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Texas’s 32nd District

U.S. House · TX-32

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 84% chance of winning, with an average lead of 9.7 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 29%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 54.1%

    Jace Yarbrough

  • Democrat 45.9%

    Dan Barrios

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 68% chance (84% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican84%
OrbitRepublican68%
50/50 blendRepublican76%

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-32 54.1%45.9%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+10.2 54.9%−9.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Dan Barrios 60.4% 34,759 votes
Republican primary Jace Yarbrough 49.0% 33,874 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Dan Barrios

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Jace Yarbrough

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 45.7 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 9.7 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 5 46%
  • Former district 4 22%
  • Former district 1 22%
  • Former district 3 6%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-3 Republican, competitive
  • TX-1 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-5 Republican, competitive
  • TX-4 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-33 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-30 Democrat, 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