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Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the Texas Senate.

Chance of R control99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 10.6 of 3180% range 911
D 1131 seatsR 20
PVIR+6
Seats up in 202616
Chamber size31
District by district

31 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
19Modeled D-vs-RROLAND GUTIERREZ — 55 in 100ROLAND GUTIERREZMARCUS CARDENAS · ROBERT MARKS, JR · ADAM ERNEST SALYERD+1.3
21Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — 63 in 100CORTNEY JONES · JUDITH ZAFFIRINIJULIE DAHLBERGD+3.2
9Modeled D-vs-RLEIGH WAMBSGANSS — 96 in 100TAYLOR REHMETLEIGH WAMBSGANSSR+17.6
11Modeled D-vs-RDENNIS PAUL — 98 in 100SHANNON DICELY · CAMERON A. ROLLWITZDENNIS PAULR+20.7
2Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 98 in 100KEENEN COLBERTJASON K. EDDINGTON · BOB HALLR+20.7
26Modeled D-vs-RJOSE MENENDEZ — 99 in 100JOSE MENENDEZD+22.8
5Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 99 in 100KEVIN NELSON · PAUL THOMASSONAPOLLO HERNANDEZ · LARRY NANCE · CHARLES SCHWERTNERR+23.6
24Modeled D-vs-RPETE FLORES — >99 in 100JOE PAZ HERRERAPETE FLORESR+25.4
18Modeled D-vs-RLOIS W. KOLKHORST — >99 in 100ERICA GILLUMLOIS W. KOLKHORSTR+27.9
22Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — >99 in 100AMY MARTINEZ-SALASDAVID COOK · JON GIMBLE · RENA SCHROEDERR+28.4
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