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Texas’s 10th District

U.S. House · TX-10

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 88% chance of winning, with an average lead of 10.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 25%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 54.7%

    Chris Gober

  • Democrat 45.3%

    Caitlin Rourk

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-10 54.7%45.3%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+10.5 54.5%−9.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Mccaul, Michael · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Caitlin Rourk 60.8% 32,716 votes
Republican primary Chris Gober 51.2% 38,541 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Caitlin Rourk

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Chris Gober

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 32.4 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 10.6 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 17 39%
  • Former district 10 38%
  • Former district 8 21%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-8 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-2 Republican, competitive
  • TX-29 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-38 Republican, competitive
  • TX-9 Republican, competitive
  • TX-18 Democrat, safe seat

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