2018 Texas elections

2018 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election
	Hegar: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Chevalier: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Sanders: >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50% No data
Comptroller before election; Glenn Hegar; Republican	Elected Comptroller ; Glenn Hegar; Republican

2018 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election
	Patrick: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Collier: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50% No data
Lieutenant Governor before election; Dan Patrick; Republican	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Dan Patrick; Republican

The 2018 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 6, 2018. All of Texas's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican and Democratic Parties nominated their candidates by primaries held March 6, 2018. Convention Parties nominated their candidates at a series of conventions. County Conventions held March 17, 2018, District Conventions held March 24, 2018, and a State Convention held April 14, 2018.^[1] At the present time there is only one Convention Party in Texas, that is the Libertarian Party. Other parties may seek to achieve ballot access.^[2]

Turnout in the November general election reached historic levels, rivaling turnout in a presidential election.^[3] While the Republican Party won every statewide position, the margin of victory was narrower than previous elections.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Federal

United States Senate

Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke and Libertarian candidate Neal Dikeman challenged U.S. Senator Ted Cruz for re-election. Cruz narrowly defeated O'Rourke by 2.6%.

United States House of Representatives

All of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.^[7] No open seats changed hands, but two Republican incumbents lost to Democrats.

Executive

Governor

Incumbent governor Greg Abbott ran for a second term. He was first elected in 2014 after serving twelve years as Texas Attorney General, and he succeeded Rick Perry as governor.

Abbott won the March 20, 2018, Republican primary, while Lupe Valdez won the Democratic runoff against Andrew White, becoming the first Latina nominated by a major party for statewide office in Texas.

Libertarian Mark Tippetts also ran against Abbott. Tippetts defeated Kathie Glass, Patrick "Not Governor" Smith, and Kory Watkins at the party convention to earn his nomination.^[8]

Lieutenant governor

On January 9, 2017, the day before the 85th Texas Legislature began its session, incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick announced he would run for re-election in 2018.^[9] He stated his early announcement was in order to dispel rumors of a primary challenge to Governor Greg Abbott or U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.^[9]

Republican primary

Candidates

Scott Milder, former Rockwall city councilman^[10]^[11]
Dan Patrick, incumbent lieutenant governor

Results

Republican primary results^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patrick (incumbent)	1,172,830	76.07%
	Republican	Scott Milder	368,995	23.93%
Total votes			1,541,825	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Mike Collier, businessman, finance Chair of the Texas Democratic Party, and nominee for Texas Comptroller in 2014^[13]
Michael Cooper, businessman, community leader, and pastor^[14]

Results

Democratic primary results^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Collier	504,220	52.38%
	Democratic	Michael Cooper	458,404	47.62%
Total votes			962,624	100.0%

Libertarian state convention

Candidates

Kerry Douglas McKennon^[16]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Patrick (R)	Mike Collier (D)	Kerry McKennon (L)	Other	Undecided
Dixie Strategies^[17]	September 6–7, 2018	519	± 4.3%	45%	39%	2%	–	14%
Texas Lyceum^[18]	July 9–26, 2018	441	± 4.7%	39%	29%	4%	–	28%
Gravis Marketing^[19]	July 3–7, 2018	602	± 4.0%	46%	44%	–	–	10%
UoT/Texas Tribune^[20]	June 8–17, 2018	1,200	± 2.8%	37%	31%	4%	5%	23%

Results

2018 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Patrick (incumbent)	4,260,990	51.30%	−6.84%
	Democratic	Mike Collier	3,860,865	46.49%	+7.78%
	Libertarian	Kerry Douglas McKennon	183,516	2.21%	−0.35%
Total votes			8,305,371	100.0%
	Republican hold

Attorney general