Elections & Voting

Texas Voter Registration Information

Register to vote in your county of residence so your voice can be 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, October 5, 2026 ).

• Early Voting – Monday, October 19, 2026 – Friday, October 20, 2026
• Election Day: November 3, 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.

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 (  signifies statewide office)	Term
State Board of Education Carlos “Charlie” Garza, District 13	4 years
Texas State Senator David Cook District 22	4 years
All 150 State Representatives	2 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 Justices	6 years
Various District Judges, Criminal District Judges	4 years
Family District Judges	4 years
County Judges	4 years
County Courts at Law	4 years
District Clerks	4 years
County Clerks	4 years
County Treasurer	4 years
County Surveyors	4 years
County Commissioners (Precincts 2 and 4)	4 years
Justices of the Peace	4 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.