The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
John Cornyn
Republican · Holds the seat now
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How they won the primary
The primary · 2,319,187 votes
- James TalaricoWon52.4%1,216,412
- Jasmine Crockett46.2%1,071,900
- Ahmad Hassan1.3%30,875
First round · 2,166,910 votes
- John Cornyn42%910,382
- Ken Paxton40.5%878,564
- Wesley Hunt13.5%293,250
- Sara Canady1.2%26,355
- Anna Bender1.1%24,167
3 more candidates on the full canvass.
The runoff · 1,391,634 votes
- Ken PaxtonWon63.8%888,196
- John Cornyn36.2%503,438
Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $113M
- Outside money
- $107M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; 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 36 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
34 filed- John CornynRepublican$14M
- Colin AllredDemocrat$7.6M
- Theodore Brown Jr.Libertarian$7.5K
- Jasmine CrockettDemocrat$11M
- Wesley HuntRepublican$2.1M
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.
How this seat voted last time
R+10 in 2020
- John CornynWon53.5%
- Mary "MJ" Hegar43.9%
11,144,040 votes for candidates. 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.