2022 Texas Statewide Elections (To Form A More Perfect Union)

A **general election** was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 8, 2022. 14 Statewide elections where up in Texas in 2022, including the Governorship, Lt. Governorship, the Attorney General post, the State Comptroller, seven seats on the State Board of Education, the Agriculture Commissioner, the Public Lands Commissioner, and the Railroad Commissioner. Additionally, federal offices for the US House of Representatives where also up. Additionally, seats in the State Senate and State House of Representatives where also up for election.

## Federal Elections

### US House of Representatives

*See Also: 2022 House of Representatives Elections*

Texas gained 2 congressional districts as a result of the 2020 Census. One of these new districts, the 37th District, was located in a location straddling Denton, Collin, Tarrant, and Dallas counties in North Texas. The 38th District was located in the Houston area. Republicans won both of these seats and picked up several seats down-ballot, including Texas's 7th, 15th, 28th, 32nd, and 34th Congressional districts.

## Governor

 Party
 Popular vote
 Percentage

 File:Greg Abbott vs. Beto O'Rourke, 2022 TX Gubernatorial Election.png  The **2022 Texas gubernatorial election** will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Governor of Texas. As Texas does not have gubernatorial term limits, incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott is ran for re-election to a third term in office. He successfully won a third term against 2018 Democratic Candidate for the US Senate and former member of the US House of Representatives Beto O'Rourke. Although O'Rourke was able to win several suburban counties, he lost key border counties that resulted in an Abbott re-election.

### Republican Nomination

#### Candidates

**Nominee**

* Greg Abbott, incumbent Governor

**Defeated in Primary**

* Allen West, chair of the Texas Republican Party and former U.S. Representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district
* Paul G. Belew, criminal defense attorney
* Chad Prather, BlazeTV talk show host and comedian
* Don Huffines, former member of the Texas Senate (2015-2019)
* Kurt Schwab, military veteran

**Declined to be Candidates**

* George P. Bush, Texas Land Commissioner and member of the Bush family *(ran for Attorney General)*
* Bob Hall, Texas State Senator
* Christi Craddick, Texas Railroad Commissioner
* Dan Crenshaw, U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district
* Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
* Sid Miller, Texas Agriculture Commissioner
* Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas *(ran for re-election)*
* Joe Straus, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

### Democratic Nomination

#### Candidates

**Nominee**

* Beto O'Rourke, former U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and candidate for President of the United States in 2020

**Defeated in Primary**

* Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge
* Matthew McConaughey, Academy Award-winning actor (unclear party affiliation)

#### Results

2022 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
 Matthew McConaughey
 Lina Hidalgo

### General Election

Abbott easily defeated O'Rourke in the General election by 6% of the vote. This would be O'Rourke's final run for office, and also Abbotts. Abbott would resign in 2025 to become the Attorney General of the United States, with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick succeeding him to the office of Governor.

## Attorney General

Incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated a challenge from State Land Commissioner George P. Bush. Paxton narrowly defeated a Democrat challenger by about 230,000 votes.

### Republican Nomination

**Nominee**

* Ken Paxton, incumbent

**Defeated in Primary**

* George P. Bush, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office

### Democratic Nomination

**Nominee**

* Joe Jaworski, mediator and former mayor of Galveston

**Defeated in Primary**

* Justin Nelson, democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General in 2018

### General Election

2022 Texas Attorney General Election
 Democratic
 Independent