{"id":3311,"date":"2025-10-14T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3311\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:05:10","slug":"texas-election-2025-houston-southeast-texas-races-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3311\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas election 2025: Houston, Southeast Texas races to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Texas voters will head to the polls on Nov. 4 to decide on some statewide issues and local positions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Here&#8217;s a look at some of the key races and how to find out what is on your ballot.<\/p>\n<p> Texas constitutional amendments  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Every voter in Texas will be able to vote on 17 propositions in the Texas Constitutional Amendment Election.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Voters will be able to choose whether to approve amendments to the state\u2019s constitution impacting everything from property taxes to bail to dementia research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"insert-article-type featured-headline\" data-v-3f8abc4c=\"\">\n    Featured\n  <\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/fox26houston.com\/news\/texas-election-2025-houston-montgomery-early-voting-locations-dates-november\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-3f8abc4c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Election 2025: Houston-area early voting locations, dates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-3f8abc4c=\"\">Texas voters will cast their ballots on November 4, 2025, for constitutional amendments and county and local positions and bonds. Here&#8217;s when early voting begins and where to cast your ballot at polling locations in Houston, Harris County, Montgomery County, Fort Bend County and others in Southeast Texas.<\/p>\n<p> U.S. Representative for District 18 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">A special election will be held to fill the congressional seat held by late Rep. Sylvester Turner.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">There was no primary election, so 16 candidates will be on the ballot from multiple political parties.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Only residents in District 18 will have the race on their ballot.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The U.S. Representative for District 18 serves a portion of Harris County.<\/p>\n<p> Local elections <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gettyimages-1244621687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">FILE PHOTO. (Photo by Mark Felix \/ AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Voters in several counties will see elections on positions and measures that impact their community. That might include bonds, school board trustees, city council positions or bonds impacting utility districts.<\/p>\n<p> Sample ballots <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">To see which races are on your ballot, click your county below.<\/p>\n<p>  Key election dates Oct. 6, 2025: The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election.Oct. 20, 2025: The first day of early voting in Texas.Oct. 24, 2025: The last day to apply for a ballot by mail. The application must be received by this day, not just postmarked.Oct. 31, 2025: Last day to vote early in personNov. 4, 2025: Election Day. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Nov. 4, 2025: A ballot by mail must be received by your early voting clerk by 7 p.m. if the carrier envelope is not postmarked. If your carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. on Election Day, it must be received by your early voting clerk by 5 p.m. Nov. 5. Texas polling locations <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Some counties allow registered voters to vote anywhere in the county. Other counties have precinct-specific voting locations.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">To double-check in your specific county, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov\/MVP\/mvp.do\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Am I Registered <\/a>portal on the Secretary of State\u2019s website. It will list the locations where you can vote early and on the day of the election.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">You can also find your sample ballot and check your voter registration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this article comes from the Texas Secretary of State website and various county election offices.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/politics\/election\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Texas voters will head to the polls on Nov. 4 to decide on some statewide issues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[409,56,223,287,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-3311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-election","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-news","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311","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=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}