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Texas’s 27th District

U.S. House · TX-27

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 93% chance of winning, with an average lead of 12.7 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 16%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 56.0%

    Michael Cloud, incumbent

  • Democrat 44.0%

    Tanya Lloyd

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-27 56.0%44.0%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+11.8 54.5%−10.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Michael Cloud · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Tanya Lloyd 63.1% 35,729 votes
Republican primary Michael Cloud 73.0% 49,156 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Michael Cloud

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Tanya Lloyd

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 29.4 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 12.7 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 27 40%
  • Former district 10 33%
  • Former district 22 24%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-22 Republican, competitive
  • TX-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-38 Republican, competitive
  • TX-18 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-29 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-8 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