Early voting begins in contentious Texas primaries
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Early voting will run from Tuesday, February 17, to Friday, February 27, ahead of the primary elections to be held in Texas on March 3. Texas secretary of state.
The Lone Star State’s Republican and Democratic U.S. Senate primaries are being watched across the country as the GOP tries to maintain its majority in the chamber.
He faces major challengers, including prominent figures like incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt.
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You. John Cornyn, R-Texas, walks the halls of the U.S. Capitol on February 12, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Cornyn has served in the U.S. Senate for more than two decades; He took office in late 2002.
The leading candidates in the Democratic primary elections are U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Representative James Talarico.
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Representative Jasmine Crockett speaks at the 17th Annual Soulful Christmas hosted by The Maiden Foundation at the Winspear Opera House on December 19, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. (Omer Vega/Getty Images)
“While people don’t know if their loved ones will ever come home for their disappearance at the hands of ICE, or if they will be held accountable for the dastardly deeds in the Epstein files, or if they will have to choose between rent, healthcare, or food… some suggest we should do politics as usual… THAT is exactly the thinking that got us here,” Crockett wrote on Monday. to post In X.
People are shown outside the polling place at the Richard & Meg Weekley Community Center on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Cypress, Texas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
“Tomorrow is the first day of early voting. It’s time for the people to make their voices heard loud and clear!” he declared in his post.
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Erik Muñoz, the Republican precinct chairman in Pasadena, helps set up a polling place at the Baker Ripley headquarters in Houston on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
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If no candidate wins a majority in the race, primary stream In May.
