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2020 Texas elections

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2020 Texas elections

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2021 →

Texas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 14.[1]

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters elected the Class II U.S. senator from Texas, 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 4 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 21 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.

To vote by mail, registered Texas voters had to request a ballot by October 23, 2020.[2] After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to expand eligibility for requesting postal ballots,[3] postal ballots were available only to voters over 65, those sick or disabled, those who were out of their county on election day and those who were in jail (and otherwise eligible to vote), as defined by Texas law.[4]

Federal offices

President of the United States

Texas has 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

United States Class II Senate Seat

United States House of Representatives

There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election in addition to 6 open seats.[5]

Railroad Commission

Republican primary

Nominee
  • James Wright[6]
Eliminated in primary
  • Ryan Sitton (incumbent and chair of the commission)[7][8]
Primary Results
Republican primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Wright 991,593 55.3%
Republican Ryan Sitton 801,904 44.7%
Total votes 1,793,497 100%

Democratic primary

Nominee
  • Chrysta Castañeda[6]
Eliminated in runoff
  • Roberto Alonzo[7]
Eliminated in primary
Runoff Election Primary Results
Democratic primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chrysta Castañeda 579,698 62.0%
Democratic Roberto Alonzo 355,053 38.0%
Total votes 934,751 100%
Primary Results
Democratic primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chrysta Castañeda 598,638 33.8%
Democratic Roberto Alonzo 506,748 28.7%
Democratic Kelly Stone 383,453 21.7%
Democratic Mark Watson 279,911 15.8%
Total votes 1,768,750 100%

Other candidates

  • Katija "Kat" Gruene (Green) (aka Kat Swift) (nominee)[6]
  • Matt Sterett (Libertarian) (nominee)[6]
  • Charlie Stevens (Libertarian) (defeated at party convention)[7]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Jim
Wright (R)
Chrysta
Castañeda (D)
Matt
Sterett (L)
Other Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston Oct 13–20, 2020 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 47% 38% 3% 1%[b] 11%
Data for Progress/Texas Youth Power Alliance Aug 20–25, 2020 2,295 (LV) ± 2.0% 39% 33% 25%
Global Strategy Group/Chrysta for Texas[A] Aug 11-13, 2020 700 (LV) ± 3.7% 37% 31% 8% 24%

Results

2020 Texas Railroad Commission election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James Wright 5,831,263 53.01% -5.26%
Democratic Chrysta Castañeda 4,792,422 43.56% +7.04%
Libertarian Matt Sterett 247,659 2.25% -0.9%
Green Katija "Kat" Gruene (aka Kat Swift) 129,638 1.18% -0.86%
Total votes 11,000,982 100.0%

State Board of Education

8 of 15 seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election. Before the election the composition of that board was:

Member, District 1

Republican primary

Republican primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jennifer Ivey 58,015 100%
Total votes 58,015 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Georgina C. Pérez (incumbent) 111,214 100%
Total votes 111,214 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Georgina C. Pérez (incumbent) 287,623 55.77%
Republican Jennifer Ivey 228,140 44.23%
Total votes 515,763 100%

Member, District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Morrow 54,460 40.0%
Republican Lani Popp 46,276 33.99%
Republican Inga Cotton 35,425 26.01%
Total votes 136,161 100%
Republican primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lani Popp 55,990 77.96%
Republican Robert Morrow 15,827 22.04%
Total votes 71,817 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Bell-Metereau 143,351 68.51%
Democratic Letti Bresnahan 65,885 31.49%
Total votes 209,236 100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Stephanie Berlin
Total votes 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Bell-Metereau 493,930 48.94%
Republican Lani Popp 475,824 47.15%
Libertarian Stephanie Berlin 39,456 3.91%
Total votes 1,009,210 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

Member, District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Will Hickman 88,900 100%
Total votes 88,900 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Palmer 51,778 46.68%
Democratic Kimberly McLeod 38,439 34.65%
Democratic Debra Kerner 20,712 18.67%
Total votes 110,929 100%
Democratic primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Palmer 39,757 64.23%
Democratic Kimberly McLeod 22,139 35.77%
Total votes 61,896 100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Whitney Bilyeu
Total votes 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Will Hickman 371,958 49.76%
Democratic Michelle Palmer 354,179 47.38%
Libertarian Whitney Bilyeu 21,414 2.86%
Total votes 747,551 100%

Member, District 8

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Audrey Young 143,209 100%
Total votes 143,209 100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Audra Rose Berry
Total votes 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Audrey Young 567,058 73.4%
Libertarian Audra Rose Berry 205,187 26.6%
Total votes 772,245 100%

Member, District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keven Ellis 208,202 100%
Total votes 208,202 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brenda Davis 62,632 100%
Total votes 62,632 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keven Ellis (incumbent) 571,322 74.7%
Democratic Brenda Davis 193,364 25.3%
Total votes 764,686 100%

Member, District 10

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Maynard 134,760 100%
Total votes 134,760 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marsha Burnett-Webster 133,862 84.5%
Democratic Stephen Wyman 24,549 15.5%
Total votes 158,411 100%

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Trip Seibold
Total votes 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Maynard (incumbent) 441,700 50.8%
Democratic Marsha Burnett-Webster 398,453 45.9%
Libertarian Trip Seibold 28,603 3.3%
Total votes 868,756 100%

Member, District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sue Melton-Malone 108,389 61.1%
Republican Maria Berry 69,048 38.9%
Total votes 177,437 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Greg Alvord 81,833 100%
Total votes 81,833 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sue Melton-Malone (incumbent) 582,027 67.8%
Democratic Greg Alvord 276,303 32.2%
Total votes 858,330 100%

Member, District 15

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Johnson 190,677 100%
Total votes 190,677 100%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Betancourt 42,234 100%
Total votes 42,234 100%

General election

General election results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Johnson 496,080 77.8%
Democratic John Betancourt 141,675 22.2%
Total votes 637,755 100%

State Judiciary

Each of the state's two courts of last resort have 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents.[13]

Supreme Court Chief Justice

Republican primary

Candidates
Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nathan Hecht (incumbent) 1,718,096 100.0%
Total votes 1,718,096 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Amy Clark Meachum, Travis County district judge[14]
  • Jerry Zimmerrer, incumbent Associate Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas[14]
Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Amy Clark Meachum 1,434,175 80.51%
Democratic Jerry Zimmerrer 347,186 19.49%
Total votes 1,781,361 100.0%

General election

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Nathan
Hecht (R)
Amy Clark
Meachum (D)
Other Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston October 13–20, 2020 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 48% 40% 3%[c] 9%
Results
2020 Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nathan Hecht (incumbent) 5,827,085 52.98% -6.71%
Democratic Amy Clark Meachum 4,893,402 44.49% +7.24%
Libertarian Mark Ash 277,491 2.52% -0.54%
Total votes 10,997,978 100.0%
Republican hold

Supreme Court Place 6

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Jane Bland, incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jane Bland (incumbent) 1,699,236 100.0%
Total votes 1,699,236 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Kathy Cheng, attorney and nominee for Supreme Court of Texas in 2018[15]
  • Larry Praeger, former prosecutor[15]
Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Cheng 1,310,598 74.52%
Democratic Larry Praeger 448,114 25.48%
Total votes 1,758,712 100.0%

General election

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Jane
Bland (R)
Kathy
Cheng (D)
Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston October 13–20, 2020 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 49% 40% 11%
Results
2020 Texas Supreme Court, Place 6 election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jane Bland (incumbent) 6,050,534 55.24% -5.08%
Democratic Kathy Cheng 4,903,527 44.76% +8.27%
Total votes 10,954,061 100.0%
Republican hold
Court of Appeals Place 3
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Bert
Richardson (R)
Elizabeth
Davis Frizell (D)
Undecided
YouGov/University of Houston Oct 13–20, 2020 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 48% 38% 14%


Texas Supreme Court, Place 7[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeffrey S. Boyd (I) 5,843,420 53.31% -5.59%
Democratic Staci Williams 4,861,649 44.35% +6.75%
Libertarian William Bryan Strange 256,742 2.34% -0.41%
Total votes 10,961,811 100.0%
Texas Supreme Court, Place 8[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brett Busby (I) 5,847,135 53.4% -25.4%
Democratic Gisela Triana 4,826,674 44.08% N/A
Libertarian Tom Oxford 274,959 2.52% -9.44%
Total votes 10,948,768 100.0%

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bert Richardson (I) 5,953,924 54.53% -5.32%
Democratic Elizabeth Davis Frizell 4,964,460 45.47% +8.93%
Total votes 10,918,384 100.0%
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin Patrick Yeary (I) 5,974,016 54.82% -21.4%
Democratic Tina Yoo Clinton 4,924,207 45.18% N/A
Total votes 10,898,223 100.0%
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican David Newell (I) 6,015,909 55.3% -22.99%
Democratic Brandon Birmingham 4,863,142 44.7% N/A
Total votes 10,879,051 100.0%

State legislature

All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 16 of 31 seats of the Texas State Senate were up for election.

State senate

Before the election, the composition of the state senate was:

Party # of seats
Republican 19
Democratic 12
Total 31

After the election, the composition of the state senate was:

Party # of seats
Republican 18
Democratic 13
Total 31

House of Representatives

Before and after the election, the composition of the state house was:

Party # of seats
Republican 83
Democratic 67
Total 150

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Gruene (G) with 1%
  3. ^ Mark Ash (L) with 3%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Castañeda's campaign

References

  1. ^ "Texas elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2020
  3. ^ Ura, Alexa (June 26, 2020). "U.S. Supreme Court declines Texas Democrats' request to allow all Texans to vote by mail". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Application for a Ballot by Mail
  5. ^ "Live: Texas State Primary Election Results 2020". The New York Times. June 29, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Candidate Information". Texas Secretary of State. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Sitton, Ryan. "Ryan Sitton, Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "James Wright, Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Ballopedia. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "Chrysta Castaneda, Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia.com. Ballopedia. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h "Official Canvass Report - 2020 November 3rd General Election" (PDF). Texas Secretary of State. November 2020.
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  14. ^ a b Lindell, Chuck (February 17, 2020). "Suddenly, Democrats flush with candidates for 2 top courts". Austin American-Statesman.
  15. ^ a b "We recommend Larry Praeger in Democratic primary for Supreme Court, Place 6 [Editorial]". The Houston Chronicle. February 14, 2020.
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