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Texas’s 33rd District

U.S. House · TX-33

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 43.6 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 71.8%

    Colin Allred

  • Republican 28.2%

    Patrick David Gillespie

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

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

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat> 99%
OrbitDemocrat> 99%
50/50 blendDemocrat> 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

Democrat Republican
TX-33 71.8%28.2%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+16.9 43.9%−15.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Veasey, Marc Allison · Democrat

Primary results

Held May 26, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Colin Allred 54.0% 11,354 votes
Republican primary Patrick David Gillespie 57.1% 5,020 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Colin Allred

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Patrick David Gillespie

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 45.3 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 43.6 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 30 36%
  • Former district 33 33%
  • Former district 32 23%
  • Former district 6 6%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-30 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-24 Republican, competitive
  • TX-6 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-12 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-26 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-5 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