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.
The primaries will be held under new district boundaries approved by state leaders this year and set to be in effect through the 2020s, which shuffled some representation in Central Texas. The new maps are also being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice over suspected disenfranchisement of minority voters.
Below are the primary races for the state House, state Senate and congressional districts representing the Southwest Austin area with candidates and parties listed in alphabetical order. More information on the March primary and individual candidates is available through the Texas secretary of state's elections division.
State House
District 19
Democrat:
• Pam Baggett
Republican:
• Justin Berry
• Nubia Devine
• Ellen Troxclair
District 45
Democrat:
• Jessica Mejia
• Angela Tia Angie Villescaz
• Erin Zwiener*
Republican:
• Michelle M. Lopez
District 47
Democrat:
• Vikki Goodwin*
Republican:
• Rob McCarthy
District 48
Democrat:
• Donna Howard*
District 49
Democrat:
Democrat:
• Gina Hinojosa*
Republican:
• Katherine Griffin
District 73
Democrat:
• Justin Calhoun
Republican:
• Barron Casteel
• George Green
• Carrie Isaac
State Senate
District 14
Democrat:
• Sarah Eckhardt*
District 21
Democrat:
• Judith Zaffirini*
District 25
Democrat:
• Robert Walsh
Republican:
• Channon Cain
• Donna Campbell*
Congress
District 10
Democrat:
• Linda Nuno
• Michael McCaul*
District 21
Democrat:
• David Anderson Jr.
• Coy Gee Branscum II
• Cherif Gacis
• Scott William Sturm
• Ricardo Villarreal
Republican:
• Chip Roy*
• Dana Zavorka
District 35
Democrat:
• Greg Casar
• Eddie Rodriguez
• Carla Joy Sisco
• Rebecca Viagran
Republican:
• Alejandro Ledezma
• Sam Montoya
• Asa George Kent Palagi
District 37
Democrat:
• Quinton "Q" Beaubouef
• Lloyd Doggett
• Donna Imam
• Chris Jones
Republican:
• Rod Lingsch
• Jenny Garcia Sharon
