Voters will decide over 30 races, including a nationally watched battle between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. The registration deadline is April 27, and early voting is May 18–22.
Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 26 primary runoff elections
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Health care
What Texans need to know about upcoming SNAP restrictions
Starting April 1, Texans will no longer be allowed to use food stamps to buy sweetened beverages and candy.
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Environment
Corpus Christi water emergency may be just two months away, city leaders say
Two out of the five projections city leaders presented Tuesday showed water shortages beginning in May. The city has yet to detail plans for how to reduce water use for residents and businesses.
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Health care
136 measles cases reported in Texas so far this year, most of them in federal detention centers
The state health department reports that 99 of the cases originated in a contracted detention facility in Hudspeth County.
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Public Education
Judge orders Texas to extend school voucher deadline in response to lawsuit from Islamic schools
The application period, set to close Tuesday night, must now remain open until March 31, according to an attorney representing Islamic schools.
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2026 Texas Elections
Cornyn, Paxton decline to withdraw from Texas Senate runoff ballot as deadline passes
The day after the March 3 primary, President Donald Trump pledged to endorse either John Cornyn or Ken Paxton “soon,” and call on the other to drop out. He has yet to make an endorsement.
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2026 Texas Elections
Dallas County GOP will agree to countywide voting sites after primary election chaos
Voters in the May 26 primary runoff will be allowed to again cast ballots at countywide voting sites on election day.
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2026 Texas Elections
Jace Yarbrough is GOP nominee in North Texas congressional district after second-place finisher bows out
After finishing a distant second in the March 3 primary, Ryan Binkley dropped out of the runoff. Yarbrough is favored to win the general election for the redrawn 32nd District.
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Politics
Rep. Jasmine Crockett confirms security team member killed by Dallas police in standoff
Diamon Mazairre Robinson impersonated a federal agent and had two active felony warrants for years, officials say, but was hired by Crockett and police agencies under an alias.
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State Government
Harris County to vote on means for labor groups to represent employees for salary, policy talks
If passed, the policy would be the first for a Texas county. Some cities and school districts have similar policies.