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DALLAS – Before you head to the polls for the May 26 primary runoff, you can see your sample ballot to find out what you will be voting on.<\/p>\n
Key Races in North Texas U.S. Senate <\/p>\n
The biggest race on the ballot is the statewide race for John Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat. Republican voters will be selecting between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. The winner will face Democrat James Talarico in the November general election.<\/p>\n
Both Cornyn and Paxton have run nasty campaigns, taking shots at the other through AI-generated ads and posts on social media. Polls have shown that Cornyn has the best odds of defeating Talarico in November, tough both candidates hold an edge over the Democrat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last week, President Donald Trump announced his endorsement for Paxton.<\/p>\n
U.S. House District 33 <\/p>\n
Julie Johnson<\/a> currently serves in District 32 but is trying to get reelected in District 33 because of the recent redistricting. She\u2019s challenged by Democratic Colin Allred<\/a>, who held the seat before his failed Senate campaign in 2024.<\/p>\n The big question is whether voters approve of the job Johnson has done in her single term in a Republican majority Congress and whether they\u2019ve forgotten Allred\u2019s poorly run Senate campaign against Ted Cruz.<\/p>\n On the Republican side, Patrick Gillespie<\/a> faces off against John Sims<\/a>.<\/p>\n U.S. House District 30 <\/p>\n This is Jasmine Crockett\u2019s seat that she gave up for her failed Senate run against James Talarico. On the Republican side, U.S. Army veteran and lawyer Sholdon Daniels<\/a> faces challenger Everett Jackson<\/a>, a small business owner and community organizer.<\/p>\n The Democrats have already selected Dallas Pastor Freddie Haynes<\/a> as their nominee.\u00a0<\/p>\n U.S. House District 24 <\/p>\n Incumbent\u00a0Beth Van Duyne<\/a>\u00a0was the only Republican candidate in this Tarrant County district. Democrats Kevin Burge<\/a> and\u00a0TJ Ware<\/a> are facing one another in a runoff.<\/p>\n U.S. House District 5 <\/p>\n District 5 includes parts of Kaufman County and East Texas. Incumbent\u00a0Lance Gooden<\/a>\u00a0will face off in November with the winner of the Democratic runoff:\u00a0Chelsey Hockett<\/a> or\u00a0Ruth Torres<\/a>.<\/p>\n North Texas Sample Ballots <\/p>\n Visit your\u00a0county’s election page<\/a>\u00a0for sample ballots and additional resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n To double-check in your specific county, visit the\u00a0Am I Registered<\/a>\u00a0portal on the Secretary of State\u2019s website. It will list the locations where you can vote.<\/p>\n The\u00a0FOX 4 Elections<\/a>\u00a0page also has breakdowns of some of the hot ticket items Texans are voting on during this election.<\/p>\n Can I bring my sample ballot or notes? <\/p>\n According to the\u00a0U.S. government<\/a>, you can bring notes or a sample ballot with you to the polls. However, you can’t use your phone in the polling location, so you need to print it out. They advise you check with your local election office before you go.<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this article comes from the Texas Secretary of State website and various county election offices.<\/p>\n 2026 Elections<\/a>Election<\/a>Dallas County<\/a>Tarrant County<\/a>Denton County<\/a>Collin County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Photo by: Joe Sohm\/Visions of America\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images DALLAS – Before you head to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[960,581,1643,409,3485,287,122,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":["post-309148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-collin-county","tag-dallas-county","tag-denton-county","tag-election","tag-elections-2026","tag-politics","tag-tarrant-county","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}