See the races and measures on Dallas ballots, plus when and where to vote, in plain English. Covers Dallas County.
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Key dates
- Last day to register by mail: Mon, Oct 5Mailed applications had to be postmarked on or before Monday, October 5, 2026 (30 days before the election).
- Last day to register in person: Mon, Oct 5In-person applications at the county voter registrar's office or a volunteer deputy registrar were due Monday, October 5, 2026.
- Early voting: Mon, Oct 19 to Fri, Oct 30Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 30, including the weekend of Oct. 24 and 25. Hours are set by each county. Travis: every day 7 AM to 7 PM, with some sites open until 10 PM on Oct. 29 and 30. Harris: Mon through Sat 7 AM to 7 PM, Sunday Oct. 25 noon to 7 PM. Dallas: Mon through Sat 7 AM to 7 PM, Sunday Oct. 25 noon to 6 PM. Bexar regular sites: October 19 to 23, 8 AM to 6 PM; October 24, 7 AM to 7 PM; October 25, noon to 6 PM; October 26 to 30, 7 AM to 7 PM. Two branch sites, Bexar County Justice Center and Valley Ranch Community Center, open weekdays only, 8 AM to 6 PM, throughout October 19 to 30. Check your county's site for exact hours at your location.
- Last day to ask for a mail ballot: Fri, Oct 23Your application must be received (not postmarked) by your county's Early Voting Clerk by Friday, October 23, 2026. Get the form (6-1f) at VoteTexas.gov or from your county. You can submit it by mail, in person, by fax or by email as a signed scanned attachment, but if you fax or email it the signed original must arrive by mail within 4 business days. The application must include your Texas driver license, personal ID or Election Identification Certificate number (not your VUID), or if you have none of those, the last 4 digits of your Social Security number. Send it to the Early Voting Clerk in the county where you're registered.
- Mail ballot deadline: Tue, Nov 37:00 PM CT
- mail (USPS) to your county Early Voting Clerk, arriving by 7:00 PM Nov. 3, OR postmarked by 7:00 PM Nov. 3 and arriving by 5:00 PM Wednesday, Nov. 4
- common or contract carrier (FedEx, UPS) arriving by 7:00 PM Nov. 3, or by 5:00 PM Wednesday, Nov. 4 if the carrier's receipt mark shows a time before 7:00 PM Nov. 3 (Travis County lists this)
- hand-deliver it yourself, in person, to the county Early Voting Clerk's office, but only on Election Day (Nov. 3) while polls are open, with your photo ID (Election Code 86.006(a-1))
- Texas does not use ballot drop boxes
- Election Day: Tue, Nov 3You can vote from 7 AM to 7 PM. If you are inside or in line at the polling place at 7:00 PM, you get to vote. Stay in line. (Election Code 41.032)
Where to vote
- Find your Election Day polling place
- Track your mail ballot
- Check your registration
- See your official sample ballot
Your election office: Dallas County Elections Department
(469) 627-8683
1520 Round Table Drive, Dallas 75247
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM.
What to bring
Photo ID required in person.
No ID? If you don't have one of the seven photo IDs and can't reasonably get one, you can still vote a regular ballot: show a supporting document (voter registration certificate, current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, certified birth certificate, or any government document with your name and address, copy or original) and sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration at the polls. If you have none of that, you vote a provisional ballot and have until the 6th day after the election (Monday, Nov. 9, 2026) to bring ID to the county voter registrar's office so it counts (Election Code 65.0541). You can also leave and come back with ID before polls close.
What's on the ballot in Dallas
35 races and 7 measures across Dallas. Your address decides which ones are on your ballot. Enter it in the guide to see yours.
Federal
- U.S. Senator
Ken Paxton (Republican), James Talarico (Democratic), Ted Brown (Libertarian), Avery Ayers (Write-in), Bradford 'Brad' Hall (Write-in), Zul Mohamed (Write-in), Jade Simmons (Write-in)
- U.S. Representative Your address determines your district.
- District 5 Lance Gooden (Republican), Chelsey Hockett (Democratic)
- District 6 Jake Ellzey (Republican), Danny Minton (Democratic)
- District 24 Beth Van Duyne (Republican), Kevin Burge (Democratic)
- District 30 Everett Jackson (Republican), Frederick D. Haynes III (Democratic)
- District 32 Jace Yarbrough (Republican), Dan Barrios (Democratic)
- District 33 Patrick David Gillespie (Republican), Colin Allred (Democratic), Michelle Craig (Write-in)
State
- Governor
Greg Abbott (Republican), Gina Hinojosa (Democratic), Pat Dixon (Libertarian), Edward Earl Giles (Write-in), Jenn Mack (Write-in), Jinghpaw Majoishingra (Write-in), Mike Miller (Write-in)
- Lieutenant Governor
Dan Patrick (Republican), Vikki Goodwin (Democratic), Anthony Cristo (Libertarian), Kevin McCormick (Green), Arturo Espinosa (Write-in), Stephen Samuelson (Write-in)
- Attorney General
Mayes Middleton (Republican), Nathan Johnson (Democratic), Tom Oxford (Libertarian)
- Comptroller of Public Accounts
Don Huffines (Republican), Sarah Eckhardt (Democratic), V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza (Libertarian), Shehla Faizi (Green)
- Commissioner of the General Land Office
Dawn Buckingham (Republican), Benjamin Flores (Democratic), Neill Snider (Libertarian)
- Commissioner of Agriculture
Nate Sheets (Republican), Clayton Tucker (Democratic), Austin R. Kelly (Libertarian)
- Railroad Commissioner
Bo French (Republican), Jon Rosenthal (Democratic), Arthur DiBianca (Libertarian)
- Member, State Board of Education Your address determines your district.
- SBOE District 9 Kason Huddleston (Republican), Ericka Ledferd (Democratic)
- SBOE District 13 Carlos (Charlie) Garza (Republican), Tiffany Clark (Democratic)
- SBOE District 14 Mindy Bumgarner (Republican), Amy Taylor (Democratic)
- State Senator District 2 Only in parts of Dallas
Bob Hall (Republican), Keenen Colbert (Democratic)
- State Representative Your address determines your district.
- District 100 Jordan Scott Hoffnagle (Republican), Venton Jones (Democratic)
- District 102 Bonnie Abadie (Republican), Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos (Democratic)
- District 103 Melanie Medley-Thomas (Republican), Rafael Anchia (Democratic)
- District 104 Unopposed: Jessica Gonzalez (Democratic)
- District 105 Unopposed: Terry Meza (Democratic)
- District 107 Unopposed: Linda Garcia (Democratic)
- District 108 Morgan Meyer (Republican), Allison Mitchell (Democratic)
- District 109 Will Campbell (Republican), Aicha Davis (Democratic)
- District 110 Unopposed: Toni Rose (Democratic)
- District 111 Unopposed: Yvonne Davis (Democratic)
- District 112 Angie Chen Button (Republican), Zach Herbert (Democratic)
- District 113 Stephen W. Stanley (Republican), Rhetta Andrews Bowers (Democratic)
- District 114 Tim McDonough (Republican), John Bryant (Democratic)
- District 115 Danny Rosellini (Republican), Cassandra Hernandez (Democratic)
Courts
- Chief Justice, Supreme Court Place 1
Jimmy Blacklock (Republican), Maggie Ellis (Democratic)
- Justice, Supreme Court Place 2, unexpired term
James P. Sullivan (Republican), Chari Kelly (Democratic)
- Justice, Supreme Court Place 7
Kyle Hawkins (Republican), Kristen Hawkins (Democratic)
- Justice, Supreme Court Place 8
Brett Busby (Republican), Gisela D. Triana (Democratic)
- Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3
Thomas Smith (Republican), Okey Anyiam (Democratic), Mark Ash (Libertarian)
- Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4
Kevin Patrick Yeary (Republican), Audra Riley (Democratic)
- Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9
John Messinger (Republican), Holly Taylor (Democratic)
- Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals Place 1
Scott Brister (Republican), Jerry Zimmerer (Democratic)
- Justice, 15th Court of Appeals Place 2
Scott K. Field (Republican), Tom Baker (Democratic)
- Justice, 15th Court of Appeals Place 3
April Farris (Republican), Marc M. Meyer (Democratic)
- Justice, 5th Court of Appeals Place 3
Matthew Kolodoski (Republican), Amanda Reichek (Democratic)
- Justice, 5th Court of Appeals Place 6
Ben Smith (Republican), Monica Purdy (Democratic)
- Justice, 5th Court of Appeals Place 8
Ashley Wysocki (Republican), Andrea D. Plumlee (Democratic)
- District Judge 298th Judicial District
Clark B. Will (Republican), Ashley Smith (Democratic)
- Uncontested Races (53 judges)
Vote for All (Democratic), Vote for None
- Justice of the Peace Your address determines your district.
- Precinct 1, Place 1 Lizbeth Diaz (Republican), Thomas G. Jones (Democratic)
- Precinct 1, Place 2 Valencia Nash (Democratic), Jayla Godbolt (Write-in)
- Precinct 2, Place 1 Vickie Whiteside (Republican), Margaret O'Brien (Democratic)
- Precinct 2, Place 2 Unopposed: Antoinette N Harris (Democratic)
- Precinct 3, Place 1 Lynn A. Benedetto (Republican), Adam M. Swartz (Democratic)
- Precinct 3, Place 2 Michael L. Geller (Republican), Paula M Rosales (Democratic)
- Precinct 4, Place 1 Fred Van Liew (Republican), Mike Jones (Democratic)
- Precinct 4, Place 2 Unopposed: Sasha Moreno (Democratic)
- Precinct 5, Place 1 Unopposed: Sara Martinez (Democratic)
- Precinct 5, Place 2 Unopposed: Omar Narvaez (Democratic)
County
- Criminal District Attorney
Amber Givens (Democratic), Eric Reed (Write-in)
- County Judge
Mike Immler (Republican), Clay Jenkins (Democratic)
- District Clerk
Dave Muehlhaeusler (Republican), Felicia Pitre (Democratic)
- County Clerk
Skye Garcia (Republican), Damarcus L Offord (Democratic)
- County Treasurer
Corsandra Brigham Phelps (Republican), Pauline Medrano (Democratic)
- County Commissioner Your address determines your district.
- Precinct 2 Barry Wernick (Republican), Andy Sommerman (Democratic)
- Precinct 4 Unopposed: Elba Garcia (Democratic)
- Constable Your address determines your district.
- Precinct 1 Unopposed: Tracey Gulley (Democratic)
- Precinct 2 Chad Calvert (Republican), Deanna Hammond (Democratic)
- Precinct 3 Unopposed: Henry Curry (Democratic)
- Precinct 4 Unopposed: Eddie Brown, Jr (Democratic)
- Precinct 5 Unopposed: Michael Orozco (Democratic)
Ballot measures
- Dallas County Proposition A: County tax for homelessness programs
- City of Dallas Proposition A: Police and fire building bonds
- Mesquite ISD Proposition A: Mesquite school operating tax Only in parts of Dallas
- Irving ISD Proposition A: Irving school replacement and upgrade bonds Only in parts of Dallas
- Irving ISD Proposition B: Irving High School replacement bonds Only in parts of Dallas
- Irving ISD Proposition C: Irving school technology bonds Only in parts of Dallas
- Irving ISD Proposition D: Irving indoor practice building bonds Only in parts of Dallas