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Texas’s 4th District

U.S. House · TX-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 98% chance of winning, with an average lead of 17.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 6%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 58.6%

    Pat Fallon, incumbent

  • Democrat 41.4%

    Jason Pearce

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 82% chance (98% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican98%
OrbitRepublican82%
50/50 blendRepublican90%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-4 58.6%41.4%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+14.7 54.9%−13.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Pat Fallon · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jason Pearce 52.0% 23,552 votes
Republican primary Pat Fallon 80.6% 59,828 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Pat Fallon

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Jason Pearce

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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 47.8 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 17.3 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 4 81%
  • Former district 1 18%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-3 Republican, competitive
  • TX-32 Republican, competitive
  • TX-1 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-5 Republican, competitive
  • TX-33 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-30 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated