Riding profile

TX-12

US House district — TX · Mixed · us tx

The question

TX-12: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
13.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 56.5%

    Craig Goldman incumbent

  • Democrat 43.5%

    Angela "heli" Rodriguez Prilliman

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-12 56.5%43.5%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +11.6 54.3% −10.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

TX-12, a mixed riding in TX, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 28-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

GOLDMAN, CRAIG

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

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

Democratic primary

Winner

ANGELA "HELI" RODRIGUEZ PRILLIMAN 59.8%

30,878 votes

Republican primary

Winner

CRAIG GOLDMAN (I) 100.0%

54,931 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Goldman, Craig

  • Democrat Open seat

    Angela "Heli" Rodriguez Prilliman

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
27.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.8 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 12 (48012) 95%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026