978	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 6

2020 Texas Supreme Court Place 6 election

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2024 →

Nominee Jane Bland Kathy Cheng Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,050,534 4,903,527 Percentage 55.2% 44.8%

Justice before election Jane Bland Republican Elected Justice Jane Bland Republican

Incumbent Justice Jane Bland was appointed by Governor Abbott in 2019 to replace Jeff Brown. Justice Bland ran to finish the remainder of Brown's term ending in 2024.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Jane Bland, incumbent Associate Justice^[22]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jane Bland (incumbent)	1,699,236	100.0%
Total votes			1,699,236	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Kathy Cheng, civil and commercial litigation attorney^[23]
• Larry Praeger, family law attorney^[24]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Cheng	1,310,598	74.52%
	Democratic	Larry Praeger	448,114	25.48%
Total votes			1,758,712	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Jane Bland (R)	Kathy Cheng (D)	Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston[14]	October 13–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3.1%	49%	40%	11%

Results

2020 Texas Supreme Court Place 6 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jane Bland (incumbent)	6,050,534	55.24%	−5.08%
	Democratic	Kathy Cheng	4,903,527	44.76%	+8.27%
Total votes			10,954,061	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 7

2020 Texas Supreme Court Place 7 election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee Jeff Boyd Staci Williams Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,843,420 4,861,649 Percentage 53.3% 44.4%

Justice before election Jeff Boyd Republican Elected Justice Jeff Boyd Republican

Incumbent Justice Jeff Boyd ran for re-election to a second six-year term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Jeff Boyd, incumbent Associate Justice^[23]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Boyd (incumbent)	1,702,071	100.0%
Total votes			1,702,071	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Brandy Voss, McAllen-based appellate attorney^[25]
• Staci Williams, Judge of the Dallas County District Court (101st District)^[26]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Staci Williams	1,134,105	65.09%
	Democratic	Brandy Voss	608,288	34.91%
Total votes			1,742,393	100.0%

General election

Results

2020 Texas Supreme Court Place 7 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Boyd (incumbent)	5,843,420	53.31%	−5.59%
	Democratic	Staci Williams	4,861,649	44.35%	+6.75%
	Libertarian	William Bryan Strange	256,742	2.34%	−0.41%
Total votes			10,961,811	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 8

2020 Texas Supreme Court Place 8 election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee Brett Busby Gisela Triana Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,847,135 4,826,674 Percentage 53.4% 44.1%

Justice before election Brett Busby Republican Elected Justice Brett Busby Republican

Incumbent Justice Brett Busby ran for a full six-year term after being appointed by Governor Abbott in 2019 due to the retirement of Phil Johnson.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Brett Busby, incumbent Associate Justice^[27]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Busby (incumbent)	1,692,583	100.0%
Total votes			1,692,583	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Peter Kelly, Associate Justice of the First Court of Appeals of Texas^[23]
• Gisela Triana, Associate Justice of the Third Court of Appeals of Texas^[28]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gisela D. Triana	1,251,611	72.04%
	Democratic	Peter Kelly	485,697	27.96%
Total votes			1,737,308	100.0%

General election

Results

2020 Texas Supreme Court Place 8 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brett Busby (incumbent)	5,847,135	53.40%	−25.40%
	Democratic	Gisela Triana	4,826,674	44.08%	N/A
	Libertarian	Tom Oxford	274,959	2.51%	−6.73%
Total votes			10,948,768	100.0%

Court of Criminal Appeals

Place 3

2020 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee Bert Richardson Elizabeth Davis Frizell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,953,924 4,964,460 Percentage 54.5% 45.5%

Judge before election Bert Richardson Republican Elected Judge Bert Richardson Republican

Incumbent Judge Bert Richardson ran for re-election to a second six-year term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Gina Parker, Waco-based criminal defense attorney, former Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Commissioner^[29]
• Bert Richardson, incumbent judge^[29]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bert Richardson (incumbent)	897,496	51.84%
	Republican	Gina Parker	833,893	48.16%
Total votes			1,731,389	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• William Pieratt Demond, constitutional rights attorney^[30]
• Elizabeth Davis Frizell, former Judge of the Dallas County Criminal District Court (2007–2017)^[30]
• Dan Wood, Terrell-based appellate attorney^[31]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Davis Frizell	1,184,280	68.71%
	Democratic	Dan Wood	331,715	19.24%
	Democratic	William Pieratt Demond	207,651	12.05%
Total votes			1,723,646	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Bert Richardson (R)	Elizabeth Davis Frizell (D)	Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston[14]	October 13–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3.1%	48%	38%	14%

Results

2020 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bert Richardson (incumbent)	5,953,924	54.53%	−5.32%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Davis Frizell	4,964,460	45.47%	+8.93%
Total votes			10,918,384	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 4

2020 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee Kevin Yeary Tina Clinton Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,974,016 4,924,207 Percentage 54.8% 45.2%

Judge before election Kevin Yeary Republican Elected Judge Kevin Yeary Republican

Incumbent Judge Kevin Yeary ran for re-election to a second six-year term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Kevin Yeary, incumbent judge^[32]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Yeary (incumbent)	1,679,193	100.0%
Total votes			1,679,193	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Tina Yoo Clinton, Judge of the Dallas County Criminal Court (No. 1)^[33]
• Steven Miears, Grapevine-based criminal appellate attorney^[33]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tina Clinton	1,380,356	80.50%
	Democratic	Steven Miears	334,474	19.50%
Total votes			1,714,830	100.0%

General election

Results

2020 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin Patrick Yeary (incumbent)	5,974,016	54.82%	−21.4%
	Democratic	Tina Yoo Clinton	4,924,207	45.18%	N/A
Total votes			10,898,223	100.0%
	Republican hold

Place 9

2020 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9 election

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →

Nominee David Newell Brandon Birmingham Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 6,015,909 4,863,142 Percentage 55.3% 44.7%

Judge before election David Newell Republican Elected Judge David Newell Republican

Incumbent Judge David Newell ran for re-election to a second six-year term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• David Newell, incumbent judge^[34]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Newell (incumbent)	1,676,841	100.0%
Total votes			1,676,841	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Brandon Birmingham, Judge of the Dallas County District Court (292nd District)^[35]

Results

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brandon Birmingham	1,570,444	100.0%
Total votes			1,570,444	100.0%

General election

Results

2020 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Newell (incumbent)	6,015,909	55.30%	−22.99%
	Democratic	Brandon Birmingham	4,863,142	44.70%	N/A
Total votes			10,879,051	100.0%
	Republican hold

Legislature

All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 16 of 31 seats of the Texas State Senate were up for election.

Senate

Main article: 2020 Texas State Senate election

Before the election, the composition of the state senate was:

Party		# of seats
	Republican	19
	Democratic	12
Total		31

After the election, the composition of the state senate was:

Party		# of seats
	Republican	18
	Democratic	13
Total		31

House of Representatives

Main article: 2020 Texas House of Representatives election

Before and after the election, the composition of the state house was:

Party		# of seats
	Republican	83
	Democratic	67
Total		150

See also

• Postal voting in the United States, 2020^[36]
• Bilingual elections requirement for Texas (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)^[37]

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Sterett (L) with 3%; Gruene (G) with 1%
3. Sterett (L) with 8%
4. Mark Ash (L) with 3%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Castañeda's campaign

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Further reading

• Nick Corasaniti; Stephanie Saul; Patricia Mazzei (September 13, 2020), "Big Voting Decisions in Florida, Wisconsin, Texas: What They Mean for November", The New York Times, archived from the original on September 13, 2020, Both parties are waging legal battles around the country over who gets to vote and how
• David Weigel; Lauren Tierney (September 22, 2020), "The 50 political states of America", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on October 11, 2020, Texas
• "Texas governor cuts back on voting locations weeks before election", BBC News, UK, October 1, 2020, Texas' governor has ordered that voters can drop off their mail-in ballots at only one location per county
• Elise Viebeck (October 2, 2020), "Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor's order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location", Washingtonpost.com
• "US election 2020: Texas judge blocks postal voting restrictions", BBC News, UK, October 10, 2020
• "Voter suppression: At risk of losing Texas, Republicans scheme to limit Democratic votes", Economist.com, October 10, 2020
• Michelle Ye Hee Lee; Amy Gardner; Brittney Martin (October 14, 2020), "Early voting begins in Texas with high turnout, despite new legal developments on voting access", The Washington Post
• Dan Balz (October 18, 2020), "Texas is the most intriguing political state in the country this fall", The Washington Post

External links

• Elections Division at the Texas Secretary of State official website
• Texas at Ballotpedia
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Texas", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Texas: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• University of Texas Libraries, "Voting and Elections", Research Guides
• "League of Women Voters of Texas". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Texas 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets
• "Election Guides: Texas", Spreadthevote.org (in English and Spanish), archived from the original on October 4, 2020, retrieved October 7, 2020. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
• "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020