Texas 2022 Election Results

Ballot Measures, May 7, 2022

Texas voters decided 2 statewide ballot measures on May 7, 2022.

Ballot measures

General Election, November 8, 2022

Texas held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 181 legislative seats and 7 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans narrowly expanded their legislative majorities on the first maps drawn after the 2020 census, though they fell short in some of the seats they targeted.
• Gov. Greg Abbott (R) won a third term over Beto O'Rourke (D) by about 11 points, fending off a vigorous run and keeping intact Republicans' nearly three-decade grip on state government. The Texas Tribune called it another rebuke of O'Rourke, his third loss in four years.
• Most Republican gains came in redrawn seats, while Democrats picked up one suburban House seat the new map drew for them:
  • Senate: Rep. Phil King (R) won the redrawn Senate District 10, formerly held by Democrat Beverly Powell, who quit the race after the remap. In the Rio Grande Valley, Morgan LaMantia (D) held the open Senate District 27 seat of retiring Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. by fewer than 700 votes over Adam Hinojosa (R), who conceded after a partial recount.
  • South Texas House: Janie Lopez (R) won the redrawn House District 37 by about 4 points, becoming the first Latina Republican to represent the Rio Grande Valley in the House. John Lujan (R) held House District 118 by a similar margin in a rematch of his 2021 special-election win over Frank Ramirez (D), and Rep. Ryan Guillen (R) won reelection handily after switching parties. Eddie Morales (D) held off a Republican challenge in House District 74, along the border.
  • Suburbs: In House District 70, an open seat Republicans redrew to favor Democrats, Mihaela Plesa (D) won by fewer than 900 votes, becoming the first Democrat in almost 30 years to win a Collin County House seat. Near Austin, Caroline Harris (R) won House District 52, which the remap had tilted toward Republicans, after Rep. James Talarico (D) moved to House District 50 and won there.
• Down the ballot, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), and the other Republican incumbents each won another term by roughly 10 to 16 points, the party's 14th consecutive sweep of statewide offices.
• No statewide ballot measures appeared on the November ballot; the year's two property-tax amendments, Proposition 1 and Proposition 2, were decided in a May election.

Legislature

• House (150 seats): 67 D, 83 R before the election, 64 D, 86 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (31 seats): 13 D, 18 R before the election, 12 D, 19 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races