Texas Comptroller election, 2026

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Texas Comptroller
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending Primary runoff: Pending General: November 3, 2026
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Texas
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Texas is holding an election for comptroller on November 3, 2026.

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General election

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Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2014.

2022

See also: Texas Comptroller election, 2022

General election

General election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Glenn Hegar defeated Janet Dudding and V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza in the general election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Hegar (R)	56.4	4,496,319
		Janet Dudding (D)	40.9	3,265,069
		V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L)	2.7	212,205

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,973,593
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Berlanga (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Janet Dudding defeated Angel Vega in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janet Dudding	61.4	292,069
		Angel Vega	38.6	183,533

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 475,602
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Janet Dudding and Angel Vega advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tim Mahoney in the Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janet Dudding	46.3	454,338
✔		Angel Vega	34.5	338,877
		Tim Mahoney	19.2	188,250

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 981,465
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Glenn Hegar defeated Mark Goloby in the Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Hegar	81.7	1,386,782
		Mark Goloby	18.3	310,829

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,697,611
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on April 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L)

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2018

See also: Texas Comptroller election, 2018

General election

General election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Glenn Hegar defeated Joi Chevalier and Ben Sanders in the general election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Hegar (R)	53.2	4,376,828
		Joi Chevalier (D)	43.4	3,570,693
		Ben Sanders (L)	3.4	281,081

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,228,602 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Joi Chevalier defeated Tim Mahoney in the Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joi Chevalier	51.9	483,276
		Tim Mahoney	48.1	448,468

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 931,744
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Glenn Hegar advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Glenn Hegar

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2014

See also: Texas down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Republican Glenn Hegar won election on November 4, 2014.

Texas Comptroller, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Glenn Hegar	58.4%	2,697,877
	Democrat	Mike Collier	37.7%	1,742,119
	Libertarian	Ben Sanders	3%	136,869
	Green	Deb Shafto	1%	44,981
Total Votes				4,621,846
Election results via Texas Secretary of State

To view the electoral history dating back to 2002 for the office of Texas Comptroller, click [show] to expand the section.

2010 On November 2, 2010, Susan Combs won re-election to the office of Texas Comptroller. She defeated Mary J. Ruwart (L) and Edward Lindsay (G) in the general election. Texas Comptroller, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Susan Combs Incumbent 83.2% 3,307,935      Libertarian Mary J. Ruwart 10.5% 417,523      Green Edward Lindsay 6.3% 252,233 Total Votes 3,977,691 Election results via Texas Secretary of State. 2006 On November 7, 2006, Susan Combs won election to the office of Texas Comptroller. She defeated Fred Head (D) and Mike Burris (L) in the general election. Texas Comptroller, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Susan Combs 59.5% 2,547,323      Democratic Fred Head 37% 1,585,362      Libertarian Mike Burris 3.5% 150,565 Total Votes 4,283,250 Election results via Texas Secretary of State. 2002 On November 5, 2002, Carole Keeton Rylander won re-election to the office of Texas Comptroller. She defeated Marty Akins (D), Bowie Ibarra (L) and Ruben L. Reyes (G) in the general election. Texas Comptroller, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Carole Keeton Rylander Incumbent 64.2% 2,878,732      Democratic Marty Akins 32.9% 1,476,976      Libertarian Bowie Ibarra 1.2% 53,614      Green Ruben L. Reyes 1.7% 77,177 Total Votes 4,486,499 Election results via Texas Secretary of State.

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