While former President Donald Trump’s defeat of current Vice President Kamala Harris dominated headlines, Election Night featured hundreds of races that will affect Texas public education. (Presidential trivia: Trump’s election makes him only the second U.S. president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, the first being Grover Cleveland more than 120 years ago.) 

Here’s a look at other races that will have a statewide impact on Texas public education. 

• U.S. Senate
• Texas House
• Texas Senate
• State Board of Education

U.S. Senate Race

Despite all the analysis and polling showing a tight race for the U.S. Senate in Texas, Republican incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R) glided to a decisive victory over U.S. Rep. Collin Allred (D). The Senate also shifted partisan majority back to the Republicans, with Texas’ other senator, Sen. John Cornyn, expected to be a leading candidate for Senate majority leader following the retirement of current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who previously served as majority leader. 

Texas House

Republicans increased their majority in the Texas House, winning every race in which Gov. Greg Abbott (R) backed a candidate, including two battleground seats in San Antonio, as well as two seats in the Dallas area. This adds to his strong showing in the primary, where he defeated several candidates from his own party who had refused to support his voucher plan.

A big question coming out of Election Day is who will be the House speaker next session. Current Speaker Dade Phelan (R–Beaumont) is vying to hold on to his gavel, but will the changes in the lower chamber's makeup affect his chances? Phelan was targeted in the primary by lawmakers to the right of him in his own party—including Trump.

(Bold indicates election winner.)

HD 1 Gary VanDeaver (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 2 Brent Money (R)
HD 2 Kristen Washington (D)

HD 3 Cecil Bell, Jr. (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 4 Keith Bell (R)
HD 4 Alex Bar-Sela (D)

HD 5 Cole Hefner (R)
HD 5 Nancy Nichols (D)

HD 6 Daniel Alders (R)
HD 6 Cody Grace (D)

HD 7 Jay Dean (R)
HD 7 Marlena Cooper (D)

HD 8 Cody Harris (R)
HD 8 Carolyn Salter (D)

HD 9 Trent Ashby (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 10 Brian Harrison (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 11 Joanne Shofner (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 12 Trey Wharton (R)
HD 12 Dee Howard Mullins (D)

HD 13 Angelia Orr (R)
HD 13 Albert Hunter (D)

HD 14 Paul Dyson (R)
HD 14 Fred Medina (D)

HD 15 Steve Toth (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 16 Will Metcalf (R)
HD 16 Mike Midler (D)

HD 17 Stan Gerdes (R)
HD 17 Desiree Venable (D)

HD 18 Janis Holt (R)
HD 18 Seth Steele (D)

HD 19 Ellen Troxclair (R)
HD 19 Dwain Handley (D)
HD 19 Kodi Sawin (I)

HD 20 Terry Wilson (R)
HD 20 Stephen Wyman (D)

HD 21 Dade Phelan (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 22 Christian Manuel (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 23 Terri Leo Wilson (R)
HD 23 Dev Merugumala (D)

HD 24 Greg Bonnen (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 25 Cody Vasut (R)
HD 25 Jai Daggett (D)

HD 26 Matt Morgan (R)
HD 26 Daniel Lee (D)

HD 27 Ibifrisolam Max-Alalibo (R)
HD 27 Ron Reynolds (D)

HD 28 Gary Gates (R)
HD 28 Marty Rocha (D)

HD 29 Jeffrey Barry (R)
HD 29 Adrienne Bell (D)

HD 30 A.J. Louderback (R)
HD 30 Stephanie Bassham (D)

HD 31 Ryan Guillen (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 32 Todd Hunter (R)
HD 32 Cathy McAuliffe (D)

HD 33 Katrina Pierson (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 34 Denise Villalobos (R)
HD 34 Solomon Ortiz (D)

HD 35 Oscar Longoria (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 36 Sergio Munoz (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 37 Janie Lopez (R)
HD 37 Jonathan Gracia (D)

HD 38 Erin Gamez (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 39 Jimmie Garcia (R)
HD 39 Armando Martinez (D)

HD 40 Terry Canales (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 41 John Robert Guerra (R)
HD 41 Bobby Guerra (D)

HD 42 Richard Raymond (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 43 J.M. Lozano (R)
HD 43 Mariana Casarez (D)

HD 44 Alan Schoolcraft (R)
HD 44 Eric Norman (D)

HD 45 Tennyson Moreno (R)
HD 45 Erin Zwiener (D)

HD 46 Nikki Kosich (R)
HD 46 Sheryl Cole (D)

HD 47 Scott Firsing (R)
HD 47 Vikki Goodwin (D)

HD 48 Donna Howard (D)
HD 48 Daniel McCarthy (R)

HD 49 Gina Hinojosa (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 50 James Talarico (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 51 Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 52 Caroline Harris Davila (R)
HD 52 Jennie Birkholz (D)

HD 53 Wes Virdell (R)
HD 53 Joe Herrera (D)
HD 53 B.W. Holk (L)

HD 54 Brad Buckley (R)
HD 54 Dawn Richardson (D)

HD 55 Hillary Hickland (R)
HD 55 Jennifer Lee (D)

HD 56 Pat Curry (R)
HD 56 Erin Shank (D)

HD 57 Richard Hayes (R)
HD 57 Collin Johnson (D)
HD 57 Darren Hamilton (L)

HD 58 Helen Kerwin (R)
HD 58 Richard Windmann (L)

HD 59 Shelby Slawson (R)
HD 59 Hannah Bohm (D)

HD 60 Mike Olcott (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 61 Keresa Richardson (R)
HD 61 Tony Adams (D)

HD 62 Shelley Luther (R)
HD 62 Tiffany Drake (D)

HD 63 Ben Bumgarner (R)
HD 63 Michelle Beckley (D)

HD 64 Andy Hopper (R)
HD 64 Angela Brewer (D)

HD 65 Mitch Little (R)
HD 65 Detrick Deburr (D)

HD 66 Matt Shaheen (R)
HD 66 David Carstens (D)

HD 67 Jeff Leach (R)
HD 67 Makala Washington (D)

HD 68 David Spiller (R)
HD 68 Stacey Swann (D)

HD 69 James Frank (R)
HD 69 Walter Coppage (D)

HD 70 Steve Kinard (R)
HD 70 Mihaela Plesa (D)

HD 71 Stan Lambert (R)
HD 71 Linda Goolsbee (D)

HD 72 Drew Darby (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 73 Carrie Isaac (R)
HD 73 Sally Duval (D)

HD 74 Robert Garza (R)
HD 74 Eddie Morales (D)

HD 75 Mary Gonzalez (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 76 Lea Simmons (R)
HD 76 Suleman Lalani (D)

HD 77 Vincent Perez (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 78 Joe Moody (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 79 Claudia Ordaz (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 80 Don McLaughlin (R)
HD 80 Cecilia Castellano (D)

HD 81 Brooks Landgraf (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 82 Tom Craddick (R)
HD 82 Steven Schafersman (D)

HD 83 Dustin Burrows (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 84 Carl Tepper (R)
HD 84 Noah Lopez (D)

HD 85 Stan Kitzman (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 86 John Smithee (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 87 Caroline Fairly (R)
HD 87 Timothy Gassaway (D)

HD 88 Ken King (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 89 Candy Noble (R)
HD 89 Darrel Evans (D)

HD 90 Ramon Romero (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 91 David Lowe (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 92 Salman Bhojani (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 93 Nate Schatzline (R)
HD 93 Perla Bojorquez (D)

HD 94 Tony Tinderholt (R)
HD 94 Denise Wilkerson (D)

HD 95 Nicole Collier (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 96 David Cook (R)
HD 96 Ebony Turner (D)

HD 97 John McQueeney (R)
HD 97 Carlos Walker (D)

HD 98 Giovanni Capriglione (R)
HD 98 Scott White (D)

HD 99 Charlie Geren (R)
HD 99 Mimi Coffey (D)

HD 100 Venton Jones (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 101 Clint Burgess (R)
HD 101 Chris Turner (D)

HD 102 Ana-Maria Ramos (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 103 Rafael Anchia (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 104 Jessica Gonzalez (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 105 Rose Cannaday (R)
HD 105 Terry Meza (D)

HD 106 Jared Patterson (R)
HD 106 Hava Johnston (D)

HD 107 Linda Garcia (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 108 Morgan Meyer (R)
HD 108 Elizabeth Ginsberg (D)

HD 109 Aicha Davis (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 110 Toni Rose (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 111 Yvonne Davis (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 112 Angie Chen Button (R)
HD 112 Averie Bishop (D)

HD 113 Stephen Stanley (R)
HD 113 Rhetta Bowers (D)

HD 114 Aimee Ramsey (R)
HD 114 John Bryant (D)

HD 115 John Jun (R)
HD 115 Cassandra Hernandez (D)

HD 116 Darryl Crain (R)
HD 116 Trey Martinez Fischer (D)

HD 117 Ben Mostyn (R)
HD 117 Philip Cortez (D)

HD 118 John Lujan (R)
HD 118 Kristian Carranza (D)

HD 119 Brandon Grable (R)
HD 119 Elizabeth “Liz” Campos (D)

HD 120 Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 121 Marc LaHood (R)
HD 121 Laurel Swift (D)

HD 122 Mark Dorazio (R)
HD 122 Kevin Geary (D)

HD 123 Diego Bernal (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 124 Sylvia Soto (R)
HD 124 Josey Garcia (D)

HD 125 Ray Lopez (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 126 Sam Harless (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 127 Charles Cunningham (R)
HD 127 John Lehr (D)

HD 128 Briscoe Cain (R)
HD 128 Charles “Chuck” Crews (D)
HD 128 Kevin Hagan (I)

HD 129 Dennis Paul (R)
HD 129 Doug Peterson (D)

HD 130 Tom Oliverson (R)
HD 130 Brett Robinson (D)

HD 131 Alma Allen (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 132 Mike Schofield (R)
HD 132 Chase West (D)

HD 133 Mano DeAyala (R) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 134 Audrey Douglas (R)
HD 134 Ann Johnson (D)

HD 135 Jon Rosenthal (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 136 Amin Salahuddin (R)
HD 136 John Bucy (D)

HD 137 Gene Wu (D)
HD 137 Lee Sharp (I)

HD 138 Lacey Hull (R)
HD 138 Stephanie Morales (D)

HD 139 Charlene Ward Johnson (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 140 Armando Walle (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 141 Senfronia Thompson (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 142 Harold Dutton (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 143 Ana Hernandez (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 144 Mary Ann Perez (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 145 Christina Morales (D) (candidate was unopposed)

HD 146 Lance York (R)
HD 146 Lauren Simmons (D)

HD 147 Claudio Gutierrez (R)
HD 147 Jolanda Jones (D)

HD 148 Kay Smith (R)
HD 148 Penny Morales Shaw (D)

HD 149 Lily Truong (R)
HD 149 Hubert Vo (D)

HD 150 Valoree Swanson (R)
HD 150 Marisela “MJ” Jimenez (D)

Texas Senate

Half of the seats in the Texas Senate are up for election every two years. There was only one truly competitive Senate seat this cycle: Senate District (SD) 27 in South Texas, where incumbent Sen. Morgan LaMantia (D–South Padre Island) was defeated by Republican challenger Adam Hinojosa. With this pickup, Lt Gov. Dan Patrick’s (R) hold on the Texas Senate grows even tighter, with Republicans holding a 20-11 majority.

SD 6 Martha Fierro (D)
SD 6 Carol Alvarado (R)

SD 7 Paul Bettencourt (R)
SD 7 Michelle Gwinn (D)

SD 8 Angela Paxton (R)
SD 8 Rachel Mello (D)

SD 10 Phil King (R)
SD 10 Andy Morris (D)

SD 12 Tan Parker (R)
SD 12 Stephanie Draper (D)

SD 14 Sarah Eckhardt (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SD 15 Joseph Trahan (R)
SD 15 Molly Cook (D)

SD 16 Nathan Johnson (R) (candidate was unopposed)

SD 17 Joan Huffman (R)
SD 17 Kathy Cheng (D)

SD 20 Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SD 23 Royce West (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SD 25 Donna Campbell (R)
SD 25 Merrie Fox (D)

SD 27 Adam Hinojosa (R)
SD 27 Morgan LaMantia (D)
SD 27 Robin Vargas (I)

SD 29 Cesar Blanco (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SD 30 Brent Hagenbuch (R)
SD 30 Dale Frey (D)

State Board of Education

The State Board of Education (SBOE) had eight seats out of 15 up for election this cycle, including a special election in SBOE 13 to replace Aicha Davis, who was elected to the Texas House; a race in SBOE 1 to replace outgoing member Dr. Melissa Ortega; and a race in SBOE 11 to replace long-time member Pat Hardy, who was unseated in the primary. 

SBOE 1 Gustavo Reveles (D)
SBOE 1 Michael Travis Stevens (R)

SBOE 3 Marisa Perez-Diaz (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SBOE 4 Staci Childs (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SBOE 10 Tom Maynard (R)
SBOE 10 Raquel Saenz Ortiz (D)

SBOE 11 Brandon Hall (R)
SBOE 11 Rayna Glasser (D)
SBOE 11 Hunter Crow (L)

SBOE 12 Pam Little (R)
SBOE 12 George King (D)

SBOE 13 Tiffany Clark (D) (candidate was unopposed)

SBOE 15 Aaron Kinsey (R)
SBOE 15 Morgan Kirkpatrick (D)
SBOE 15 Jack Westbrook (I)