{"id":6535,"date":"2025-10-16T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6535\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:25:08","slug":"what-do-you-want-to-know-about-texas-2026-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6535\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you want to know about Texas\u2019 2026 midterm elections?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tAudio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\/#ai-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI policy<\/a>, and give us <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appFeleeKVUN0Iytx\/pagPG40gbkU0EfjIr\/form\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of positions with the power to write laws, enforce policies or settle legal disputes are up for election in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This includes particularly powerful offices such as:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of Texas\u2019 two U.S. senators.<\/p>\n<p>All of Texas\u2019 representatives in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>All state House representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Most statewide offices, including governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller and agriculture commissioner and others.<\/p>\n<p>Various state judges.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, the state\u2019s political leadership is effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.texastribune.org\/features\/2024\/fraction-of-texans-vote-in-primaries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decided during the March primaries<\/a> by a fraction of Texans who participate in those elections. That\u2019s especially true in legislative and congressional races, due to gerrymandering and noncompetitive general elections.<\/p>\n<p>So in the next primary election, voters will be deciding between a slate of Democrats, or a slate of Republicans \u2014 and the differences between the candidates are often more nuanced than during a general election.<\/p>\n<p>As a statewide news outlet, we can\u2019t give equal coverage to every single election, but we want to help you better understand the primary candidates in key state and federal elections. Help us decide which races we should focus on by filling out this questionnaire.<\/p>\n<p>Your answers and questions will inform our reporting. If you submit a specific question or written response, we will not publicly share it or identify you without your permission.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/author\/maria-mendez\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2024_Maria_Mendez_2x3-scaled-80x80.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMar\u00eda M\u00e9ndez works on efforts to better connect with Texans and writes explainers and guides. She strives to answer Texans&#8217; questions about politics and public policy and to help them find resources&#8230;.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/author\/maria-mendez\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Mar\u00eda M\u00e9ndez\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. 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