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State executive offices

Governor • Lt. Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Schools • Insurance Commissioner • Controller • Agriculture Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commissioner

Elections

2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010

Ballotpedia covers 15 state executive offices in the state of Texas. The executive branch is governed by Article 4 of the Texas Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in Texas are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges and is established by Article 2, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of Texas' state government:

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Current officeholders

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of Texas	Ken Paxton	Republican	September 18, 2023
Governor of Texas	Greg Abbott	Republican	January 20, 2015
Lieutenant Governor of Texas	Dan Patrick	Republican	2015
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture	Sid Miller	Republican	January 1, 2015
Texas Commissioner of Education	Mike Morath	Nonpartisan	January 4, 2016
Texas Commissioner of Insurance	Cassie Brown	Nonpartisan	2021
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	Glenn Hegar	Republican	January 1, 2015
Texas Land Commissioner	Dawn Buckingham	Republican	January 1, 2023
Texas Public Utility Commission	Lori Cobos	Nonpartisan	June 22, 2021
Texas Public Utility Commission	Jimmy Glotfelty	Nonpartisan	August 10, 2021
Texas Public Utility Commission	Kathleen Jackson	Nonpartisan	August 9, 2022
Texas Public Utility Commission	Will McAdams	Nonpartisan	April 16, 2021
Texas Public Utility Commission	Vacant
Texas Railroad Commission	Wayne Christian	Republican	January 1, 2017
Texas Railroad Commission	Christi Craddick	Republican	December 17, 2012
Texas Railroad Commission	James Wright	Republican	January 1, 2021
Texas Secretary of State	Jane Nelson	Republican	January 7, 2023
Texas State Auditor	Lisa Collier	Nonpartisan	January 5, 2016
Texas State Board of Education District 1	Melissa Ortega	Democratic	January 1, 2023
Texas State Board of Education District 2	LJ Francis	Republican	January 1, 2023
Texas State Board of Education District 3	Marisa Perez-Diaz	Democratic	2013
Texas State Board of Education District 4	Staci Childs	Democratic	January 1, 2023
Texas State Board of Education District 5	Rebecca Bell-Metereau	Democratic	January 1, 2021
Texas State Board of Education District 6	Will Hickman	Republican	January 1, 2021
Texas State Board of Education District 7	Julie Pickren	Republican	January 1, 2023
Texas State Board of Education District 8	Audrey Young	Republican	January 1, 2021
Texas State Board of Education District 9	Keven Ellis	Republican	2017
Texas State Board of Education District 10	Tom Maynard	Republican	2013
Texas State Board of Education District 11	Patricia Hardy	Republican	2003
Texas State Board of Education District 12	Pam Little	Republican	January 1, 2019
Texas State Board of Education District 13	Aicha Davis	Democratic	January 1, 2019
Texas State Board of Education District 14	Evelyn Brooks	Republican	January 1, 2023
Texas State Board of Education District 15	Aaron Kinsey	Republican	January 1, 2023
Texas Workforce Commission	Bryan Daniel	Nonpartisan	July 29, 2019
Texas Workforce Commission	Aaron Demerson	Nonpartisan	July 29, 2019
Texas Workforce Commission	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Steven Hicks	Nonpartisan	2009
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant
University of Texas Board of Regents	Vacant

Elections

2024

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2024

The following state executive offices are up for election in Texas in 2024:

State Board of Education (7 seats)
Railroad Commissioner

2023

There were no state executive elections in Texas in 2023.

2022

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2022

The following state executive offices were up for election in Texas in 2022:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Comptroller
State Board of Education (15 seats)
Agriculture Commissioner
Public Lands Commissioner
Railroad Commissioner

2021

There were no state executive elections in Texas in 2021.

2020

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2020

The following state executive offices were up for election in Texas in 2020:

Texas Railroad Commissioner
State Board of Education (8 seats)

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in Texas in 2019.

2018

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2018

The following state executive offices were up for election in Texas in 2018:

Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Comptroller
Agriculture commissioner
Railroad commissioner
State board of education
Public lands commissioner

2017

There were no state executive offices up for election in Texas in 2017.

2016

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2016

One state executive office was up for election in 2016:

• Railroad Commission

2015

There were no state executive elections in Texas in 2015.

2014

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2014

The following state executive offices were up for election in Texas in 2014:

• Governor of Texas
• Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• Texas Attorney General
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Texas Land Commissioner
• Texas Agriculture Commissioner
• Texas Railroad Commission

2013

There were no state executive elections in Texas in 2013.

2012

See also: Texas state executive official elections, 2012

The following state executive offices were up for election in Texas in 2012:

• Railroad Commissioner (two seats)