In Texas’ Senate Republican primary, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn edged out Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 41.9% – 40.9%. This is the lowest primary vote-share that any incumbent Republican Senator in Texas has ever received. GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt came in distant third at 13.4%. That result means this Texas primary will last for another 12 weeks, forcing a run-off between Cornyn and Paxton. On the Democratic side, state Rep. James Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett by more than seven points, avoiding a runoff.
Here are some noteworthy results from Texas’ U.S. House elections:
- Steve Toth (R) defeated incumbent Dan Crenshaw (R) in Texas’ 2nd Congressional District. Toth received 55.8% to Crenshaw’s 40.7%. Crenshaw is the first incumbent member of Congress to lose a bid for re-election in the 2026 primaries.
- As of 4 p.m. on March 4, 18 House primaries were headed to runoffs on May 26. One race was still uncalled. In Texas’ 2024 U.S. House primaries, eight races went to runoffs.
- One primary, the Democratic primary in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, featured two incumbents: Christian Menefee and Al Green. That primary was among those that went to a runoff. Menefee received 46% of the vote, and Green received 44.2%.
In North Carolina, both Senate primaries were contested. Roy Cooper (D) won the Democratic nomination, and Michael Whatley (R) won the Republican nomination. North Carolina also redrew its congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections.
In Arkansas, both Senate primaries were contested. Incumbent Tom Cotton (R) won the Republican nomination, and Hallie Shoffner (D) won the Democratic nomination.
There were two contested Democratic House primaries and one contested Republican House primary.
- In the 2nd District, French Hill won the Republican primary, and Chris Jones won the Democratic primary.
- In the 4th District, James Russell (D) won the Democratic primary and will face incumbent Bruce Westerman (R) in November.
