The filing period for the March primaries, which will determine the candidates for November midterms, closed Dec. 13.

Primary contests for both state and federal offices will be decided March 1 with winners advancing to the Nov. 8 general election. Ahead of election day, voter registration will close Jan. 31, and early voting will run from Feb. 14-25.

Below are the state-level races to watch out for. More information on the March primary and individual candidates is available through the Texas secretary of state's elections division.



Governor



Democrat:

Inocencio (Inno) Barrientez

Michael Cooper



Joy Diaz

Jack Daniel Foster Jr.

Deirdre Gilbert

Star Locke


Beto O'Rourke


Republican:

Greg Abbott*

Paul Belew

Danny Harrison


Kandy Kaye Horn

Don Huffines

Allen B. West

Lieutenant governor



Democrat:


Michelle Beckley

Mike Collier


Republican::

Trayce Bradford

Daniel Miller

Dan Patrick*


Aaron Sorrells



Attorney general


Democrat:

Mike Fields

Rochelle Mercedes Garza

Joe Jaworski

Lee Merritt

Republican:

George P. Bush

Louie Gohmert

Eva Guzman

Ken Paxton*



Comptroller


Democrat:

Janet T. Dudding

Tim Mahoney

Angel Luis Vega

Republican:

Glenn Hegar*



Commissioner of the General Land Office


Democrat:

Jay Kleberg

Michael Lange

Sandragrace Martinez

Jinny Suh

Republican:

Ben Armenta

Dawn Buckingham

Rufus Lopez

Weston Martinez

Don W. Minton

Jon Spiers



Commissioner of agriculture


Democrat:

Susan Hays

Republican:

Carey A. Counsil

Sid Miller*

James White



Railroad commissioner 2


Democratic:

Luke Warford

Republican:

Wayne Christian*

Tom Slocum Jr.



Supreme Court justice Place 3


Democrat:

Erin A. Nowell

Republican:

Debra Lehrmann*



Supreme Court justice Place 5


Democrat:

Amanda Reichek*

Republican:

Rebeca Huddle



Supreme Court justice Place 9


Democrat:

Julia Maldonado