Elections & Voting

Texas Voter Registration Information

You will be able to register to vote in your county of residence to make your voice heard in local, state and federal elections.

Start a new voter registration application here.

Texas law requires eligible voters to register by the 30th day before Election Day (Monday, February 2, 2026). The voter information for the March 14, 2026 Grand Prairie City Council Place 8 (at large) election is:

  • Early Voting – March 5 – 10, 2026
  • Election Day: March 14, 2026

To confirm your voter registration status, you can visit the Texas Secretary of State’s Am I Registered?’ portal, which allows you to look up your voter registration record in the statewide voter registration database.

Voter registration in Texas is county-based, so we encourage you to contact your county voter registrar for specific questions regarding the status of your voter registration.

Texans who have recently changed their name or moved can easily update their voter registration online through Texas.gov. Click here to update your voter registration information online.

Note: This is a preliminary list that is subject to change as we are notified about vacancies and newly-created offices.

May 26, 2026 Primary Run-off Candidates

1SB 1045 (2023, R.S.) created the Fifteenth Court of Appeals effective September 1, 2024. Although the Fifteenth Court of Appeals district will ultimately consist of a chief justice and four justices, the bill specifically states that the court consists of a chief justice and two justices for the first three years following the court’s creation. Therefore, only chief justice and justice places 2 and 3 will appear on the 2026 ballot. Subsequently HB 16 (2025, 2nd C.S.) created Place 4 effective September 1, 2028 and Place 5 effective September 1, 2029, therefore those offices will not appear on the ballot until the 2030 general election cycle.

Office
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Term

Eight Members, State Board of Education

  • Tiffany Clark, District 13
  • Evelyn Brooks, District 14
4 years

State Senator

, District 22

4 years
All 150 State Representatives2 years

Seven Chief Justice of Courts of Appeals

  • Darlene Byrne, 3rd Court of Appeals
  • Rebeca Martinez, 4th Court of Appeals
  • Brian Quinn, 7th Court of Appeals
  • Maria Salas Mendoza, 8th Court of Appeals
  • Scott Golemon, 9th Court of Appeals
  • James T. Worthen, 12th Court of Appeals
  • Tracy Christopher, 14th Court of Appeals
6 years
Various Court of Appeals Justices6 years
Various District Judges, Criminal District Judges4 years
Family District Judges4 years
County Judges4 years
County Courts at Law4 years
District Clerks4 years
County Clerks4 years
County Treasurer4 years
County Surveyors4 years
County Commissioners (Precincts 2 and 4)4 years
Justices of the Peace4 years

Note: Incumbent office holders appear where listed. This is not a list of current candidates or those who have filed a candidate application for the office.

Note: For many years, article XVI, Section 65 of the Texas Constitution set out which county offices would be up for election. This language (setting up the staggering scheme) was omitted in 1999 in “clean-up” legislation. Our office requested an attorney general opinion, expressing our concern about the omitted staggering scheme. The attorney general opined that because the staggering scheme was removed, any newly-created offices would be on the next ballot for the full four-years. See Texas Attorney General Opinion Number JC-0519 (2002). You will need to check your county records to see if your county created new offices since the 1999 constitutional change.

Note: Under Article V, Section 1-a of the Texas Constitution, certain judicial offices are subject to a mandatory retirement age of 75. This may lead some additional judicial offices being listed on the ballot for an unexpired term due to a mid-term vacancy.

Republican Party of Texas

PO Box 2206
Austin, Texas 78768
512.477.9821
www.texasgop.