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Texas’s 19th District

U.S. House · TX-19

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 39.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 69.6%

    Tom Sell

  • Democrat 30.4%

    Kyle Rable

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

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

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican> 99%
OrbitRepublican> 99%
50/50 blendRepublican> 99%

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-19 69.6%30.4%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+25.7 54.9%−24.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over33.8% (± 0.3)

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

Arrington, Jodey · Republican

Primary results

Held May 26, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Kyle Rable 100.0% 22,513 votes
Republican primary Tom Sell 64.3% 32,243 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Kyle Rable

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Tom Sell

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 61.6 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 39.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-13 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-11 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-25 Republican, competitive
  • TX-23 Republican, toss-up
  • TX-12 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-26 Republican, 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