Texas state elections in 2016 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Primaries were held on March 1, 2016, with runoffs taking place on May 24, 2016. In addition to the US Presidential Race, Texas voters elected 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the

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, 3 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the

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, 20 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the

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and 16 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.

Federal Offices

President of The United States

Texas had 38 electoral votes in the

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United States House of Representatives

There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election.

Railroad Commissioner

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Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...