Primary elections will be held March 5 for a number of national, state and county races, including several in The Woodlands area.

The following list only includes contested races in primaries for the Democratic and Republican candidates. Candidates who do not have an opponent within their party in the primary are not listed.

Dates to know
  • Feb. 5: Last day to register to vote
  • Feb. 20: First day of early voting
  • March 1: Last day of early voting
  • March 5: Election day
Where to vote

Any voter can cast a ballot in the Republican or Democratic primary, but not both. Montgomery County residents can cast their ballots at any polling location during early voting; however, election day locations are by precinct. Visit Montgomery County Elections for polling locations. Harris County residents can vote at any polling location during early voting or on election day. Visit www.harrisvotes.org for polling locations.

Editor's note: Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name.


Federal election

U.S. President

Republican
  • Ryan L. Binkley
  • Chris Christie
  • Ron Desantis
  • Nikki Haley
  • Asa Hutchinson
  • Vivek Ramaswamy
  • David Stuckenberg
  • Donald J. Trump
Democrat
  • Joseph R. Biden, Jr.*
  • Gabriel A. Cornejo
  • Edward Kimbrough
  • Star Locke
  • Frankie Lozada
  • Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato
  • Dean Phillips
  • Cenk Uygur
  • Marianne Williamson
State elections

U.S. Senator


Republican
  • Ted Cruz*
  • Holland “Redd” Gibson
  • R.E. “Rufus” Lopez
Democrat
  • Aaron Arguijo
  • A. “Robert” Hassan
  • Carl Oscar Sherman
  • Colin Allred
  • Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
  • Mark Gonzalez
  • Meri Gomez
  • Roland Gutierrez
  • Steven J. Keough
  • Thierry Tchenko
Railroad commissioner

Republican
  • Christie Clark
  • Chris Corner
  • Christi Craddick*
  • Corey Howell
  • James “Jim” Matlock
  • Petra Reyes
Democrat
  • Bill Burch
  • Katherine Culbert
Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 2

Democrat
  • DaSean Jones
  • Randy Sarosdy
Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 4

Republican
  • John Devine*
  • Brian Walker
Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 6


Democrat
  • Bonnie Lee Goldstein
  • Joe Pool
Presiding judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

Republican
  • Sharon Keller*
  • David J. Schenck
Court of Criminal Appeals judge, Place 7

Republican
  • Barbara Parker Hervey*
  • Gina Parker
Court of Criminal Appeals judge, Place 8

Republican
  • Lee Finley
  • Michelle Slaughter*
Local elections


U.S. Congress, District 2

Republican
  • Dan Crenshaw*
  • James Ellis
State House, District 15

Republican
  • Skeeter Hubert
  • Steve Toth*
Montgomery County commissioner, Precinct 3

Republican
  • James Noack*
  • Ritch Wheeler
Montgomery County sheriff
  • Wesley Doolittle
  • Kenton Ford
  • Rand Henderson*
Montgomery County constable, Precinct 2


Republican
  • David Eason
  • Daniel Pena
Harris County sheriff

Republican
  • Glenn Cowan
  • Joe Danna
  • Paul Day
  • Mike Knox
Democrat
  • Ed Gonzalez*
  • Joe Inocencio
  • Vergil Ratliff
  • Dana M. Wolfe
Harris County district attorney

Democrat
  • Kim Ogg*
  • Sean Teare
Harris County tax assessor-collector

Democrat
  • Danielle Keys Bess
  • Desiree Broadnax
  • Claude Cummings III
  • Jerry Davis
  • Annette Ramirez