Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026

16 candidates have filed with the FEC for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas in the November 3, 2026 election. Texas’s sitting senators are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. Voting records, candidates and key dates.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. All 2026 federal races.

John Cornyn (Republican) — sitting senator for Texas

  • Full recorded voting record — most recent 8:
  • Yea — PN1093-3 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — S. 5271 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Nomination Confirmed)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — H.R. 6500 (Bill Passed)
  • Nay — On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 6747 to S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Motion to Table Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Nomination: 74 nominations en bloc (Nomination Confirmed)
    All 74 nominationsPN961-1, PN937-5, PN901-1, PN730-38, PN962-3, PN931-6, PN1022-25, PN806-5, PN1022-10, PN1012, PN931-5, PN931-4, PN937-2, PN1022-22, PN962-1, PN961-4, PN901-3, PN806-7, PN730-23, PN1022-7, PN1022-6, PN961-3, PN937-9, PN937-8, PN937-7, PN1022-34, PN1022-31, PN1022-15, PN1022-9, PN1022-8, PN1022-3, PN961-9, PN931-2, PN1093-2, PN1093-1, PN1011, PN961-2, PN930-8, PN930-6, PN930-5, PN930-1, PN901-12, PN901-2, PN850, PN787-2, PN730-18, PN730-2, PN933, PN852-3, PN806-2, PN961-7, PN901-7, PN901-6, PN792, PN786-10, PN931-3, PN730-59, PN786-5, PN937-1, PN901-11, PN859-5, PN730-36, PN901-5, PN859-2, PN859-1, PN901-10, PN852-11, PN852-9, PN859-6, PN852-6, PN852-5, PN852-2, PN806-9, PN730-11

Ted Cruz (Republican) — sitting senator for Texas

  • Full recorded voting record — most recent 8:
  • Yea — PN1093-3 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — S. 5271 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Nomination Confirmed)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — H.R. 6500 (Bill Passed)
  • Yea — On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 6747 to S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Motion to Table Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Nomination: 74 nominations en bloc (Nomination Confirmed)
    All 74 nominationsPN961-1, PN937-5, PN901-1, PN730-38, PN962-3, PN931-6, PN1022-25, PN806-5, PN1022-10, PN1012, PN931-5, PN931-4, PN937-2, PN1022-22, PN962-1, PN961-4, PN901-3, PN806-7, PN730-23, PN1022-7, PN1022-6, PN961-3, PN937-9, PN937-8, PN937-7, PN1022-34, PN1022-31, PN1022-15, PN1022-9, PN1022-8, PN1022-3, PN961-9, PN931-2, PN1093-2, PN1093-1, PN1011, PN961-2, PN930-8, PN930-6, PN930-5, PN930-1, PN901-12, PN901-2, PN850, PN787-2, PN730-18, PN730-2, PN933, PN852-3, PN806-2, PN961-7, PN901-7, PN901-6, PN792, PN786-10, PN931-3, PN730-59, PN786-5, PN937-1, PN901-11, PN859-5, PN730-36, PN901-5, PN859-2, PN859-1, PN901-10, PN852-11, PN852-9, PN859-6, PN852-6, PN852-5, PN852-2, PN806-9, PN730-11

Candidates who have filed with the FEC (16)

  • ALLRED, COLIN (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • BENDER, ANNA (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • BIERSCHWALE, VIRGIL (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • BROWN, THEODORE E. JR. (LIBERTARIAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • CANADY, SARA LARUE (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • CORNYN, JOHN SEN (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Incumbent
  • CROCKETT, JASMINE (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • HUNT, WESLEY (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • KHAN, GULREZ (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • MCNABB, BARRETT ANTHONY (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • PAXTON, WARREN KENNETH JR. (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • SIMMONS, JADE (INDEPENDENT) — FEC: Challenger
  • SIMS, DANIEL M (LIBERTARIAN PARTY)
  • SWANSON, MICHAEL (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • TALARICO, JAMES (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Challenger
  • VIRTS, TERRY (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Challenger

Other Texas races

Candidate filings come from the Federal Election Commission and cover federal races only. Incumbent and challenger labels are the FEC’s own, as filed. Sitting members are matched to this seat by state and district, never by name — so a candidate listed here is not thereby identified as the office-holder. This corpus does not record which Senate class is on the ballot, so both of Texas’s senators are listed here and neither is identified as the holder of the contested seat. Data via the ElectedConnect API. Source records are public domain.