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Texas’s 26th District

U.S. House · TX-26

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 98% chance of winning, with an average lead of 17.0 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 7%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 58.4%

    Brandon Gill, incumbent

  • Democrat 41.6%

    Steven Shook

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-26 58.4%41.6%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+14.1 54.5%−12.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Brandon Gill · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Steven Shook 51.1% 29,172 votes
Republican primary Brandon Gill 91.1% 73,610 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Brandon Gill

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Steven Shook

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 31.0 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 17.0 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 26 93%
  • Former district 13 6%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-24 Republican, competitive
  • TX-33 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-12 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-30 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-6 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-3 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