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The 2026 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the lieutenant governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is running for a fourth term.
The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board.
The 2022 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Texas. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for governor of Texas. Primary elections were held on March 1, with runoffs being held on May 24 for instances in which no ...
Patrick has served as lieutenant governor since 2015. As president of the Texas Senate he’s an influential figure for what bills do or do not make it to Abbott’s desk.
The previous lieutenant gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2022, except in Vermont, where lieutenant governors serve two-year terms and elected their lieutenant governor in 2024. Twenty-four lieutenant governors run on the same ticket as the governor. There are four states with Democratic lieutenant governors in ...
He endorsed Georgia state Sen. Burt Jones in a Republican primary to fill an open Georgia lieutenant governor seat in 2022 and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's reelection bid in Texas in 2021. In both cases ...
State Rep. Michelle Beckley will face Mike Collier and Matthew Dowd in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. Democratic state Rep. Michelle Beckley launches campaign for Texas lieutenant ...
In the event a governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor typically becomes governor. In 26 states, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket, ensuring that they come from the same political party. In 17 states, they are elected separately and, thus, may come from different parties.