#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
Texas's Medicaid backlog exploded as state workers took on the new SNAP rules in Trump's budget bill. A pregnant Houston mom waited into her second trimester. San Antonio's mayor asked Gov. Greg Abbott to step in. His agency won't even say what's causing it.
Texas Rep. Keith Self told Newsmax 'the Muslims want to be treated differently' and 'have no respect for U.S. law' — blaming an entire religion for a Senate candidate's booth at a Muslim convention, and calling on the Justice Department to indict the group that hosted it.
They're deleting Trump from their websites, calling for an end to his Iran war, and telling him his immigration crackdown went too far. Every one of them who was in Congress voted for Trump's budget bill, and every House member among them voted for $70 billion more for ICE.
Oct. 19 – Oct. 30
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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Dates checked against Texas’s official election site on Sept. 18, 2026, starting from the Center for Election Innovation & Research’s national list. Days, hours and locations are set locally — check with your local election office, and confirm your registration at vote.org.
Trump won Texas with 56.1% of the vote to 42.5%, a margin of 13.7 points, with 56.8% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
26 of 39 — 67%. In the U.S. House, Texas has 24 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with 1 seat vacant; in the Senate, 2 Republicans and 0 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Texas, on Wikipedia.)
Texas ranks #40 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
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We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Texas. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 39 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
Early in-person voting for the Nov. 3 election runs Oct. 19 – Oct. 30. Details on Texas's official election site. (Checked against Texas’s official election site on Sept. 18, 2026, starting from the Center for Election Innovation & Research’s national list.)
Only voters with an eligible excuse, such as illness or travel, can vote by mail. Ballots start going out by Oct. 4. Ballots postmarked by Election Day count if they arrive by Nov. 4. The postmark must be by 7 p.m. on Election Day, and the ballot must arrive by 5 p.m. Nov. 4. Details on Texas's official election site. (Checked against Texas’s official election site on Sept. 18, 2026, starting from the Center for Election Innovation & Research’s national list.)