Early voting begins Feb. 17. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the primary, the top two vote-getters will compete in a runoff on May 26. Texas is an open-primary state, meaning voters can decide every two years whether to pick Republican or Democratic nominees (or hold out and instead go to third-party conventions for the Green or Libertarian parties).

Of note: whichever primary you decide to vote in, you can vote only in that same party’s runoff. You can, however, vote for either party's candidates in the general election.

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order in this ballot guide. Elections in Texas are run by the 254 counties, and each county determines the order of candidates on the ballots printed there. To see each county’s ballot order, visit the Texas Secretary of State’s site.

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