COMPARE TO 2022
In the 2022 election cycle, more than half of Texas counties had NO Democratic candidates and Democrats did not contest over 50 state legislative and State Board of Education seats.
Building the Candidate Pipeline
RECRUITING & candidate filing
OUR GOAL: Democratic candidates in every county & district
Blue Horizon is building a candidate pipeline, tracking current and prospective candidates in our mapping and database projects. Check out the latest on 2026 races.
2026 RACES - Interactive Map
map reflects filing as reported on the Texas Secretary of State website and "likely candidate" where we know someone is running but has not yet filed. Toggle between race categories (SBOE, Senate, House, County) in the menu at the top right of the map.
Blue: at least one Democratic candidate -- Gray: no Democratic candidate -- White: district not on ballot
Interactive maps developed by volunteer fellows on our Bluebonnet Data Team.
BLUE BALLOT DATA pROJECT
To assist our candidate pipeline building, we have launched the Blue Ballot Data Project to collect information on all state and local offices in Texas. Our volunteer data researchers have completed approximately 50% of the research to identify and document local and state offices. Most major counties are complete, and nearly all of the remaining counties are small, rural counties. Our database development team is currently building the user interface, while also processing completed data research, and importing data into the database as it is completed.
When complete, the database will be available to users across the state interested in learning about elected offices in Texas. In the meantime, if you are interested in joining our data research team, complete the form linked below.