Angela Paxton
State Senator, Texas Senate District 8 · Republican
OfficeholderNot running in 2026
Ballot status source: Incumbency rule: Texas Senate District 8 — four-year staggered term, no contest on the Texas Secretary of State — Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election · read Sep 24, 2026
Sources (3)
- Incumbency rule: Texas Senate District 8 — four-year staggered term, no contest on the Texas Secretary of State — Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election (certified August 28, 2026) or in the March 3, 2026 primaries
- next election 2028
- role and held seat unchanged
The District
What Texas Senate District 8 covers
Covers all of Hunt County and Rains County; part of Collin County.
Includes McKinney, Plano (part), Celina (part), Greenville, Wylie (part), Allen, Anna, Prosper (part), Lucas, Princeton, Melissa, Royse City (part) and 29 more.
256 precincts · District lines: State legislative lines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 (SLDU/SLDL) · Precinct lines: Texas Legislative Council, VTDs_24PG statewide precinct (VTD) shapefile for the 2024 primary and general elections (data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/vtds)
Results
Certified results for Texas Senate District 8
State Sen 8
2024 General Election · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PaxtonRepublican | Republican | 269,743 | 59.4% |
| MelloDemocrat | Democrat | 184,642 | 40.6% |
Official canvass returns (Texas Secretary of State), compiled by the Texas Legislative Council and reported by 2024 primary/general election VTDs · Texas Legislative Council, Capitol Data Portal — Comprehensive Election Datasets
State Sen 8
2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PaxtonRepublican | Republican | 187,754 | 57.7% |
| CocksDemocrat | Democrat | 128,399 | 39.5% |
| KlessLibertarian | Libertarian | 9,293 | 2.9% |
Official canvass returns (Texas Secretary of State), compiled by the Texas Legislative Council and reported by 2022 general election VTDs · Texas Legislative Council, Capitol Data Portal — Comprehensive Election Datasets
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File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_y8ghcvs11.
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