We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It

On the ballot in 2026:

• Congress:

  • Democrats are on 38 out of 38 seats

• SBOE

  • Democrats are on 8 out of 8 seats

• State Senate

  • Democrats are on 15 out of 15 seats

• State House

  • Democrats are on 150 out of 150 seats

We did it! WE FUCKING DID IT! Step one, anyway.

This is a symbolic win. It’s also structural. Filing someone in every race forces Republicans to defend their turf instead of coasting on uncontested seats. It stretches their resources, exposes their records, and creates opportunities where the pundits swear none exist.

Ballot access is the foundation of a statewide strategy. And this year, we actually built one.

I’m still working on updating the lists, but some of these updates are coming from County Parties, Candidates, and the Texas Democratic Party, because the Secretary of State’s website is still running slow and isn’t showing all of the Democratic candidates.

• Who Will Be On The 2026 State Ballot?

• Who Will Be On The 2026 Federal Ballot?

Since the SOS website isn’t showing all the Democratic candidates, would it be safe to assume they aren’t showing all of the Republican ones either? One would assume so, but never put corruption past any Texas Republican.

Right now, we now for a fact we have candidates in every race, and later this week, we may learn about even more candidates. I’ll continue to update the lists until I’m sure the SOS website is up to date.

What’s step two?

If we really want to beat Republicans in Texas, we have to beat them at the precinct-chair game. Filing candidates is great, but it’s only the opening move. Precinct chairs are the ground troops of democracy, the people who actually knock doors, register voters, track down the missing Democrats in their neighborhood, and build the muscle memory of turnout. Republicans understand this. They’ve understood it for decades.

Democrats? We leave hundreds, sometimes thousands, of seats vacant across the state. We let entire neighborhoods go unorganized. We cede territory before we ever step onto the field. And then every election cycle we act shocked that Republicans keep winning close races by a few hundred votes.

Precinct chairs fill that gap. They’re how you rebuild a party from the street level up. They’re how you identify voters year-round, not just 6 weeks before Election Day.

If Democrats want real power, we need precinct chairs in