Texas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 14. In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters elected the Class II U.S. Senator from Texas, 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 4 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 21 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate. To vote by mail, registered Texas voters had to request a ballot by October 23, 2020. After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to expand eligibility for requesting postal ballots, postal ballots were available only to voters over 65, those sick or disabled, those who were out of their county on election day and those who were in jail (and otherwise eligible to vote), as defined by Texas law. Federal offices President of the United States Texas has 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College. United States Class II Senate Seat United States House of Representatives There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election in addition to 6 open seats. Railroad Commission Republican primary Nominee James Wright Eliminated in primary Ryan Sitton (incumbent and chair of the commission) Primary Results Democratic primary Nominee Chrysta Castañeda Eliminated in runoff Roberto Alonzo Eliminated in primary Kelly Stone Mark Watson Runoff Election Primary Results Primary Results Other candidates Katija "Kat" Gruene (Green) (aka Kat Swift) (nominee) Matt Sterett (Libertarian) (nominee) Charlie Stevens (Libertarian) (defeated at party convention) Polling Results State Board of Education 8 of 15 seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election. Before the election the composition of that board was: Member, District 1 Republican primary Democratic primary General election Member, District 5 Republican primary Democratic primary Libertarian convention General election Member, District 6 Republican primary Democratic primary Libertarian convention General election Member, District 8 Republican primary Libertarian convention General election Member, District 9 Republican primary Democratic primary General election Member, District 10 Republican primary Democratic primary Libertarian convention General election Member, District 14 Republican primary Democratic primary General election Member, District 15