Riding profile

TX-10

US House district — TX · Mixed · us tx

The question

TX-10: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.5
P(close race)
2%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 54.8%

    Chris Gober

  • Democrat 45.2%

    Caitlin McClay Rourk

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-10 54.8%45.2%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +9.8 54.3% −9.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

TX-10, a mixed riding in TX, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 32-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 55% vote share, against 45% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

MCCAUL, MICHAEL

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

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

Democratic primary

Winner

CAITLIN ROURK 60.8%

32,716 votes

Republican primary

Winner

CHRIS GOBER 51.2%

38,541 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Rourk, Caitlin Mcclay

  • Republican Open seat

    Gober, Chris

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
32.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-22.9 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 17 (48017) 39%
  • Congressional District 10 (48010) 38%
  • Congressional District 8 (48008) 21%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026