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Texas’s 6th District

U.S. House · TX-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 96% chance of winning, with an average lead of 15.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 9%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 57.6%

    Jake Ellzey, incumbent

  • Democrat 42.4%

    Danny Minton

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-6 57.6%42.4%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+13.3 54.5%−12.1

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Jake Ellzey · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Danny Minton 100.0% 45,306 votes
Republican primary Jake Ellzey 66.3% 42,230 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Jake Ellzey

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Danny Minton

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 35.8 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 15.5 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 6 92%
  • Former district 25 7%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-30 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-33 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-24 Republican, competitive
  • TX-17 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-12 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-5 Republican, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated