Riding profile

TX-6

US House district — TX · Mixed · us tx

The question

TX-6: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.7%

    John Kevin Sr. Ellzey incumbent

  • Democrat 44.3%

    Danny Minton

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereTX-6 55.7%44.3%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +10.8 54.3% −10.1

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

TX-6, a mixed riding in TX, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 36-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 56% vote share, against 44% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR.

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Mar 3, 2026 · Official count — not yet certified

Democratic primary

Winner

DANNY MINTON 100.0%

45,306 votes

Republican primary

Winner

JAKE ELLZEY (I) 66.3%

42,230 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Ellzey, John Kevin Sr.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Minton, Danny

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
35.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-24.4 pts

Redistricting impact

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn under the 2025-2026 mid-decade redistricting. Composition by inherited old-district share:

  • Congressional District 6 (48006) 92%
  • Congressional District 25 (48025) 7%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026