As of March 7, 29 of the 46 Republican incumbents facing a primary challenge in the Texas House of Representatives advanced from their primary. Nine lost their primary and another seven advanced to a primary runoff. One district, House District 61, remained uncalled as of this writing. There were 59 contested Republican primaries overall on March 5.
Of the 34 battleground districts Ballotpedia identified, 18 had incumbents who advanced from their primary, eight had incumbents who lost their primary, six resulted in primary runoffs, one remained uncalled, and one was open, meaning no incumbents ran for re-election. To learn more about the battleground elections, click here.
The 2024 legislative elections were Texas’ most competitive since at least 2012, with 59 out of 150 House districts having contested Republican primaries. Forty-six incumbents — more than half of House Republicans seeking re-election (59.7%) — faced primary challengers.
