#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
A CNN review of Brandon Herrera's videos, podcasts and social media found years of comments mocking women's weight, looks and intelligence. He called them jokes. He is the Republican nominee in a district whose last congressman resigned during a House Ethics investigation into sexual misconduct allegations, and his opponent is a woman.
Texas ranks 40th of 50 on the measures we track, with the second-worst food insecurity and second-worst women's health scores in the country. Greg Abbott signed the abortion ban and the school voucher law, never expanded Medicaid, and now runs on affordability after property tax levies rose to $89.4 billion and home insurance premiums rose 79%. Here is the record, and what each of the seventeen Republicans running for reelection has been busy with.
Trump won Texas with 56.1% of the vote to 42.5%, a margin of 13.7 points, with 56.8% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
26 of 39 — 67%. In the U.S. House, Texas has 24 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with 1 seat vacant; in the Senate, 2 Republicans and 0 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Texas, on Wikipedia.)
Texas ranks #40 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare Texas directly to other states on our Compare States page.
We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Texas. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 53 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
