Riding profile

TX-21

US House district — TX · Mixed · us tx

The question

TX-21: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.2
P(close race)
1%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.1%

    Mark Charles Teixeira

  • Democrat 44.9%

    Kristin A Hook

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-21 55.1%44.9%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +10.1 54.3% −9.4

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

TX-21, a mixed riding in TX, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 26-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

ROY, CHIP

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

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

Democratic primary

Winner

KRISTIN HOOK 60.1%

39,779 votes

Republican primary

Winner

MARK TEIXEIRA 60.9%

58,180 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hook, Kristin A Dr.

  • Republican Open seat

    Teixeira, Mark Charles

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
26.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-16.1 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026