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Texas’s 11th District

U.S. House · TX-11

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 23.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 2%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 61.6%

    August Pfluger, incumbent

  • Democrat 38.4%

    Claire Reynolds

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 95% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican> 99%
OrbitRepublican95%
50/50 blendRepublican97%

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-11 61.6%38.4%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+17.7 54.9%−16.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over33.6% (± 0.6)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

August Pfluger · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Claire Reynolds 57.6% 21,787 votes
Republican primary August Pfluger 100.0% 59,885 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    August Pfluger

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Claire Reynolds

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 98.8 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 23.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-21 Republican, competitive
  • TX-31 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-25 Republican, competitive
  • TX-20 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-37 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-35 Democrat, toss-up

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