2024 United States Senate election in Texas: Difference between revisions
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*[[Dan Crenshaw]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|TX|2}} (2019–present){{cite web |last=Neukam |first=Stephen |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw takes aim at his own party’s “woke right” for stoking division |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/23/dan-crenshaw-texas-tribune-festival/ |website=[[The Texas Tribune]]}}
*[[Dan Crenshaw]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|TX|2}} (2019–present){{cite web |last=Neukam |first=Stephen |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw takes aim at his own party’s “woke right” for stoking division |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/23/dan-crenshaw-texas-tribune-festival/ |website=[[The Texas Tribune]]}}
*[[Adam Kinzinger]], former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|IL|16}} (2013–2023) and former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|IL|11}} (2011–2013){{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/adam-kinzinger-muses-love-run-ted-cruz/story?id=104577461|title=Adam Kinzinger muses: ‘I would love to run against Ted Cruz’|last=Druke|first=Galen|date=November 2, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]}}
*[[Adam Kinzinger]], former [[U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|IL|16}} (){{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/adam-kinzinger-muses-love-run-ted-cruz/story?id=104577461|title=Adam Kinzinger muses: ‘I would love to run against Ted Cruz’|last=Druke|first=Galen|date=November 2, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]}}
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The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is seeking a third term in office.[1] Primary elections will take place on March 5, 2024. If needed, runoff elections will take place on May 28, 2024.[2]
Background[edit]
Texas is considered to be a moderately red state at the federal level, especially since Donald Trump only carried Texas by about six percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. However, Republicans control both U.S. Senate seats, all statewide offices, both houses of the Texas Legislature, and a majority in its U.S. House congressional delegation.[3][4]
Democrats seem to have been increasingly doing better in Texas elections, having only lost the most recent U.S. Senate races in 2018 and 2020 by single-digit margins. Cruz was first elected in 2012, defeating Paul Sadler by 15 points and was reelected in 2018 by only 2.6 points, narrowly defeating Beto O’Rourke.[5][6][7]
This race is considered to favor Cruz, but some consider the race to have the potential to become competitive.[8]
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Declared[edit]
Declined[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
Ted Cruz (R)
- U.S. Senators
- Labor unions
- Organizations
Fundraising[edit]
| Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Ted Cruz (R) | $37,711,221 | $33,070,265 | $4,798,914 |
| Josiah Ingalls (R) | $3,302 | $4,569 | $0 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission[21] | |||
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Declared[edit]
- Colin Allred, U.S. Representative from Texas’s 32nd congressional district (2019–present)[22]
- Tracy Andrus, criminologist and nonprofit founder[23]
- Aaron Arguijo, coffee shop owner and U.S. Navy veteran[10]
- Victor Dunn, workers compensation consultant and candidate for Texas’s 1st congressional district in 2022[24]
- Mark Gonzalez, former Nueces County District Attorney (2017–2023)[25]
- Roland Gutierrez, state senator from the 19th district (2021–present)[26]
- Steven Keough, law professor and retired U.S. Navy captain[27]
- John Love III, financial advisor, former Midland city councilor, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020[28]
- Heli Rodriguez-Prilliman, tech entrepreneur[10]
- Carl Sherman, state representative from the 109th district (2019–present)[29]
- Thierry Tchenko, home repair nonprofit executive and former associate director of the District of Columbia Office of Policy[24]
Filed paperwork[edit]
Publicly expressed interest[edit]
Withdrew[edit]
Declined[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
Colin Allred
- U.S. Senators
- U.S. Representatives
- State legislators
- Organizations
Roland Gutierrez
- U.S. Representatives
- State senators
- State representatives
- Individuals
- Organizations
Fundraising[edit]
| Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Colin Allred (D) | $8,822,896 | $3,090,934 | $5,731,962 |
| Tracy Andrus (D) | $6,910 | $5,399 | $1,510 |
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