It's Primary Day in Texas: Everything you need to know before you vote

Polls are now open across Texas to decide the candidates for November's midterm election. Here's everything you need to know before you get out and vote.

2026 Texas Primary Elections: A look at the big day
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Election Day is Tuesday, March 3, for the Texas primaries, and more voters are casting their ballots early across the state. 

New research shakes up Texas primaries
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A survey of those who voted early in the Texas primary elections shows a big surge at the polls. This includes a big influx of independent voters.

Justice Department sues 5 more states in push for voter data

The Department of Justice’s latest lawsuits are against five additional states, as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to access election records.

Texas primary poll results
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading incumbent US Senator John Cornyn in the race for the Republican nomination according to new poll results. Dr. James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project and professor at UT Austin, discusses the results with Good Day Austin's Dave Froehlich.

Texas Primary campaign meddling
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The Primary Battleground in Texas had a change in tone somewhat on Thursday. FOX 7 heard trash talk about outsides meddling in races, and saw a feud between two hip-hop celebrities spill over into the Senate race.

Texas primaries: Encouraging voters to participate
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Some of the lowest voter turnout can be during primary elections and one nonpartisan nonprofit is working to change that. More details from the Builders Movement.

New poll numbers for Texas Primary
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Dueling polls are providing conflicting pictures in the Democratic Primary for the U.S. Senate nomination

Texas congressional races heat up
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FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski takes a look at some highly contested races in other parts of Texas, including one for Congress in the Houston area.

Trump in Texas: President expected to visit Lone Star State on Friday

President Donald Trump is expected to visit the Lone Star State on the final day of early voting and just days before the primary.

More than 1 million votes cast during early voting
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As we enter the second week of early voting, more than a million votes have been cast across the state. Central Texans are playing a part in that surge as voters have wasted no time heading to the ballot box.

Texas Democrats outpacing GOP in early vote count

Data from the Texas Secretary of State's Office shows Democrats are currently slightly ahead of Republicans at the ballot box. Both parties are outpacing the number of early votes made at the same point in 2022.

Last week of early voting kicks off
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The last week of early voting kicked off on Monday, and with more than a million votes cast so far, the turnout is outpacing the last midterm election.