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Texas’s 21st District

U.S. House · TX-21

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 90% chance of winning, with an average lead of 11.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 21%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.4%

    Mark Teixeira

  • Democrat 44.7%

    Kristin Hook

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-21 55.4%44.7%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+11.1 54.5%−9.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over27.0% (± 0.8)

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

Roy, Chip · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Kristin Hook 60.1% 39,779 votes
Republican primary Mark Teixeira 60.9% 58,180 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Kristin Hook

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Mark Teixeira

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 26.3 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 11.6 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-20 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-35 Republican, toss-up
  • TX-37 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-11 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-31 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-28 Democrat, 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