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2026 Texas House race, District 32

Dan Barrios (Democrat) and Jace Yarbrough (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Texas District 32, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Texas Secretary of State.

The November ballot

The seat

Julie Johnson

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2025 · Age 60

Not on the November ballot

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How to vote in Texas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 57,521 votes

  • Dan Barrios Won: 60.4% 34,759
  • Anthony Bridges: 39.6% 22,762

Primary source: Texas Secretary of State official Democratic primary results.

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$7.8M
Outside money
$2M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Barrios-
Opposing Barrios$233K
Supporting Yarbrough$1.5M
Opposing Yarbrough$2.1K

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $174K of the race's $2M was spent on candidates not listed here.

Where each candidate's money comes from

31%$30KSmall donors$65K8%
59%$57KLarge donors$408K47%
--PACs$184K21%
<1%$750Party--
--Self-funding$207K24%
9%$8.8KOther$2.2K<1%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 6 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

14 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
768K
Median household income
$72K
Unemployment
4.6%
Living below the poverty line
14.1%
Without health insurance
22.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

How this seat voted last time

D+23 in 2024

  • Julie Johnson Won: 60.5%
  • Darrell Day: 37.0%

232,464 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.5%. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 2, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.