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Texas’s 22nd District

U.S. House · TX-22

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 88% chance of winning, with an average lead of 10.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 25%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 54.7%

    Trever Nehls

  • Democrat 45.3%

    Marquette Greene-Scott

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 76% chance (88% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican88%
OrbitRepublican76%
50/50 blendRepublican82%

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-22 54.7%45.3%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+10.9 54.9%−9.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Trever Nehls · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Marquette Greene-Scott 54.6% 26,280 votes
Republican primary Trever Nehls 75.7% 47,839 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Marquette Greene-Scott

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Trever Nehls

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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 32.6 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 10.6 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 14 62%
  • Former district 22 35%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-18 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-29 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-38 Republican, competitive
  • TX-2 Republican, competitive
  • TX-27 Republican, competitive

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