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Texas’s 19th District

U.S. House · TX-19

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 40.0 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 70.0%

    Tom Sell

  • Democrat 30.0%

    Kyle Rable

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-19 70.0%30.0%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+25.7 54.5%−24.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over33.8% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Arrington, Jodey · Republican

Primary results

Held May 26, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Kyle Rable 100.0% 22,513 votes
Republican primary Tom Sell 64.3% 32,243 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Kyle Rable

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Tom Sell

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 61.6 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 40.0 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-13 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-11 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-25 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-23 Republican, toss-up
  • TX-12 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-26 Republican, 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