Election Information

The 2024 midterm elections will be held on November 8, 2024. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. In addition, 39 state and territorial governorships, as well as numerous other state and local offices, will be up for election.

The candidates for the 2024 midterm elections have not yet been announced, but it is expected that many of the same candidates who ran in the 2022 midterm elections will be running again. In the House of Representatives, the Democrats will be defending their majority, while the Republicans will be looking to take control of the chamber. In the Senate, the Republicans will be defending their majority, while the Democrats will be looking to take control of the chamber.

The 2024 midterm elections are expected to be a closely contested election, with both parties having a chance to win control of Congress. The outcome of the election will have a significant impact on the future of the United States government.

Here are some of the potential candidates for the 2024 midterm elections:

  • House of Representatives:
    • Democrats: Nancy Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib
    • Republicans: Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert
  • Senate:
    • Democrats: Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Sinema, Mark Kelly, Amy Klobuchar
    • Republicans: Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton

These are just a few of the potential candidates for the 2024 midterm elections. The actual candidates will not be known until closer to the election date.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Recommended date that the voter registrar forwards a to the county chair. (Sec. 13.004(c-1)).

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (90th day before regular filing deadline)

First day to file an application (PDF) for the office of precinct chair. (Sec. 172.023(b)). County chair must review each application within five days after the date the application is received.  If the application is rejected, the chair must immediately deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection to the candidate. (Sec. 141.032).

NOTE – NEW LAW: SB 13 (2021, 2nd C.S.) provides that the election for the office of precinct chair in 2022 will be held on the same date as the runoff primary election.  SB 13 further states that precinct chairs will be elected by plurality vote (rather than majority vote) in 2022.  SB 13 also directs the Secretary of State to set the dates of the filing period for precinct chair elections.  SB 13 takes effect on December 2, 2021. Before that date, the Texas Election Code’s existing provisions regarding the opening of the precinct chair candidate filing period remain in place.  Accordingly, the office of precinct chair will have a split filing period in accordance with Section 172.023 of the Texas Election Code and SB 13. Candidates for the office of precinct chair may file their application during the first filing period (September 14, 2021 – December 1, 2021) or during the second filing period (January 15, 2022 – February 12, 2022).  For more information, please see Advisory 2021-22. .

October 2021

Secretary of State must email each state and county chair that has provided an email address rules regarding primary election financing.  The Secretary of State will also post these rules on the Secretary of State’s website. (Sec. 173.010).

November

Saturday, November 13, 2021 (30th day before statutory regular filing deadline)

First day to file an application for a place on the primary ballot (PDF) for an office other than precinct chair. (Sec. 172.023(b)).

NOTE – NEW LAW: HB 4555 (2021, R.S.) amended Sections 141.031 and 141.039 of the Code by modifying the application requirements related to a candidate’s final felony conviction status and what must be included on the candidate application form. Specifically, effective September 1, 2021, candidates will need to provide an indication on their candidate application that the candidate has either not been finally convicted of a felony, or if so convicted, has been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities. A person who has been convicted of a felony will need to include with the application proof that the person has been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities. The application form must include a statement informing candidates of the requirement to submit this information. Further, the official application form will need to include a statement informing candidates that knowingly providing false information on their application related to their final felony conviction status is a Class B misdemeanor. (Secs. 141.031, 141.039).

NOTE – NEW LAW: HB 3107 (2021, R.S.) amended Sections 143.004 and 144.003 of the Code to provide that candidate applications, other than those that must be accompanied by a filing fee, may be filed via email. The application must be a scanned copy of the candidate application and must be sent to the filing authority’s designated email address for accepting applications. (Secs. 143.004, 144.003).

First day to file a Declaration of Intent to Run as an Independent Candidate (PDF) with appropriate filing authority. (Sec. 142.002).

Saturday, November 20, 2021 (30th day before write-in candidate filing deadline)

First day to file a Declaration of Write-in Candidacy for the Office of County and/or Precinct Chair as a write-in candidate for the office of precinct chair or county chair, if the county executive committee has decided to authorize write-in candidates. (Secs. 171.0231, 146.025).

Friday, November 26, 2021 (72 hours before meeting date of county election officer and county chairs)

Deadline to provide notice of meeting under Section 31.124, if the meeting is to be held on Monday, November 29, 2021, as recommended. The county election officer must deliver written notice of time and place of meeting between county election officer and county chair on or before this date. See entry under Monday, November 29, 2021. Notice may be delivered by U.S. mail, electronic mail, or other method of written communication. (Sec. 31.124).

Monday, November 29, 2021

Recommended day by which the county election officer in each county should hold the mandatory meeting with the county chair of each political party to discuss for the primary election whether a joint primary election will be held and the plan for implementation of Subchapters A, B, C, and D of Chapter 87 concerning the establishment of the early voting ballot board, the delivery of materials to the early voting ballot board, the acceptance of mail ballots, the manual counting of early voting ballots. (Sec. 31.124).